Police Patrol Truck Petrol Restrictions Apply
Some indication of the Government's strict observance of the need to conserve petrol was indicated when Constable J. Buck travelled by mail truck…
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Courts & crime, 1942
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News In Brief Murder Alleged
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Bruce Edward Holden (16), of Five Dock, died in the Balmain Hospital yesterday from injuries allegedly caused by an air…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At the Balmain Police Court today Allan Carberry (24), plumber, was charged with the murder of Bruce Holden…
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PORT PIRIE, Thursday.—Admitting a charge of stealing a buckboard and breaking and entering a Solomontown dwelling and stealing £275 10/…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Donald Pagett (47), telephone linesman, was today committed for trial from the City Coroner's Court on a charge of…
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On Monday before Mr. L. Ellis J.P. at the local Police Court, Thomas Sullivan who was charged with behaving in an offensive manner was fined 2.6 or the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Question Motorists
Although no prosecutions have yet been launched a number of motorists have been questioned by police officers about the use of their motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Search for Man
Police officers are searching for Patrick Jordan, a native of Broken Hill, who escaped from a home at Orange. He is described as 5ft. 4in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Assault On Malta Considered Likely LONDON, January 11
REPORTS from southern Europe, says the "Daily Mail" correspondent on the French frontier, declare that Hitler is massing the Luttwaffe in Sicily and on the airfields around the Toe of Italy for a grand air assault on Malta…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At the Yass Police Court this morning Thomas William Davis (49), farmer, was charged with having murdered Ida…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Police investigations into the mysterious disappearance in the Yass district on November 1 of Ida Davis or Faulder…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Men Break Gaol
HOBART, Tuesday.—Three men who escaped from Hobart gaol at 8.35 a.m. yesterday were still at large last night despite an intensive police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nazi to Die for Theft
LONDON, January 13.—A Zurich (Switzerland') message states that in Berlin a man aged 50 has been sentenced to death for trying to steal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Will Not Take More Firearms
Police officers in Broken Hill will not receive any further firearms or ammunition, announced Inspector C. J. Homann. officer in charge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broadcast Systems in Court Action
CHICAGO, January 13.—The Mutual Broadcasting System and six affiliates today filed suit against the National Broadcasting Company and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horse Stealing Case Witness Tells Of Threat By Defendant
TWO witnesses said they saw "Snowy" Richards-driving the horses from Collins' yard, when the hearing was resumed this afternoon. Lela Collins, married woman, said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Missing Mare Found Dead in Bush "Snowy" Richards On Stealing Charge
BEARING head injuries that appeared to have been caused by an axe, a missing mare was found dead at a clump of trees between Sudan Tank and Wentworth Road, said Det.-Sgt. D. D. Truman in the Police Court…
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Because a man had been instrumental in "bushing" his horses, he lot that man's horses out of a yard, said Cecil Charles Richards, diamond…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maltese Charged with Attempted Murder
SYDNEY, Wcdnesday.—At Parramatta Police Station last night two Maltese residents of Quaker's Hill were charged with attempted murder…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Thomas McCaskell (30), sheet metal worker, was today committed for trial on a charge of having murdered Patrick…
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