Raids on Girl Shirkers Police At Clubs
POLICE, makins systematic afterdark raids on little drinking clubs, have discovered the hide-out of the "Tinsel Girls," who are dodging…
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Courts & crime, 1942
656 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 33
Men Arrested on Station for Theft
Wilcannia and Menindee police arrested two men and a youth at Nella Caari Station on charges of stealing. On May 9 it was reported that three…
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Sergt. McAvoy, of Wilcannia Police Station, will leave for Adelong on Monday to take up duties as officer in charge of the police station there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Toohey Murder Trial Abandoned Witnesses Travel Thousands Of Miles
Before any witnesses were called the Crown Prosecutor in the Toohey murder trail ay Cunnamulla on Thursday announced that the Crown had decided on…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A decrease of 15,951 in the number of cases before the courts compared with 1940 is shown in the police report for 1941,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →POLICE & Army in Clash Soldier's Death To Be Probed SYDNEY
WHEN the Camden Coroner (Mr. H. S. Kelloway) opened an inquest into the death of Pte. Gordon Spencer Evans (22) following an…
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ADELAIDE, Saturday.—Reginald Sandery (21), soldier, of Sandy Creek, who was found guilty of having at the Victoria Hotel, Hindley Street…
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CANBERRA, Saturday.— Gaol without the option for wartime profiteers was davocated today by the Minister for Labor (Mr. Ward). He…
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ADELAIDE, Saturday.—A 41-yearold school teacher of Murray Bridge, who admitted, in the Adelaide Police Court that on Wednesday she stole…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.— More detectives were assigned yesterday to the investigation into the strangling of Mrs. Paulino Buchan…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dramatic Police Raid On Sydney Water Front SYDNEY
A LARGE, squad of detectives made a dramatic raid on the Sydney waterfront early today seeking men suspected of cargo pillaging. Arriving at the wharf shortly after 6.30 o'clock detectives took up positions near the gates, and after the first few laborers had left…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—There is now a suspicion that Eric Bray, munition worker, who was found dead in his room at a boarding house in East…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Charges of assault brought against Philip David Morgan Rees, secretary, and Alexander McGillivray, minister of religion,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gas Producer Unit on Police Truck
The police utility attached to the Central Police Station is the latest police vehicle to be fitted with a gas producer unit. It was in use for the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Ernest Hoffman (56), a chef, who was found unconcious clad only in'a shirt collar and tie on a vacant allotment in…
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LONDON, May 20.—The Japanese Embassy staff in London is leaving for home any day now, and happiest to see them go will be eight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder and Suicide in Melbourne Melbourne
SHORTLY after midnight today Victor Andrew Kelly (40) attacked his wife with a razor, cutting her throat and killing her instantly…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A large squad of police today continued their investigations into Melbourne's sex murders, between each of which they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bulgarian Camp Prison Horrors; Murder- Torture LONDON, May 20
HAVING escaped to Istanbul from Bulgaria, where he was taken prisoner after the German invasion, Michael Peters, "Daily Express" correspondent, tells of his terrible experiences in a concentration camp over a period of six months. "I was tortured by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Murder Clue Soldier Gives Information Victim Was Throttled Melbourne
INFORMATION given to the detectives by an Australian soldier that cannot be disclosed at present may be an important clue in solving the mystery of the murder of Gladys Lilian Hosking, of Parkville, whose…
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