Police Warning
The activities of small children playing near the water in the Proprietary Dam is again causing some concern, and the police request…
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Courts & crime, 1944
800 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 40
Local Police for Raaf
Constables M. Bruce and F. Scholes, of the local police force, have been granted permission to join the R.A.A.F…
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Members of the local police force, under instructions from the Commissioner of Police, are now attending a course of lectures on air raid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Indecent Assault
Following inquiries conducted by Detective-Sergeant D. Truman and Detective-Constable K. Buckland, a man aged 36 years was arrested this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder Of Son And Mother-in-law Alleged MELBOURNE, February 22
Ferdmand James Kennett (35), of Footscray, stated in the Criminal Court today that he had swing an axe to block his wife's path, and had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trautweins In Court Again SYDNEY, February 22
William Morgan, hotel manager, said in the Bankruptcy Court today that the purchase and sale of a city hotel was in his name, but he had not…
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A 36-year-old man was arrested yesterday morning, and charged with having indecently assaulted a girl under 16 years. The arrest followed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seamen Released From Gaol MELBOURNE, February 23
Two British seamen today succeeded in securing their discharge from pentridge Gaol. where they had been detamed since January 6 after they had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Local Police for Air Force
Three other members of the police force were today advised that their applications for permission to join the RAAF had been approved…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inquest On Ronald Gordon Stevens Car Driver Charged With Manslaughter
When the inquest was held at the Police Court yesterday into the death of Ronald Gordon Stevens, the Coroner, Mr. R. W. S. Kelly, found that deceased died from the effects of injuries received on January 20, when he was knocked down by a car driven…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Considerable Movement in German Rear Lines Third Assault On Allied Perimeter Expected Enemy Moving in Three Fresh Divisions at Anzio Bridgehead London, February 24
Considerable movement has been observed in the rear of the German lines on the Anzio bridgehead, says Reuter's. Presumably some of the three German divisions which have not yet been engaged in heavy fighting are now being moved into position…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese Murder British Doctors And Wounded Men
LONDON, February 27.—For 36 hours after their seizure of the Seventh Indian Division improvised field hospital at Ngakyedauk on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Admirers of Actress in Court
LONDON, February 27.—Beautiful Joy Frankau, actress daughter of Ronald Frankau, the radio entertainer, appeared in the High Court in an unusual slander action. One male admirer was alleged to have made charges against another admirer to win her affections…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Search Goes on for Missing Man
MISSING since Friday evening, there is still no trace of the whereabout of John Mahomet, an Afghan, who disappeared from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japs Murder in Hospital London, February 27
Within 36 hours of seizing an Indian division's improvised field hospital in Burma on February 7 the Japanese used the wards as battle headquarters, killing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police And Raaf Sydney, February 28
When he recently agreed to members of the police force joining the RAAF as members of air crews, he anticipated that there would probably be from 20 to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Failure of Claim of Ex-police Chief
SYDNEY.—in a reserved judgment in the District Court today, Judge McGhie dismissed a claim by George Edwin Goulder (85), retired police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charge Against Man Fails in Court
In closed court yesterday Mr. R W. S. Kelly. S.M., dealt with a serious charge against a married man in relation to a girl under the age…
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SYDNEY.—The N.S.W. Manpower Director (Mr. Bellemore) has announced that manpower in the last two months had released 100 police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germans Charged With Frightful Atrocities LONDON, February 28
Germans destroyed 1,742 communal dwellings and 3,600 private houses rendering homeless over 200,000 during the occupation of Kiev, according to a…
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