Now 200,000 Strikers In Singapore Clashes With Police
Singapore, January 30.—As a result of the general strike here trade and industry is at a standstill. More workers walked off their jobs today, and…
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Courts & crime, 1946
1,191 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 60
Theft From Canteen
SYDNEY.—Less than an hour after the alleged theft of £1,935 from a canteen safe was reported to the Darlinghurst police yesterday the…
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LONDON, January 30. — Israel Givertz, 64, Hornsey (London), who combined the business of police informer and fence, was found guilty…
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LONDON, January 30.—"A most lovable lady" was found battered to death in her two-roomed flat in East London last night. She was Mrs. Annie Goodman, 6[?]-years-old widow, born in Poland, who…
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When a Royal Navy Firefly piano crashed into a small court yard at Lewisham Private Hospital this morning, three persons were killed and five others injured. Mora than 100 patients in wards near the scene of the tragedy had narrow escapes as it is believed…
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MOROTAI, January 31.—After a trial lasting only two days, Maj-Gen. Endo, former Japanese commander in the Northern Celebes, was found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Contemptible Theft Of Food For Britain
MELBOURNE.—Detectives worked all night to clear up the theft of £460 worth of parcels from a city depot operated by the executive of the Lord Mayor's Food for Britain Appeal…
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Sydney, February 3.—The Minister of justice, Mr. R. Downing, will study tomorrow the allegations made by William Henry Davies, former temporary…
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MELBOURNE. — "I don't know what you're talking about," said Frederick George Poland (32), of Garden City, after he had been…
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London, February 6.—John Kay (27) a taxi driver, has now been charged with the murder of the eleven year old boy. Charles Gree[?]y, who was found hanging…
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NEW YORK, February 5.—The sharp eyes of a girl in the Australian Consulate office in New York led to the police questioning a 29-year-old…
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Det.-Const. C. Brayshaw has resumed duty at the Central Police Station after annual leave. Constable M. Bruce, who has been…
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London, February 7.—Australian Professor Bailey has not been elected to the International Court. He received the requisite majority for election at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theft of Tools at Zinc Corporation
Complaints have been received that timbermen's tools have been stolen from the Zinc Corporation. Two axes are missing this week. The tools are…
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Members of the Court House staff assembled yesterday afternoon to say farewell to the junior member of the staff, Mr. Pat Smith, who has been…
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Brisbane, February 10.—Mrs. Amelia Dow (57), of Red Hill, Brisbane, was arrested soon after 10 o'clock on Saturday night and changed with the murder of…
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A man appeared before Mr. A. R. Raschke, Acting SM, yesterday on a charge of stealing. Be lu Leonard McKennel, of Railway Town, and was…
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Another young man was charged at the Police Court on Monday night on three charges of stealing from motor can. He was placed on ball and will…
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ATHENS, February 12.—A court martial has begun at Kalamata of a number of gendarmes accused of not offering opposition when Monarchists…
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MELBOURNE.—Denis Farrington, hairdresser, of Acland Street, St. Kilda, told St. Kilda Court that he had paid £120 for two cases which he…
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