Deregistration Of W.A. Union Application Refused In Arbitration Court
Perth. March 9.—Application to deregistration of the Western Australian Railways Employees' Union was refused today by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1948
1,223 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 62
Masqueraded As Girl Boy On Theft Charges
Sydney, March 5.—The police are investigating the case of a 14-years-old boy who masqueraded os a housemaid at Claremont Girls College. Randwick…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Promotion of Victorian Police
MELBOURNE. — Promotions in the Victorian police force would be governed by regulations being drafted, the Chief Secretary (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Seek Woman, Also Boy
ADELAIDE — A 16year-old Melbourne boy who weighs 12st. 51b. is being sought by South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Colts v. Police Boys' Club
There will be a match today between North Colts and Police Boys' Club at the Police Beys' Club pitch. All players are reminded to be at the ground by…
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Auckland, Maren 6—Mrs. Pansy Louise Frances Haskell, 49, was found guilty by a jury today of the murder of Mrs. Gladys Ruth Rusden, who was found…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N. Guinea Officers Ordered Gaol
LAE.—Two New Guinea officials have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment for offences against natives…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Stabbed In House Woman Is Charged
Sydney, March 7—The police found a man in a Bourke Street. East Sydney, house, last night with blood pouring from stab wounds in his shoulder,…
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BRISBANE.—Frederick Percy Dels (63) was found strangled at his home at Arcadia, on Magnetic Island, off Townsville. His body was discovered by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cloque Gown With Court Train at Pinder Quan Marriage
BECOMING white cloque was chosen by Gloria Phyllis, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Quan, of 165 Harvy Street, for her marriage to Claude Jack, second son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Pinder, of 246…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Theft in Shop
ADELAIDE. — A shop assistant who had her handbag containing £26 stolen from a city store counter on Saturday has reported the…
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NEW YORK, March 8.—For the third time, Willie [?] a young negro, of Laurel, Mississippl, was sentenced to death in the electric…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Enable Storemen
BRISBANE.—A strong squad of police this morning frustrated efforts by almost 200 pickets to prevent the large majority of the storemen and packers from starting work at the Shell Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theft of Lipsticks
Adelaide, March 9.—Lipsticks worth £400 had been pilfered from overseas freighters at Port Adelaide recently, it was stated in Port Adelaide Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Theft From Fellow Boarder
ADELAIDE. — Harold Edward Kowalick (32) driver of Henley Beach road, Mile End, was remanded on bail until Friday by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy's Alleged Revenge For Teasing, Assault
MELBOURNE. — The mother of a 15-year-old schoolboy said at an inquest that months of teasing, slapping, and hair-pulling had finally incited the boy to shoot his eldest brother near…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →8th Gaol Break for Half-caste
A LICE SPRINGS— Hank Brockhirzen (25), half-caste Cingalese, made his eight successful goal break. Brockhirzen…
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BRISBANE.—"We do not expect pickets to be here tomorrow," a senior police officer said today, commenting on the anti-strike legislation passed by the Queensland Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy 15 On Murder Charge Allegedly Shot Elder Brother
Melbourne, March 9.—A fifteen year old boy who is alleged to have shot his elder brother when the latter "annoyed him after drinking in a hotel," was…
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A thief last night broke into Phillips' grocery store, 61 Oxide Street, and stole 16/ from the kitchen table…
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