Mean Theft From Hut At Myalla Tank
THE contemptible theft of two windows from Myalla Tank hut when the 70-year-old occupant was absent was discussed by…
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Courts & crime, 1948
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Eight Men Arrested When Police Disperse Pickets
Brisbane, March 23.—Eight men, two of them members of the Trades Hall Disputes Committee, were arrested this morning when the police dispersed 70…
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LONDON, March 23—Women hoping to be presented at court during Their Majesties visit to Australia next year seem doomed to disappointment. Those who have been buying gowns with long…
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BRISBANE— Found guilty of gross contempt of court by having interfered with the conduct of a ballot ordered by a…
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MOREE— Four horrified children saw their father shoot their mother in the stomach, critically wounding her. The father then…
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Melbourne, March 24.—Sequel to the minding of a man's blood-covered body in a dingy alley site last night was the appearance in the City Watchhouse of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pt. Kembla Visitors In Court
ARISING out of incidents in Oxide Street at 12 p.m. on March 24, two visitors from Port Kembla appeared in the Police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Men Fined In Brisbane Court
Brisbane, March 24.—Six men, including the Federal Secretary of the Waterside Workers Federation. James Healy, were each fined £10 in the Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Hope Yet of Rail Settlement Squads Of Police Patrol Railway And Shell Oil Depots
Brisbane, March 24. — Not one hope of settlement of the eight-weeks-old rail strike hod come from the three-days stay in Brisbane of the president of the A.C.T.U., Mr. Clarey. Mr. Clarey said this today before his return to Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman On Husband Murder Charge
Melbourne, March 25.—Peggy Francis White (31), was charged in the City Court today with having murdered her husband, John White (35), miner, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaoled for Court Contempt A.E.U. Councillor In Brisbane
Brisbane, March 25. — The well-known Communist and Federal Councillor of the A.E.U., Edward Joseph Rowe, was today committed to prison for an indefinite period. The order was made by the Full Bench of the industrial Court after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prisoners Escape From Adelaide Gaol
Adelaide, March 28. — Taree long-[?]m prisoners who had been held on serious charges escaped from Adelaide Gael this afternoon. Police are…
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SYDNEY—In a desperate attempt to escape by burning his way out.Leonard Mundy (35), a prisoner, was nearly…
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MELBOURNE— John Palmer (53), was shot dead last night with a bullet which, the police allege, was fired through a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Former Boxing Champ on Assault Charge
Sydney, March 30.—Former Australian champion middleweight boxer. Jack Haines (40), was charged at Paddington Count today with assault and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police on Trail for Nine Years
BENDIGO— Reginald Bowley (40), salesman, has been arrested for a crime he is alleged to have committed nine years ago…
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Melbourne, March 31.—Nineteen-year-old John Kenneth Donnelly appeared in the City Court today charged with the murder of his step-father, John Palmer…
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Following recent thefts from trucks in the transhipping yards police inquiries have resulted in the arrest of a man…
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Sydney, March 31. — Making a strong appeal for bail in the Parramatta Court a 55-year-old Maltese, charged with stabbing his step-daughter, said that he was…
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SYDNEY — An intense police hunt is being conducted for the man who brutally attacked and…
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