Traffic Duty for Women Police
SYDNEY.— As soon as uniforms are avaiable for women police they will be given a trial on traffic duty in…
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Courts & crime, 1948
1,223 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 62
Modern Don Quixote Clashes With Police
LONDON, January 5.—Waving a rusty sword, like Don Quixote, Derek Fearn (17) charged into a Nottinghamshire police station and demanded that the police set free his girl…
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SYDNEY— The Crown Solicitor's Department had not been instructed to issue any further summonses regarding the New Guinea…
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London, January 6.—Was it murder of suicide on the Rome express? When the train pulled in to Florence on Sunday, a sleeping car attendant…
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Tokyo (A.A.P. Reuter), January 6.—To the 250 Australians who survived the brutal treatment of Japanese guards in Tokyo prisoner of war camp…
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Brisbane, January 6.—A 15-year-old boy was charged at Landsborough with having murdered his father, Ernest Edward Portch, 52, at Conondale, near…
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San Francisco, January 6.—The Australian candidate office here disclosed that tJohn vallace Sutherland, an Australian sear[?]an, aged 26, was arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →C.I.B. Offer To Gaol Breaker
SYDNEY.— An appeal to Crofton Edward Barnes, who escaped from Long Bay Gaol by scaling a high wall on Thursday…
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PARIS, January 6.— Major Rene Bazeynerie, 56, on the reserve list, has been arrested for the murder of a young woman on whom he…
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Sydney, January 6.—Arthur Andrew Beach (47), steward, charged with murder, was further remanded at the Central Court today until January 22. He…
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Paris, January 6.—Major Rene Bazeyneric, 56, of the reserve list, has been arrested for the murder of a young woman on whom he had spent all his…
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SYDNEY.— Police today advised a boy cyclist involved in an accident yesterday which caused a man's death to contact them…
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West Wyalong, January 6.—A young man appeared in the West Wyalong Court today. He was found wandering at large. His appearance was the…
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TOKIO, January 7.— Six Japanese prison guards known to Australian prisoners of war as ''Gummy," "Fishface," "Hoppy," "Boofhead," "Whisky," and "Horsey," have been sentenced to…
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SYDNEY—The State president of the R.S.L., (Mr. Ken Bolton) has received a letter from Crofton Edward Barnes,…
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Superintendent G. B. Howard, who is relievling Superintendent Randall as offtcer in charge of the Western Police District, is expected…
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Sydney, January 7.—A youth who appeared in the Central Court today over the alleged theft of more than 11,000 bottles of beer faced 40 charges of…
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SYDNEY.— Another acting Divorce. Court judge, was appointed yesterday to help clear up the big lag In divorce case hearings…
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Sydney, Jan. 7.—When John Smith ("Jock") Garden appeared in the Special Federal Court today on charges of forging a letter and fraud it was alleged by…
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FAMAGUSTA, Cyprus, January 8.— Cyprus police have arrested 21 paratroopers of the 6th Airborne Division and charged them with…
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