Girl Charged With Murder of Mother
Lithgow, March 6.—Doris Rebecca Lothian (35) was fatally shot at her home in Inch Street, Lithgow, while she and her family were sitting at tea…
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Courts & crime, 1949
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Bikes at North Police Station
Nine bikes have accumulated at the North Police Station. They have been recovered over a period of two months. Owners are asked to call and collect…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Charged in U.S. with Spying Soviet Ambassador Demands Countryman's Release
Woshington, March 6.—The Soviet Ambassador, Alexander Panyushkin, yesterday demanded that the United States order the release of Valentine Gubotchey, a Russian employee of the United Nations, who was arrested in New York…
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London, March 6.—Scotland Yard men investigation the case of the missing Henderson and McSwan families in a builder's workshop in Southern…
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Following police inquiries a youth has been arrested and charged in connection with the recent robbery from. Dann & Co's. store,…
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Yesterday Sgt. D. D. Truman and Constable C. Brnyshaw questioned a youth concerning a theft from Dann's stort on. Tuesday evening last. The youth…
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Sydney. March 7.—A woman claimed in the Liverpool Court today that her husband had attempted to drawn her in a bath. The woman Ethel Iris Brown…
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Sydney, March 7.—After a middle aged timber cutter had allegedly beaten a young woman to death at Taree on November 18, he walked to a…
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Melbourne. March 7.—The [?] the [?] application for a [?] of £10 per week [?] Full Arbitration Court today…
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Sydney, March 8.—A 32-year-old whart laborer was sentenced to three years imprisonment at the Quarter Sessions today for housebreaking. The man…
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Melbourne.-—Thieves got away with 45 gallons of beer in a wellplanned robbery on the Prince's Highway near Wallan…
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Sydney, March 8.—Found guilty at the Central Criminal Court today it the murder of Thera Lorraine Godwin (25) at Tarre on November 1[?], Clarence…
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Sydney.—The Graziers' Conference decided today to ask the Government to impose the minimum penalty of six months' gaol…
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Sofia, March 9.—Further espionage trials of Bulgarian churchmen are expected to begin soon following the sentencing 15 Protestant…
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Rockhampton, March 8.—A 38-year-old dairyman was charged in the Police Court today with murdering Henry Joseph Dunn (27) yesterday. The man…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stock Stealing Increases Reported By Graziers' Association
Sydney, March 9—An Increase in cattle rusting and sheep stealing in New South Wales was pointed out by graziers at today's session of the Graziers…
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Mr. C. E. Martin, the Attorney General, arrived in Broken Hill by plane yesterday, accompanied by his secretary. Mr. R. Templeton. Mr. Martin's chief…
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Sydney.—Charged with having murdered a man on Saturday, Norman Wilfred McNamara (20), rabbit skinner, of Belfield, was…
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Yesterday afternoon at About 2 o'clock the police Anson arrived here to assist in the delivery of relief parcels to the outback flooded areas. Five men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ace Sculler In Police Plane
Merv. Wood, champion Olympic sculler, who won one of Australia's two "firsts" in the recent Olympic Games in London, is a member of the crew of the N.S.W. police plane which is assisting in the…
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