Police Search For Missing Boy
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), A.A.P. Reuter. Monday.—Police with shovels, spades, picks and forks are searching at Helena Bay,…
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Courts & crime, 1950
1,085 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 55
Sir Doctors Charged With Murder
Hungarian police have arrested six doctors on charges of having murdered nine children through criminal negligence…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — Sentences of death were passed yesterday oh Darcy Ezekeil Dugan (29) and William Cecil Mears (27), for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chicago Police Honour the Pope
VATICAN CITY, June 13.— Pope Pius yesterday became an honorary Chicago policeman. In the name of Chicago’s 66…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Used Indecent Language to Mother and Sister Quite Inexcuseable, Says Magistrate
"It would be extremely difficult to imagine a more disgusting expression for a man to use to his mother and sister," the Magistrate (Mr. F…
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MUSWELLBROOK, Thursday. —The death occurred at Narrabri of Senior-Constable John Keegan, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs…
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Harold Stephen Devereaux, 29, wood machinist, was committed for trial by the City Coroner (Mr. A. R. Rasche) at Newcastle yesterday on…
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Raymond James Shechan, 50, of Elliott-street, Balmain, was yesterday sentenced to two and a half years' gaol for the manslaughter of a…
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NEW YORK, June 16. — PBI agents captured Wayne Long, 26, In a gun battle at Portland, Oregon, yesterday, after Long had run from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canada Doubles Gaol Terms For Spy Convictions
OTTAWA, June 16. — Canada has announced Its intention to double the prison term for violations of the Official Secrets Act…
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Because of the weather, the Cessnock Police Ball, which was to have been held to-night, has been postponed to a date to be…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday,—A man accused of having murdered his wife, was alleged by Detective C, B. Williams to have admitted…
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CALCUTTA: Jay-walkers, road-hogs and footboard dancers recently had a pleasant surprise— at first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Husband Often Thrashed Her Woman's Evidence in Divorce Court
While she lived with her husband at Cessnock he drank heavily, often thrashed her, and gave her practically no money, a petitioner said in…
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The Engineer stated that Mr. Stretch has reported that several of his pegs have been deliberately removed in, and in the vicinity of…
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LOS NEGROS (Admiralties Island), June 20. (AAP-Reuter).— Major Hiroshi Itsul and Captain Hirayasu Shina were both found…
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Major Hiroshi Itsui and Captain Hirayasu Shina were found guilty by the War Crimes Court at Los Negros yesterday of a charge of having…
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Sergeant, second-class, J. H. Robinson, of Muswellbrook, has been promoted to the rank of sergeant firstclass…
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NEW YORK, June 20. — New Jersey’s highest tribunal, the State Supreme Court, sitting at Trenton, yesterday condemned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunter River Rising Again Police Fear More Serious Flooding
After falling to 29 feet the Hunter River began to rise again last night following yesterdays heavy rain and had reached a height of 34 feet at…
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