Crown's Case Admitted in Murder Trial
SYDNEY, Monday.—After a young man charged with murder had pleaded not guilty, his senior counsel said in the…
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Couple All Ege Attack by Police Sergeant
Charged in Wollongong Court yesterday morning with having used indecent language at the Oxford Hotel, Wollongong, on…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.—Chief Judge Kelly, in the Full Arbitration Court today, refused leave for an application for an immediate interim increase of £2 a week in the basic wage…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Kevin John Irwin, 23, was found guilty in Central Criminal Court today of the murder of Mrs. Dorothy…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — A murder trial in the Central Court came to a dramatic end this afternoon with the acquital…
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Robert John Dodd, a Mt. Keira miner, who said he was "fond" of his wife, Hilda Edith Dodd, of 9 Robertson Street, Coniston…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Plead Guilty at Bulli Court to Driving Under Influence
Two drivers appeared in Bulli Court yesterday and pleaded guilty to having driven motor lorries while under the influence…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs. — The Governor of Pentriage Gaol (Mr. J. F. Edwards) has been suspended from duty on a…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—Shot through the head, a murdered stockman was pushed through the window of a moving train…
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Eric Alexander Matthews, 38, a fireman-shunter, was convicted in Wollongong Court yesterday of having stolen five coils of copper wire valued at £93 and sentenced to six months' hard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Magistrate Evicts Tenants From Dapto And Figtree Homes
Four families' housing problems were aired in the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions, yesterday, when Reginald John O'Donnell, widely-known cattle breeder, of Figtree, brought an…
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WAGGA, Thursday. — As flood waters enter Wagga's main street tonight police are preparing to evacuate more than 6000 residents. More than 1,000,000 gallons of water are flowing over…
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BRISBANE, Friday. —Charles Norman. House, 20, station hand, of Alpha, was charged in Alpha Police Court today with the…
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M A I T L A N D , Friday.— Rodney Francis Thorley, 34, labpurer, of Singleton, was sentenced to 12 years' Imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Comic Court v. Chicquita At Moonee Valley Today
The clash between the star horses of the recent Autumn Carnival, Comic Court and Chicquita in today's Alister Clark Stakes at Moonee Valley, is expected to draw s near-record crowd…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Men Receive Gaol Sentences for Stealing From Siding
At the Wollongong Court on Thursday, gaol sentences were imposed on two railway employees for stealing Japanese copper rod from Port Kembla siding…
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Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., at the Bulli Court last Wednesday in answer to a solicitor's plea, on behalf of a man who pleaded guilty to a charge of driving under the influence, said, "Section 556A does not provide that every motorist is…
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Wollongong police are seeking the owner of a gents chrome wristlet watch found in Coniston on or about February 7…
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Delay by the Government in appointing additional police to the Safety Bureau for the prevention of road accidents is unpardonable, according to the general secretary of the N.R.M.A…
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Fines totalling £16/17/6 were impo[?] on five men at the Wollongong Court on Thursday for breaches of…
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