Elderly Man Assaulted, Police Allege
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — One young man struck an elderly man while three others urged him [?] at Weverley on…
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Court Sequel to Car Outing
Lester Herbert Moen, 32, laborer, of 30 Harbord Street, Thirroul, conceived the idea on Saturday last of having an…
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LOS NEGROS, Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Evidence of the decapitation of three Australian and one American prisoners of war at Bougainville was given to the War Crimes Court today in the…
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LONDON,. Thursday (A.A.P. The 26-year-old Irish gardener who broke into the London home of Queen Mary and…
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Sydney Cook, 31, labourer, of Bent Street, Warrawong, was charged before the Wollongong Chamber Magistrate (Mr. C…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday. — Cyril Clifford Jopling, headmaster of the Belmont Public School, from the witness box of…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A police witness said today the bus from which it is believed two young women fell to their death at…
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Before Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., at Kiama Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last, Mervyn Kelly, of Guildford, was fined £3 and 10/-…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—While a warder's attention, was diverted, four prisoners scaled a 16-foot wall at the Sale gaol…
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Mrs. Flora Smith of Moss Street, Nowra, was admitted to the Bulli District Hospital last night as a result of injuries…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Police suspect at least two deliberate attempts have, been made to fire the Williamstown…
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"This is a cowardly business—to take to a woman and pull her hair out," said Mr. J. Fleeman in Wollongong Court of Petty…
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A 29-year-old labourer with an "unsavoury record" was sentenced to nine months' hard labour by Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M.,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Police will try to inspect the hull of the wrecked yacht Gentleman's Agreement, at Wottamolla…
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LOS NEGROS, Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Defending counsel, Choji Nakayama, to-day objected against the trial here of three alleged Japanese war criminals accused of…
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Splendid police work led to the arrest of a 29 year old labourer who pleaded guilty at the Wollongong Court on Monday to a charge of illegally taking and using a motor car and was…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. — There was a surprise turn in an inquest at the Coroner's Court here today when police obtained…
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Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., dismissed a charge of assault in Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions in which Gwen Davies, of 24…
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An "unknown man" trying to climb aboard a jeep while it was in motion was the cause of an accident according to…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. — A young woman employee of a Collingwood jewellery store today tripped a thief who was…
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