Court Witness Says That's the Man'
"It was that man there," emphatically declared a witness in the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday identifying a man, he claimed, had driven a vehicle involved in a…
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'Dead' Voted, Court Told
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—It would be alleged that votes in the names of dead people had been cast in the last State election at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court Told Of Alderman's Visit To Baker
A council alderman had visited a Wollongong baker charged with failing to keep his premises clean, it was stated in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Charged In Melbourne With Pavroll Theft
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—After extensive inquiries in several States, police this afternoon arrested a 21-year-old truck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Remand on £1850 Theft Charge
MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Raymond John McIntosh, 21, truck driver, was charged in the City Court today with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Detective Says Man Confessed Murder
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Lionel Charles Thomas, 44, charged with murdering a 50-year-old Blacktown widow, had admitted the crime, Central Court was told today…
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A charge against William Kavanagh of assaulting his wife, heard at Bulli Court of Petty Sessions yesterday before Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Charge Follows Cringila Shooting
A 48-years-old man, Walter Henry Mock, of Lackawanna Street, Cringila, was fatally shot yesterday afternoon while working on the roof of a Lackawanna Street garage-home…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. —A Criminal Court jury late tonight found John Bryan Kerr, 25, guilty of the Middle Park Beach,…
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"Anything suits me," said a man at the Wollongong Police Court on Saturday morning when the matter of his remand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suffered a Stroke Charged with Drunkenness
A man, who was arrested for drunkenness, and who was later admitted to the Berry Hospital in a serious condition, died on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Labourer Remanded On Murder Charge
A 47-year-old fitter's labourer, Albert Selwood, of Cringila, was charged with murder in Wollongong Court on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aborigines Attack Police Near Taree
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A police constable was taken to hospital unconscious after 15 aborigines had attacked two constables…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Concerned About Rise in Accident Rate 18 Dead, 286 Injured In 8 Mths. This Year
Police are alarmed at the steep rise in the accident rate in Greater Wollongong—so far this year 18 have been killed and 286 injured on roads in the area in a little over eight months…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Salesman Given £300 Bail On Stealing Charge
A 29-years-old Wollongong salesman was remanded in Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on £300 bail on a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Brr Brr'd" The Magistrate, But Not Fined
A young, well-dressed, several-years-old boy who looked up at the magistrate and went "brrr brrr" and skidded on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labourers Charged with Theft
Two labourers were arrested in Port Kembla yesterday following the theft of £35/10/- from a room at the Lorray Guest…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Charged With Murder On Eve Of Wedding
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A 19 year-old West Australian girl Dorothy May Truslove, of Car[?], Perth, said a man charges…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Extra Traffic Police
The Greater Wollongong Country has been advised by the New 2th Wales Police Department at no additional police can be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →S.m. Gonducts Court in Gaol Hospital
SYDNEY, Thursday:—Mr: Hawkins, S.M., held a a Court to-day in Long Bay Gaol Hospital when Lionel Charles Thomas…
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