Police Seek Interview with Man About Portland Boys' Death
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 3
SYDNEY, Monday.—The inquest into the death of two young boys whose bodies were found in a cave at Portland early this month is not likely to be held until after police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suspended Sentences for Stealing Coolers
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 9
Two men, charged with stealing six copper coolers valued at £90, had said they did not know why they were taking the coolers, it was stated in Wollongong Court of Petty…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →3 Years' Gaol for Traveling Thief
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 2
WAGGA, Tuesday. — A youth who stole a car at Manly and drove it to Bargo, Mittagong and Goulburn, stealing goods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Declines To Attend Court
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 2
A slightly deaf -woman who had been knocked down by a car had declined to attend court, a constable said in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Teacher Successful in Court Application for Home
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 4
On tie grounds of hardship, a Wollongong school teacher was successful in his application to the Wollongong Court of Petty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Charged with Murder of Portland Boys
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 2
TAMWORTH, Wednesday.—A State-wide search ended in Tamworth today when a man was arrested and charged with the murder of two boys whose bodies were found in a cave…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three 'Teen-agers on Theft Charges
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 5
Three 'teen-age youths (two boys and a girl) will appear in the Wollongong Court on Monday to answer charges of breaking, entering and stealing, following three thefts at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man & Woman for Trial on 3 Stealing Counts
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 15
A man and a woman were committed for trial at Wollongong Court yesterday on three, charges of stealing from Wollongong stores. It was alleged that the two carried out a shoplifting…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Court Gives Widow Possession of Home
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 19
A woman who had lived in a tent in a backyard had then moved into her sister's flat, it was claimed in the Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Evatt Continues Address To High Court
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 5
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Every Regulation deemed to be void during the war could be opened up in peace-time if the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court Told Sydney Couple Stole From Shops; Committed For Trial
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 4
A man and a woman, charged with stealing nearly £200 worth of goods from three Wollongong department stores, were yesterday committed for trial to the Quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →4 Youngsters For Trial On Murder Charge
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 5
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The City Coroner (Mr. Bott) today committed for trial two girls and two youths on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Say Portland Boys Assaulted Then Smothered
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 2
SYDNEY, Thursday.—John Kevin Seach, 26, quarryman, of Ridge Street, Portland, demonstrated to police how he had smothered two boys at Portland on October 30, after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vital Ruling on Basic Wage by Full Court
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 3
MELBOURNE, Thursday. —The Full Arbitration Court today ruled that the whole basic wage, including prosperity loading, will be subject to cost-of-living adjustment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sharkey Released From Gaol
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1950 · page 2
SYDNEY, Friday.—Laurences Louis Shackey, of the Australian Communist Party, was released from Long Bay Gaol at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speedsters Fined at Wollongong Court
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1950 · page 2
Two Prince's Highway speedsters were each fined £5/3/ in the Wollongong Court of Petty. Sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Slow Moving Machinery of Arbitration Court
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 27 November 1950 · page 5
In the Federal Parliament Mr. W. Davies questioned the Minister for Labour and National Service regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court Told of Search For Missing Barmaid
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 27 November 1950 · page 2
At the Bulli Court on Friday the magistrate was told that a Mrs. Nan Thompson, also i known as Mrs. Roberts, formerly employed as a barmaid at the Bulli Hotel "had disappeared" and a search by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Told To Appear In Court In Better Condition
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 27 November 1950 · page 3
When Frederick Ackurst, 66 engineer, Raymond Road, Thirroul, appeared in the Bulli Court of Petty Sessions on Friday, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Say 'Notorious' Woman Has 119 Court Appearances
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 5
Police claimed that a woman, described as "notorious," who appeared in Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, had appeared in court 119 times since 1919…
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