Story Told of Assault at Tarrawanna, Miner Committed for Trial
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 12
At the Wollongong Court on Thursday, evidence was given by a 64-year-old pensioner who entered the witness box wearing dark glasses, his left eye having been removed by a surgical…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Solicitor Says Police Charge "Contemptible"
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 1
Mr. H. Peedom, Wollongong solicitor, said a police charge of violating a good behaviour bond, brought yesterday afternoon in Wollongong Court against a man convicted of stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Police Go on the Films
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 3
For the first time, British Criminal investigation headquarters at Scotland Yard have helped make a full length film…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Armed Police Block Road Near Singapore
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 3
SINGAPORE, Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Police, armed with rifles, last night blocked roads near Kallong airport, Singapore's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Traffic Offences at Bulli Court
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 16
At the Bulli Court on Friday fines totalling £27 were imposed oh ten men for various breaches of the traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Police Place No Value On Dugan Letter
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, Monday. — Police place no value on a letter sighed by escapee Darcy Dugan which was received by a Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Migrant on Charge of Murder
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 3
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A Polish migrant charged with the murder of an Army private at Moorbank military camp on January…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Albion Park Court
Kiama Independent · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 5
At Albion Park Court on Friday, 3rd February, Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M. disposed of a substantial list of cases, mostly of which were heard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Air Navigation Challenged In High Court
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 2
Melbourne, Tuesday.— The validity of the Air Navigation Act 1920-47 and regulations made thereunder was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclist Knocked Down; Summonsed by Police; Discharged by S.m
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 1
Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., dismissed an information against John Harold Davies, of Church Street, Wollongong, yesterday in the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions. Davies was charged with having had no…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Charged with Stealing Fountain Pen
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 2
Police arrested a 63-years-old labourer on Tuesday on stealing charges. Yesterday in Wollongong Court he was remanded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spies Sentenced in Poland
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 5
LONDON, Wednesday.—Andre Robineau, 25, a French consular official, was yesterday sentenced at Czozecin (Poland) to 12 years'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four Men on Charges of Assault
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 18
A cafe proprietor in evidence at Wollongong Court on Monday stated he seized a billiard cue from a spectator and with it…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Port Kembla Man's Holiday Jaunt Ends in Gaol
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 6
Two Port Kembla men touring various N.S.W. country towns during the holdays in a hired car, received a blow-out at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Declare "War" On Sydney's Underworld
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Police are intensifying their drive on Sydney's underworld. This warning to "crooks" of every class was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →26 Japanese Charged with Murder
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 1
TOKYO, Friday (A.A.P.Reuter).—Twenty-six Japanese war criminal suspects held at Sugamo Prison, in Tokyo, have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Break Up Bottled Beer Stealing Racket
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, Friday.—A highly-organised gang dealing in blackmarket bottled beer is fleeing for cover with the arrest of three men whom police claim are concerned in the racket…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol Escapees Recaptured At Pistol Point
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 5
DENILIQUIN, Friday.—Three convicts who escaped last Saturday from Ballarat Gaol were recaptured at pistol point by police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kiama Court of Petty Sessions
Kiama Independent · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 3
Kiama Court of Petty Sessions was held on Wednesday last before Mr. J. Fleeman, S. M. David R. Dickson pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Sequel To Melbourne Street Shooting
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 3
MELBOURNE, Fridays.— Frederick William Harrison, 27, of Eildon Courts, St. Kilda, and Norman Edwin Bradshaw, 24, of…
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