Man Drops Dead in Court
SYDNEY, Wednesday,—John Romales, 60-year-old Darlinghurst cafe proprietor, farther of the Plaintiff in a Greek versus…
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Police Control of Traffic and Licences Urged
The extension of the Metropolitan Traffic Act to Greater Wollongong district would give police far more efficient control of traffic and drivers stated Sergeant Adams on Friday night…
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At the Wollongong Court on Tuesday, Solicitor Mr. H. Peedom, questioned evidence by police that a defendant had been swaying and claimed that the constables themselves were swaying whilst…
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A woman told the Magistrate at the Wollongong Court on Monday that she was asleep in the back seat of a car with two men when it crashed into another car at Dapto on the night of January 3…
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A 34-years-old Annandale baker, James Douglas, was yesterday committed for trial at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions, on May 15, on five charges of unlawfully taking and using cars…
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In view of the shortage of new tyre supplies, thieves are turning their attention to cars left in the streets, according to the…
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GUNNEDAH, Sunday.—Two men yesterday disarmed a third man as he was allegedly firing a pea-rifle at a woman and her…
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Any suggestion of police traps in enforcing tragic regulations is strongly opposed by the N.R.M.A. General secertary, Mr. H. E…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Attempts to discover the identity of the writer who threatened to blow up a house unless its wealthy…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—There was no evidence of ill-treatment of prisoners an Grafton Gaol. The food was good and there…
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The Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. J. Fleeman) declared yesterday that as soon as control of traffic in Crown-Street was…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A 26-years-old former B.C.O.F. private, Kenneth William Gibbons, who arrived here today aboard…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Alma Mabel Walsh, 46, sentenced to 15 years' gaol for the attempt murder of her husband, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hoodlums' Assault Was Like Grand Opera
A Wollongong cafe proprietor, in the Wollongong on Monday said that an assault made on him by three men resembled "Grand Opera". Before the Court, charged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brawls, Car Thieves Kept Police Busy
Brawling hoodlums and car thieves kept a full squad of Division 19 police bus r during last night's Greater Wollongong Mardi Gras. Six arrests were made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Kangaroo Court' Popular with Spectators
One of the most popular features of last night's Mardi Gras was the "Kangaroo Court", conducted by the Wollongong Apex Club at the corner of Church and Crown Streets. "Injustice" was dealt out to…
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The Jubilee Mardi Gras had a sequel in Wollongong Court yesterday. Several young men appeared on charges preferred by police after street brawls on Wednesday night. Police…
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The English soccer team which will play the South Coast at Wollongong on Wednesday will be met at the top of Bulli…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Youths on Charges of Theft
Two 17-year-old youths will fee brought before Wollongong Children's Court today on several charges of theft…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Were Busy
A number of hoodlums, some pickpockets and car thieves kept the police busy throughout the night…
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