Police Chief: "Drivers Behaved Better"
"The traffic through Wollongong district over Easter showed more restraint than it has shown over holiday weekends for some time."…
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907 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 12 of 46
Man "Barred" From Dances, Court Told
A man who police stated, had been barred from dance halls in Wollongong was fined £5 yesterday on…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—C.I.B. detectives tonight charged a 22-year-old labourer with the murder of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theft at Garage
Several keys and a [?]ension wrench, were side early yesterday from office of Arkell [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suspended Gaol Sentence
A man who stole a lorry at Nowra over two years ago was given a suspended sentence of six months' hard labour and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Assault On Mother
A 10-year-old carpenter, who police allege acted like a man demented and seriously assaulted his aged mother, was before the Wollongong Court on Tuesday. He was Spencer Donald…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fined £20 On Theft Charge
A 39 year old Scottish carpenter, who came to this country in July last, was fined £20 and ordered to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →10 Years' Gaol for Driver of Death Car
SYDNEY, Wed.—Kevin Collison, 21-year-old clerk of Waterloo, was today sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude for manslaughter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rest of the News in Brief Year's Gaol for "Magpie"
LONDON, Wed.—Jim Wright, 35, porter, was jailed for a year after a court at Geverley Yorkshire was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Warn Children on Stolen Detonators
Wollongong detectives are concerned that dangerous electric detonators, stolen early yesterday from Kemeira Tunnel workings, Mt. Kembla, may get…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Police District Likely for Wollongong Area
Inspector Magnay, of Wollongong Police, said yesterday that Wollongong's police may soon be put under a superintendent instead of an inspector, and made a district independent of the metropolitan area…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.— A 22-years-old mechanic had written a confession to the killing of a tailor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stole From Host Police Allege: Man to Face Trial
A man, who police said, stole a suit of clothes front his host and, who later stole articles and money from his father in-law's home at Dapto, was committed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court Told of Kembla Grange Smash: Driver Fined
Following an accident on the highway near Kembla Grange in which two cars and a motorcycle were involved, third vehicle struck an already damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Woman Tells Court Of Punching
A man who threw his coat over his wife and punched her in the face and later wrote to her…
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A man who threw his coat over his wife and punched her in the face and later wrote to her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Seek Men For P.K. Bashing
Police are still making inquiries into the assault of a Customs Department officer by two men who…
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A driver of a car which collided with a motor cycle and a car travelling in the opposite direction…
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A driver of a car which collided with a motor cycle and a car travelling in the opposite direction…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Husband Given Bond On Assault Charge
Convicted at the Wollongong Court on Thursday of assaulting his wife, Robert Ernest Baxter, of Lake View Parade,…
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