Nurse Alleges Assault After Accident
CANBERRA, Tues.—A 20-years-old trainee nurse alleged in Canberra Court today that a motorist on the pretext of taking her to hospital after she…
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Police Seek Missing Businessman
SYDNEY, Tues.—Police throughout Australia were called in by Scotland Yard today to join a world-wide…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Told Child Ran In Front Of Car
A three-years-old boy was admitted to Wollongong Hospital with a fractured skull and right…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Men For Trial For Alleged Tyre Theft
Two men, a 21 year old mechanic and a 33 year old taxi driver, were committed for trial at Bulli Court on Friday last by Magistrate Fleeman on charges of alleged theft of truck tyres and other equipment from the Brick Transport Co, Pty. Ltd. They were Barry Leo Hibberd…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bentley Hanged for Murder of Policeman
LONDON, Wed.—Derek William Bentley, 19-years-old electrician, was hanged today for murder. An llth-hour bid by 200 members of Parliament failed to secure his reprieve…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bond for Assault on Woman
A man who pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting a female told Wollongong Court "I did…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Check On Broadcast
SYDNEY, Thurs.—Police checking certain radio broadcasts for possible breaches of the Gaming…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Arrest of Witness Ordered in Baby Murder Case
BRISBANE, Thurs.—A Brisbane Police Court magistrate today ordered the arrest of a witness alleged to have refused to give evidence in a murder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Permanently Injured In Crown St. Accident, Court Told
A woman had suffered permanent serious injury following an accident in Crown Street, Wollongong, on August 7, 1952, a doctor told Wollongong Court yesterday. Dr. Bruce Fraser, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaol Escapees Taken to Grafton
SYDNEY, Fri.—Five notorious criminals who on Tuesday figured in a desperate attempt to escape from Paramatta Gaol, left Sydney by train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Sequel to Vice Squad's Kiama Visit
When members of the State Police Vice Squad visited Tory's Hotel, Kiama, on 24th January, Kiama Court was told on Wednesday, they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Many Court Cases Postponed
Many of the cases listed for hearing at Thursday's Bitting of Wollongong Court, had to be stood over…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Seek To Locate Panel Van
Police are making enquiries throughout N.S.W. to identify the driver of a late model panel van that was concerned…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Police Track Damaged Car By Leaking Radiator
At Wollongong Court last Thursday police witnesses related how they followed a trail on the roadway left by water leaking from a damaged radiator and then found a damaged sedan motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Engineer Fined for Ring Theft
SYDNEY, Mon.—A 31-years-old Wollongong engineer was fined £15 Redfern Court today on a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prosecutor Says Assault "Hoodlum Attack"
"It is hoodlumism, that's what it is. I have a very good mind to send the three of you to gaol," Mr. Fleeman, .S.M., told three men convicted in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Taxi Driver Charged with Forging Shares
SYDNEY, Tues.—Gordon William Watson, 42-years-old taxi driver, of Victoria Street, Marrickville, was charged in Central Court today with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blackout Claim at Murder Inquest
SYDNEY, Tues.—A man charged with the murder of a woman had said that if he was in the woman's room on the night of the murder he must have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reds Preferred Gaol in America to "Freedom" in Russia
NEW YORK. Tues.—A judge yesterday offered 13 second-string American Communist leaders a choice of going to the Soviet Union or to prison…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fairy Creek Polluted, Court Told; Gas Company Fined £35
Wollongong Gaslight Co. was fined £35 in Wollongong Court yesterday following a charge by the Greater Wollongong City Council that the company…
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