Two Men Given Bonds for Theft of Steel
Two men were given bonds and a third discharged at the Wollongong Court on Thursday after the hearing of a stealing charge. John Thomas Underwood, 32…
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Praise For Police Boys
Praise for boxers and wrestlers from the Wollongong Police Boys' Club is contained in a letter from Mr. E. S. Lewis, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Suspended Sentence For Theft
A man used timber belonging to the Water Board to construct a gutter crossing, it was alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£15 Fine For Stealing Electric Drill
A man who told detectives he found an electric drill in pieces on his front lawn, was fined £15…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Theft Of Drill
The theft of an electric drill from the Electricity Commission cost John Rickards, 31-year-old labourer, of Central…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Norwegian Court Photographer And Party In Wollongong
A Norwegian professional photographer, who was appointed a Court photographer in Norway' in 1945, has arrived in Wollongong, with two fellow-countrymen, after travelling 89,000 miles throughout Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clandestine Love Motive For Murder'
BRISBANE, Mon.—Clandestine love and monetary gain were motives for a Brisbane murder, Brisbane Criminal Court was told today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Birthday Celebration Ends In Court
A seaman who was fined £5 for having been glasses in his possession, yesterday, told the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Some Bus Timetables Revision Appears Necessary"—magistrate
"Some revision of bus timetables appears to be necessary," Mr. L. E. Lake, S.M., stated in the Wollongong Court yesterday, in dismissing a charge against Edward Dion, of not running to timetable…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Man Charged With Wife's Murder
SYDNEY, Wed.—A 56-year-old Sunday School teacher was arrested and charged late tonight with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wollongong Boy Gives Evidence at Q'land Murder Trail
BRISBANE, Wed.—A 12-years-old boy told Central Court today how he had carried notes between a woman and her alleged lover, both of whom are charged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Sittings Of Supreme Court Each Year
Starting next year the Supreme Court will sit in Wollongong for two sessions annually, instead of one as at present…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wollongong Supreme Court Sittings (To the Editor)
Sir,—Our attention has been directed to the report appearing in yesterday's issue of your paper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Died After Taking Headache Powder, Court Told
TAMWORTH, Thurs.—A convalescent home proprietor who died after taking a headache powder had been frightened of a man because "he used to belt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Again: W'gong Supreme Court Sittings (To the Editor.)
SIR—Following publication yesterday of a letter from representatives of Wollongong land District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Magistrate Impounds Documents in Court
After the complainant in an alleged "apprehended violence" case had given evidence at the Wollongong Court on Thursday, his solicitor was given leave to withdraw from the case, and Mr. Lake SM ordered that the documents in the matter be…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Unanderra House For Police Officer
The Southern Zone Committee of the Greater Wollongong Council has received a letter from the Minister for Housing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Charged After Hotel Brawl
Two New Australians have been arrested and charged with offensive behaviour following a brawl in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Denial on Hammer in Brisbane Murder Case
BRISBANE, Mon.—Albert Eric Murphy denied in the Criminal Court today having entered Roy Allan Ferguson's house by the front door and handing a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"No Drinks Record," Court Told
A man told a constable he dia not keep a record of all he had to drink. Asked what he had been drinking, he said, "Beer. I don't believe in drinking…
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