Police Seek "Third Man" in Collision
Police are trying to locate a "third man" who was indirectly involved in a collision between two cars on Mount Ousley Road last night…
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Wants to Join Police Force
After two years as a detective with Liverpool's Criminal Investigation . Department, Eileen…
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DARWIN, Tues.—A native serving a 12-years' gaol sentence for spearing and murdering a…
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Edward George Louis, 31, labourer of Primbee Crescent, Wollongong, was sentenced to nine months' hard labour yesterday, for stealing…
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LONDON, Tues.—"Murder at the Ritz" became reality yesterday when police battered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →S.M.'s Warning of Gaol Term
At Wollongong Court on Thursday, Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M. warned a New Australian that he would be gaoled…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Gaol for Stabbing Mistress
BRISBANE, Thurs.—Action of a man who stabbed his mistress, because she would not return to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Claim for Refund of Car Deposit
In Wollongong Quarter Sessions yesterday, Gordon Leslie Jones, of Burelli Street, Wollongong, claimed £125 from Douglas Walter Pugh, former owner of…
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In a report of an action for a refund of the balance of a deposit allegedly paid on a car in yesterday's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Migrants' Tariffs Increased Illegally, Court Rules
MELBOURNE, Fri.—Commonwealth Hostels Ltd., although an agent for the Federal Government, had no immunity from State laws and had therefore illegally increased migrants' tariffs last year, the Full High Court ruled today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Found Wife with Man in Packing Case, Court Told
A Dutch New Australian found his wife and another man together on a mattress in a five-foot high packing case, Wollongong District Court was told…
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"This type of theft amounts to hotel barbering, which is one of the meanest types of thefts. People have very little…
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A charge of stealing from a dwelling was preferred against a 28 years old Corrimal man at the Wollongong Police Station…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—Forty, two-years-old Tamworth farm labourer, Robert Edward Ryan was today…
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Detectives are investigating the passing of a forged 10/- note to the Nowra Commonwealth Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →'Police Chase, Shots Not Necessary'-Roach
SYDNEY, Mon.—A man would not have been shot dead yesterday had Police surrounded a car while it was parked and not chased it, Solicitor P. Roach, said in Central Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stole From Car of Friend's Family, Court Told
It was stated in Wollongong Court yesterday that a man who pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a piece of aluminium from a car was a friend of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman Acquitted Of Baby Murder
SYDNEY, Tues.—A Central Criminal Court jury today acquitted a woman of the murder of her sister's imbecile baby after a retirement of only 10 minutes. Mrs. Laska Grace…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Speeding Motorists Before Court
Eighteen men told Wollongong Court yesterday that they were guilty of charges of speeding, and their fines ranged from £4/3/- to £9/3/-…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheel Lock Before and After Accident, Court Told
"I made a slight movement with the wheel, it locked. I jammed everything on and my lorry grazed a car." Kevin James Cummins,…
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