Migrant on Murder Charge Collapses in Court
BRISBANE, Thurs. — A Ukranian migrant charged with the wilful murder his wife collapsed in the Criminal Court today and had to be assisted from…
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Police Seek Man for Questioning After Murder at Bathurst
SYDNEY, Thurs. — Police late to-night were searching Cor a 36-years-old man for questioning about the murder of an 80 - years - old storekeeper near…
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SYDNEY, Thurs. — Three men who escaped from the Wollongong lock-up on July 7 and were recaptured at gun point in Madtland. the same night were…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.—At the conclusion of an inquest into the death, of 6-year-old Pamela Walton…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—A Chinese seaman had split the heads of two fellow Chinese crew members with a ship's axe, it was in Central Court, today…
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SYDNEY, Fri. — Police are scouring the Blue Mountains area for a man they wish to question in…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.—Sydney homicide detectives will fly to Melbourne to-morrow to interview a man detained by Russell St. police at a room in a Little…
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MELBOURNE. Mon.—Leonard James Elliott, 28, labourer, of Sutherland, New South Wales, was…
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James Wallace, 33, labourer, of the Official Camp, Port Kembla, was fined £5 in the Wollongong Court…
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NEWCASTLE, Mon.—A New Australian woman admitted strangling a journalist's wife because she wanted to "free" the man and his son police alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →P.k. Man Sentenced to Hard Labour; for Trial on Break Charge
A Port Kembla man was sentenced t[?]six months hard labour when convic[?]on a stealing charge and committed fo[?]trial on charges of breaking and entering…
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Two men who pawned a radio set for £15 and then paid the deposit on it with some of the money, were each sentenced to six months gaol, at the Wollongong…
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The story of a fight in a blood-splattered room with the floor strewn with broken glass after a man had been struck over the head with a bottle of beer, was related in the Wollongong Court yesterday by a detective…
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"Two young men with criminal records who pawned a portable radio, which they had acquired tender a hire, purchase…
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BRISBANE, Wed.—One of the best known figures of the Australian underworld, Harold Cornelius…
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It was unfortunate for 23 year old labourer Carl Raymond Williams, of Fraser St., Unanderra, that the vehicle…
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Inspector J. P. Magnay, officer in charge of No. 19 Division with headquarters at Wollongong, has received notification of his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Boys' Club Helps Reduce Juvenile Crime
The Wollongong Police-Citizens' Boys Club Committee are very satisfied with what has been done in the way of keeping boys off the streets of Wollongong with a subsequent decrease of juvenile crime…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Probe Alleged Thallium Poisoning of District Man, Woman
Detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding an alleged thallium poisoning of two Wollongong persons, a man of 24 and a woman of 48…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crown Alleges Murder Attempt: Women Gaoled for Assault
MELBOURNE, Mon.—Two women were gaoled in the Criminal Court today, one for 18 months, the other for six months for assaulting a woman the…
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