Removal of Beard. Police Powers in N.S.W.
Sydney Police officers said last week that if the man arrested in New Zealand as Gordon Robert McKay had been deprived of his beard for…
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Four Sent to Gaol Man and Three Women Allegedly Conspired to Procure a Certain Event SYDNEY
Aubrey Sara, aged 52, masseur, was sentenced by Judge Clancy at Quarter Sessions to-day to three years’ hard lebor on a charge of conspiracy to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Boy Blackmailer" Remarkable Court Story Demand Allegedly Made for £5 ADELAIDE
A remarkable story of an attempt by a 13-year-old boy to blackmail a shopkeeper was related at the Adelaide Children's Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bloodstained Chaff Bag Police Wish to Interview Man Moving Across Country Towards Gunedah SYDNEY
A fresh clue in the search for two men who disappeared from the Narromine district early this year was unearthed by die police to-day. A bloodstained chaff bag was found a short distance from the spot where Thomas Robinson, aged 72, pensioner, disappeared…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →11,000 Police for N.S.W. Auxiliaries Will Swell Ranks to Be Used in an Emer-gency Sydney
The Chief Secretary (Mr. Gollan) to-day described as absurd a report that N.S.W. police were to be sent to Darwin and their places taken by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wash-room Murder Information In Letters May Be Vital, Police Think Sydney
Two anonymous letters received by the police are believed to contain valuable information concerning the murder on March 20 of William…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“Murder at Pirate’s Head” Chapter XXVI.—(Continued)
“I came down here to kill Lane for what he did to my sister. I saw him coming down the Castle driveway. We went over to the church and fought…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Detectives Convinced That Dam Murder Victim Was a Cyclist MELBOURNE
Detectives investigating the Dumosa dam murder mystery are certain that the victim, whose body was found in a chaff bag on Mar eh 24 in a dam…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney’s Auxiliary Police Force to Number 7000 Men Sydney
The Sydney police will shortly be assisted by 7000 picked auxiliary police, who will patrol wharves and docks and other important places in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Indignant at Cancellation of Leave Chief Concerned at Growing List of Unsolved Crimes SYDNEY
Police throughout N.S.W. are indignant at the action of the Commissioner of Police (Mr. -Mackay) in cancelling all leave…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Costs Him £20 a Week to Live Grazier Tells Court Wife’s Alimony Claim Sydney
Giving evidence before the Registrar in Divorce in the suit in which his wife is claiming per-manent alimony and maintenance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Is Money Property? Magistrate to Decide Theatre Manager Charged Under Lottery Act Sydney
The question whether money is property was argued at the Newtown Police Court to-day when William Brown pleaded not guilty to a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Oppose Bail Elderly Man Before Dubbo Court
When Albert Andrew Moss (60), appeared on two charges at the Dubbo Police Court to-day, the police opposed bail on the ground that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Glenroy Murder Melbourne
George Green (38), chimney sweep, was hanged at Coburg Gaol to-day, for the murder of Miss Annie Wiseman and her niece, Phyllis Wiseman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Murder at Pirate's Head” Chapter Xxvii
"Dang it! Burned my best pipe! That was a smart thing to do! What'll the police think when they find you've deliberately burned some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Test Refused by Court Thimble and Pea
Amid laughter Mr. Mahony S. M., at the Central Police Court, Sydney, yesterday declined an invitation to pick the thimble which hid a pea when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Piha Burned Bones McKay Before Court AUCKLAND
Gordon McKay, 43, and James Arthur Talbot, 48, appeared at the Police Court to-day on charges in connection with the Piha burned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Consul's Death Court Martial Sentences at Baghdad BAGDAD
Sentences, varying from eight to 15 years' hard labour, were imposed in six men at a court-martial which followed the assassination of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Oppose Bail “Disquieting Circumstances” References to a Missing Man Dubbo
When Albert Andrew Moss, aged 60, appeared on two charges at the police court to-day, the police opposed bail on the grounds that there were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Chief's PIea For Fruit Pickers in Report Defending His Men MELBOURNE
In a report on the riot at Red Cliffs on March 11, the Police Commissioner (Mr. Duncan) stated that a certain small element composed principally of…
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