"Locked Man in Burning Room" Allegation in Court Melbourne
A[?] allegation that he had looked a fellow lodger in a room after he had set lire to a mattress in a lodging house in Queensberry street, Cariton…
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Wife Dies Few Minutes After Husband Will Tangle Before Court MELBOURNE
A wife who was bequeathed a life interest In her husband's estate, but who died a few minutes after him, has presented a taxation [?]angle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collision in Sydney Harbor High Court Finds Masters Equally To-blame Melbourne
Silting in Admiralty jurisdiction in the High Court to-day, Mr. Justice Dixon found that the masters of the vessels Kairanga and the Empire Star…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boys Charged With Arson
At the Wagga Quarter Sessions yesterday William John Hands, aged 16. and John James S[?]ort, aged 15, of Junee, were charged with arson. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder of Czechs Alleged Against Nazis Montreal, March 18
Senator V[?]jia Bones a brother of the [?]zecho-Slovakian President, in a broadcast to-day. charged the Nazis with having murdered 4000 prominent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Civilians to Have Powers of Police Sydney
The Police Reserve Bill which was originally introduced in the Legislative Assembly in October, 1939. will be passed through Parliament before the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Ambulance Appeal
The committee of the Deniliquin Police Ambulance Appeal last week authorised the purchase through the Military Board, at a cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Newcastle Murder The Fate of a Wife NEWCASTLE
A remand for a week was granted at the Police Court this morning, when Roger Gordon Trimmer (25), labourer, was charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Inspector Bower to Retire Served 39 Years In Force
NARANDERA.—After having been in charge of Narandera police district for the past year, is retiring owing to ill-health…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Talks of Another “New Guard” Police Reserves [?]Reation Attacked Sydney
Police reservists would be a sort of “New Guard” and give the Government a force of strike breakers when they were required…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Items of News Boys Sentenced
Convicted of a charge of arson, two youths were yesterday, sentenced to a year in an institution, at the Quarter Sessions at Wagga before Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Ambulance Euchre
Keen interest is being evinced in the Police Ambulance Euchre Drive, which reached its fourth session on Thursday night. Only two more…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Fail to Find Men Developments in Court Proceedings Sydney
After it was stated that the terms of the original indictment had been altered, the conspiracy trial al the Quarter Sessions to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Traffic Offenders Fined Several Cases in Albury Court
Activit[?] of the Albury police tra[?] patrol were reflected by the leng[?] [?] of cases death with in the Albury p[?] court yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Threat to Murder
Until recently, George Cedric Candy and Patrick Ryan were associated in partnership in an agency business at Yarrawonga. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Reservists Bill Sydney
Demanding that the Police Reserve Bill be withdrawn in Parliament tonight. the Deputy-Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Baddeley) said the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged to Be Bankrupt Superannuation Funds Police and Railways Sydney
A stir was caused in the Legislative Council to-night when [?] Labor leader (Mr. [?] the police and railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Evidence of Constables Criticised Magistrate’s Comments Melbourne
Mr. Jackson, P.M., said in Brunswick court to-day that ho hoped that the prosecuting officer would bring under the notice of superior officers,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clash with Pickets Police Use Tear Gas Bethlehem (Pa.), March 25
Policemen used tear gas to disperse pickets outside the Bethlehem Steel Corporation plant, which operated to-day, despite a strike of members of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sixth Day of Hearing Men Before Court Over A Dog WAGGA
Allegations that the postmaster at Larra Bay. Robert Hope Howe, was merely A “dummy” for his brother-in-law, Constable Arthur…
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