Raids on Letter Boxes Boy's Admission to Police
The mystery of missing mail, from the letter box at the home of the Orange police magistrate (Mr. R. Don-aldson), as well as from many other…
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Military Hat Strange Story in Wodonga Court
A strange story was told in the Wodonga, Police Court yesterday as the explanation of Reginald Henry Cook having had in Ills possession a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Be Court-martialled Washington. March 5
It was officially said to-day that Admiral Kimmel and General Short were to be court-martialled. They were the officers commanding at Pearl Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Amazing Omissions Police Chiefs Report on Drunkenness MELBOURNE
Inaccuracies, mis[?]ments and omi[?] were containe[?] in the official summary Issued by the Premier's [?] night of the Police Commissioner's report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Assault with Trowel
A man was allegedly assaulted with a bricklayer’s trowel at 8 o’clock last night in front of the Railway Hotel, Smollett st. A man was letter taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Visit Hotel
Following a visit by the notice to the Railway Hotel, Smollett street, on Sunday. February 8, the licensee. Francis Douglas Strang, and three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gaol Becomes Bank Alice Springs
Following the raids on Darwin, Judge wells liberated all prisoner, among them being aborigines who had been sentenced for murder two years ago. The gaol has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gibraltar Guards Against Air Assault Tangier, March 6
The newspaper "Espana" says that Gibraltar has adopted important measures for special defence as a precaution against possible French reprisal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alien Sentenced to Gaol. Melbourne
Johannes Kurt Schnabel, textile worker, of Davie street, Brunswick, was Sentenced to-day, at the Brunswick police court, to three months’ gaol for having used a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Corowa District Court Finance Co. Sues Publican
In Corowa District Court yesterday, before Judge Markell, the Black and White Finance Co., Melbourne, [?]ed George Claxton tot £94/10/,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District Court Sitting at Corowa Yesterday Dispute Over Hotel Rent
At the first sittings of the District Court for 1942 at Corowa yesterday, before Judge H. F. Markell, the following cases were dealt with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Huns Murder A.I.F. Men and Girl Jerusalem, March 11
A soldier who has escaped to Palestine reveals that Athens produced its "Nurse Cavil[?]" This Greek girl look into her house…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol Vegetables Disappear Ballarat
Ballarat gaol officials are mystified at the disappearance of quantities of carrots, parsnips, cabbages and onions from the vegetable plots tended by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombed Seamen Seek Gaol Lodging Adelaide
Arriving without knowledge of the authorities, three seamen, two of whom were bomb-shocked, landed by plane from Darwin last night. Their search…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Arithmetic in Court
"Is two equal to one and one ?" A version of this "problem" occupied the attention of the Wodonga Police Court for a considerable time yesterday. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Night Club's Operating Despite Police Warnings Sydney
A tour last night and early this morning of Sydney night clubs and sly grog premises by members of a special squad, in charge or Inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Court Procedure Sydney
Under an order issued under the National Security Regulations by the Premier (Mr. McKell) the practice of taking down in writing of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft of Bicycles and Tools. Melbourne
Using a skeleton key on the front door thieves early on Saturday morning entered the shop of Lindsay Davy, bridge road Richmond, and stole bicycles and tools…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Will It Be This Summer? Last Desperate Axis Assault OMAHA (Neb.), March 14
In the course of a radio address to-day the Vice-President of the United States (Mr Wallace) warned that the Axis powers would make a last desperate all-out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forged Petrol Tickets Man Fined £75 and Sent to Gaol
A fine of £75 and a sentence of four months’ imprisonment were imposed on Herbert Joseph Bolton, of Vanston Parade, Sandringham, at the Central…
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