Attack On Police; Man Arrested
MELBOURNE, Wed: Following attack on Monday on two constables by a mob armed with clubs, [?] bars. stones and cricket bats,…
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Colored Fireman Faces Murder Charge
PERTH. Thurs.: Mohamed Jama Omer, 27 colored fireman, formerly of the British freighter. Ripley, is now awaiting trial on…
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GUNNEDAH Thurs.: While attempting to arrest two men early this morning Sergeant Jefferson of Gunnedah was injured when one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Manhunt Follows Gaol Escape Young Criminal’s Dash From Long Bay SYDNEY
A young criminal escaped undetected at Long Bay Gaol while pictures were being shown in the recreation hall this afternoon. He is believed to have forced a door from one section of the gaol to…
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SYDNEY. Fri.: Churned in Central Police Court today with having shot at Robert John Christie and Alfred Michael Laffey at…
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SYDNEY, Fri: Police believe that Crofton Edward Barnes. 26 who escaped from Long Bay Gaol yesterday, may have left Sydney…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: Trapped in a mobile cordon of police patrol [?]ars, two youths in a stolen butcher’s lorry tried vainly to [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Enough T.N.T. Found On Wharf To Blow Up Six Cities” Sensational Seizure by U.S. POLICE Intended For Shipment To Palestine Jersey City
Seventy-seven freight cases, 26 of which contained 62,400 lb. of T.N.T., were discovered by police on a pier at Jersey City before they were loaded on the vessel Executor for points…
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BRISBANE, Mon.—In the police court today. Leonard Hull aged 24 naval cook was remanded until next Monday on a charge of…
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Hold Up City Hotel; Steal Taxi SYDNEY, Wed. Morning.— Three armed bandits bound and gagged the driver of a hire car,…
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MELBOURNE. Tues: After she had evicted two lodgers from her house in Richmond, by allegedly threatening [?] them with a shot gun, a 60…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.G. Timber Lease Case Two Men Sought Mr. Garden Before Court To-day
SYDNEY, Tues.: One of two men Commonwealth Investigation Service officers are searching for in connection with the…
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HOBART. Wed.— Three recent arrivals from the mainland. Victor Ronald Edmond, John Joseph Smith and Norman Anthony Haines,…
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Before Mr. Pocock, S.M., in the Walgett Court of Petty Sessions, Eddries Khan, skin and wool buyer, of Collarenebri, proceeded…
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LONDON. Wed.—According to a statement issued by the Palestine Government, a serious view is taken of the l[?] claim…
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SYDNEY. Wed—Appointment of Judge Berne, of the District Court. as an acting Supreme Court. judge was announced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crown Alleges Cut Up of £50,000 Assertion When “Jock” Garden Charged SYDNEY
John Smith (“Jock”) Garden was believed to one of several persons to whom a Queensland firm had paid £50,000 said Mr Shand, KC (for the Crown) in the special Federal Court to-day…
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SYDNEY. Thurs: A hire car proprietor alleged in the Central police court to-day that a prices officer and a dealer had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempted Murder Charge 18-Year-old Youth for Trail
MELBOURNE, Thurs.—In Box Hill: Court to-day, Ronald Sibbald Muir, 18, formerly of Ringwood, grocer, was committed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Give Yourself Up” R.S.L. Official’s Plea To Gaol Escapee
SYDNEY. Thurs.: Mr Ken Bolton. State president of the RSL, today broadcast an appeal to Crofton Edward Barnes. 26. who…
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