Gaol for Youthful Blackmarketeer
SYDNEY, Wed: Nineteen-year-old James Milne McDonald, of Hurstville, who had pleaded guilty in Quarter Sessions…
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14 Years Gaol for Diver
SYDNEY, Wed In Quarter Sessions today, Judge Markell sentenced John Daniel Robertson, 35, diver, to 14 years'…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—Decision of the NSW Police Association to affiliate with the Trades and Labor Council was described at…
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CANBERRA, Wed The Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) said in the House of Representatives today that the Government would not…
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BRISBANE, Wed.—Three men in Ipstwich decided to buy a lottery ticket, and agreed that whoever lost at a game of cards…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—Police Association conference today agreed to hold a secret ballot of its 3500 members on the question of…
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LONDON, Thurs. — By 245 votes to 222, the House of Commons, amid cheering and the waving of Order papers, tonight…
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Leslie James Gleeson, aged 29, who escaped from Beechworth Reformatory last Sunday with Percy Connolly, was run to earth this morning about 12.30 in Townsend st. by Constables Fred Jacobs and Carl Spence…
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Hearing of the bank case, which lasted 39 days-the longest in Australian High Court history-ended an hour after resumption this morning, when judgment was reserved…
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BRISBANE, Friday. — Communist barrister, Mr Max Julius, said in the police court today that his client, Edward Conrad Englart,…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — Two women were committed for trial today on a charge of murder, following an inquest into the death…
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Delegates to the annual conference, of the N.S.W. Police. Association had before them this week a proposal regarding strike policy of the forces The association has had for many years past a rigidly enforced rule that members…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.- Seventeen of the 40 English recruits recently brought out for the Victorian police force have…
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TOKIO, Fri.: The trial of ex-Premier Tojo and 24 others ended today after the longest war crimes trial in history. It…
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LONDON, Fri: A total of 330,000 troops and police were mobilised today to ensure order during the Italian general…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: Police are investigating the death , of a woman who died yesterday afternoon in Royal Hospital, for Women,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hundreds Watch Police Search Theatre
SYDNEY, Sun.: Hundreds of people, many in their night attire, rushed to King’s Cross theatrette early this morning: to…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—The story of the tragedy at Greensborough was revived in the Criminal Court today when…
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SYDNEY, Non.—Police consider that a well-dressed man who made business deals with wealthy men in NSW and then…
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As no tenders were received, fresh tenders close on April 27 for the erection of a timber residence, standard office, garage, etc,…
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