Alleged Assault On Little Girl
SYDNEY, Wed: A 23-year-old man was charged at Redfern tonight with indecently assaulting a 6-year-old girl. On May 20 at Redfern the father of…
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Soviet Railway Police Accused "Unnecessary Blood- Shed"
BERLIN, Wed.: Soviet-controlled railway police, accused by the Western Military Governors of '"unnecessary bloodshed" in…
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John Arthur Apps, a[?] no fixed address, was [?] probationary Const[?] May 8 at 10 a.m. and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Four Men Before Court For Drunkenness
Four charges of drunkenness were heard at Court on Friday morning by Mr. J. Cronin, J.P. The only one to appear…
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In Albury Moratorium Court yesterday; Edward Joseph Brady, executor of the estate of Archibald Brady, deceased, applied to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Motions Withdrawn at N.S.W. Police Association Conference
Two motions concerning the liquor trade on the agenda paper for the annual conference of the NSW Police Association…
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BRISBANE, Fri.: Lancelot John Ireland, 35, was released on bail and sureties totalling £1900 when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Police Probe Disappearance of Filly
SYDNEY, Friday : The disappearance of a valuable two-yea old filly from her stall at Carlton is being investigated by the police…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: Judge Mulvaney in General Sessions today disinissed an appeal by Regi[?]ld Basil Ullyett, 31,…
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SYDNEY, Sun. : Frederick Coxhead (57), of Craig st., Bankstown, was killed instantly this afternoon when…
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BERLIN, Sun. : Under the "insult law" passed in 1931, an offender can be- gaoled for upwards of six months for…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—Police found Olga Murphy, 60, hanged in a cell Parramatta police station yesterday. Murphy had been arrested for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Striking Farm Workers Beat Up Police
ROME, Sun.: Seven policemen were injured last night when enraged striking farm workers attacked them for trying to disperse…
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The secretary of the New South Wales Police Association (Mr F. C. Laut) said last week that the Premier (Mr. McGirr) should hand over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dogs and 5000 Police, Soldiers, Hunt One Man!
PALERMO, Sun.: Police dogs have reinforced 5000 armed police and soldiers in the hunt for Sicily’s bandit, 28 years old…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suspects Held at Gunpoint Till Police Arrive Sydney
TWO partners in a small goods store at Brooklyn held up two men for 45 minutes with pea-rifles early this morning until the police arrived. The owners, Gordon Peterson…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: George Thomas Howard, 49, an habitual criminal who made a spectacular escape from Pertridge…
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DARWIN, Mon.: A murder trial was held in Darwin today for the first time since November, 1941…
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JOHANNESBURG, Monday: Africans yesterday stoned mounted policeman and a flying squad car after…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bed-ridden Youth on Murder Charge Is Found to Be Insane Sydney
HARGED with murder, a 19-year-old fettler with a fractured, spine, was ordered by Mr. Justice Dwyer in the Central Criminal Court to-day to be kept in strict custody until he had been dealt with under the Lunacy Act. Without leaving the box the…
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