Three Killed by Police
CALCUTTA, Fri.: Three people were killed yesterday when police opened fire against villagers during a search for Communists 10…
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“Man In Bed At Time Of Murder”
SYDNEY, Fri.: A man charged in the Central Criminal Court today with the murder of his cousin was in bed at the time…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: Robert Screggy, 32, of Yarra Bay, was killed last night when struck by a car in Bunnerong rd., Yarra Bay. A…
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Police officials claimed today that the standard of the NSW police force was as high as ever…
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SYDNEY, Son: Judges of the High Court tomorrow in Sydney and Melbourne will hear argument on behalf of arrested…
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MR. JUSTICE WILLIAMS, in the High Court to-day, extended the injunction granted on Saturday restraining the Commonwealth Government and die Minister for Immigration (Mr. Calwell) from deporting 38 Chinese aliens held at Long Bay Gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Except Kempsey Flood Death Roll to Grow Devastation Scenes Indescribable SYDNEY
THE official death roll in the disastrous Kempsey flood has now reached six, but as the flood waters gradually recede, police expect a far greater death roll. Communications to the stricken town are still spasmodic and it has…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: Ronald Albert Loveday, 32, was acquitted today on a charge of murdering his cousin, Harry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gun-point Arrest of Gaol Escapees Sydney
DETECTIVES to-day made a dramatic gunpoint arrest of two dangerous gaol fugitives Darcy Dugan, 29, and William Cecil Mears, 27 who escaped from Long Bay Gaol 10 days ago…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Probe Racing Dog’s Death
SYDNEY, Tues: Police are investigating the mysterious death of one of the best known racing dogs in the west…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Man with 80 Convictions Month’s Gaol for Stealing Coat
Released from Goulburn gaol last Friday after serving a month for being in possession of suspected roods, Edmund…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: A stunt motor cyclist familiar to Victorians at agricultural shows to an act known as the “Whirl of Death,”…
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MUNICH, Wed. (AAP-Reuter): The German Criminal Court at Munich has sentenced Karl Melchior, former S.S. corporal, to…
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SYDNEY, Wed : An Army warrant officer was today remanded in Penrith Court on charges of having stolen 7938 blankets, 206…
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Sir,—Although the Red union leaders gaoled for contempt of court during the coal strike have been released, Mr. R. Kitto has…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Two Get Year’s Gaol on Drunken Driving Charges Sydney
TWO drivers were each sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment to-day when they appeared in different courts on charges of having driven while under the influence of liquor. They were Arthur…
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HOBART, Wed.: The Federal executive of the BWIU through the Federal secretary, Mr. F. H. Purse, has lodged an application…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: At the request of the NSW Police Commissioner (Mr Scott) a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Discount Flood Death Rumor SYDNEY
A REPORT that an unknown [?] of five had perished in the Kempsey floods was to-night discounted by the Kempsey police as “more of a rumor than a fact.” Early this morning they had been informed that three children of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →10 Years’ Gaol for Youth
SYDNEY, Thurs.: A 20-year-old youth was sentenced by Judge. Holden in Quarter Sessions today to 10 years’…
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