Boy's Suicide Attempt at Police Station
MELBOURNE, Sun.: A boy put his head in a gas oven at Russell st. detective office last night after he…
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Woman Admits Concocted Story, Police Say
SYDNEY, Sun.: Detectives have dropped all Investigations into an allegation that an attractive 32-year-old married…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Comic Court Has Easy Win in Turnbull Stakes Melbourne
COMIC Court did all that was expected of him in winning the weight-for-age Turnbull Stakes at Flemington yesterday; Comic Court took the lead as soon…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gaol Breaker Recaptured Picked Up by Police Near Maude
HAY and Narrandera police early on Saturday morning rear rested Ashley Josef Homann, who it is alleged, burnt his way out of the Hay lock up. When sighted a few miles up the river from Maude, the escapee was attempting to catch a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Criticism of Magistrate Brings Writs
HONG KONG, Mon. : The Full Court this morning granted the Attorney-General’s application for writs of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Promotion
Notification was received on Friday of the promotion of Senior Constable C. L. Swadling to Sergeant, Third Class. Sgt. Swadling is leaving to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cripple on Intent to Murder Charge
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Charged in the City Court today with having shot Arthur Gregory. 30, with intent to murder, Michael…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Silent on Widow's Collapse
Police and hospital authorities will not say what caused the collapse of Mrs. Vera Mary Kennelly 49, at her home, Nathan avenue, Albury, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Say Man Strangled His Wife
BRISBANE, Monday : A 35-year-old man strangled his estranged wife while she lay in bed on Friday night, police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sequel to Recent Court Proceedings
The body of the former Wagga stock inspector, Thomas Keith Ryan, aged 62, was found last week in the car-parking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hotelkeeper on Murder Charge
MELBOURNE, Tues.: A hotelkeeper kicked his wife, causing injuries which led to her death, it was alleged in the Ballarat…
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LITHGOW, Tues.: An aborigine and a white man were today committed to trial by the Coroner (Mr Cregan) on a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Guard A.l.p. Meeting
SYDNEY, Tues.: Eleven police tonight guarded the hall where the Paddington branch of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Killed in Attack on Police
MADRAS, Tues.: Three persons were killed and two were badly hurt when an armed mob, estimated to total 400, attacked the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Judge Slates Acoustics of Albury Court-room
UNLESS the acoustics of Albury court-room were improved before his next visit, he would decline to hear any criminal matters, Judge Berne said in Albury Quarter Sessions yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court Hears Chinese Challenge to Calwell Melbourne
DEPORTATION orders issued by the Minister for Immigration (Mr Calwell) were challenged by Chinese wartime evacuees in the High Court today. Three actions concerning 38…
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BALLARAT, Wed.: A former Hopetoun publican, charged in Ballarat Supreme Court today with having murdered his wife,…
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NEW YORK, Thurs.: A R. C. priest pleaded guilty in Montreal on Wednesday to four charges. of haying sold and distributed drugs…
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HOBART, Thurs.: A mm and his wife, accused of the man slaughter of their five-year-old son, were found guilty in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Got Gaol Instead of Bond
Asking for a bond to enable him to return to Melbourne to avail himself of psyohiatric treatment, Ian Morton Barcham…
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