Four Make Gaol Break
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Making a sudden dash while a warder’s attention was diverted, four prisoners scaled the…
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Police Fail to Find Source of Explosion
SYDNEY, Sun.: Dozens of detectives and uniformed police searched for nearly two hours tonight for the source of a mysterious…
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SYDNEY. Mon.: The victim of an alleged assault at Balmain on Saturday night was not expected to live, Baiman Court was…
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MELBOURNE, Monday : Four men who escaped from the Sale gaol yesterday were recaptured by police late last night…
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In his defence against a charge of having murdered his father-in-law, Percival Grant Shaw, 21, driver, of Ormond Road, Elwood, told the Criminal Court to-day that the victim had impaled himself on a kitchen knife…
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INVERELL Mon. : An 18-year-old youth charged with murdering his father and shooting another man with…
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The Hay Clerk of Petty Sessions has been advised that the District Court sittings scheduled to be held on July 26th have been postponed to Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Warns on Uninsured Vehicles
Fining John W. Taylor a total of £7 with £1/1/ costs for being an unlicensed rider, riding an unregistered vehicle and…
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SYDNEY. Mon. Police will try to inspect the hull of the wrecked yacht Gentlemen’s Agreement at Wattamolla, during low tide…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Police alleged at Liverpool Police Court today that a motorist had failed to stop after his car hurled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Purtell Can Ride Chicquita or Comic Court in Cup Melbourne
Leading jockey Jack Purtell has the choice of riding Australia’s outstanding horse or the best filly in the Caulfield and Melbourne cups. As soon as weights were…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →From Fire, Flood and Theft the Insurance Era Evolved
Fire and flood have harassed mankind since beginning of civilisation. For centuries people have tried to provide against such happenings. Thefts in days before efficient police forces were formed were a…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: Additional police will be allotted to road patrol work in city and country areas as part of a drive to reduce the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Court Told of Beheading of P.o.w. by Japanese
LOS NEGROS, Tues. : The Japanese had probably executed two Australian prisoners of war because they belonged to…
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NEW CASTLE; Wed.: There was a [?] at an inquest at the G[?] Court here today when police…
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NEWCASTLE. Wed.: Cyril Clifford Jopling, 57, headmaster of the Belmont Public School, was convicted at the Newcastle…
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BRISBANE, Wed. : Kenneth Glassford McDonald, 21, shop assistant, and Isabel May Johnson, 49, house wife, were…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: The 59-year-old victim of an alleged assault at Waverley 12 days ago was still unconscious and…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Mr Justice Sholl today reserved decision on a £7500 damages claim brought in the Supreme Court…
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All that remains of a late model B.S.A. motor cycle from which police alleged in Albury Court yesterday Keith…
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