Ex-Constable on murder charge
OAR WIN, Mon.: A witness told a Supreme Court jury today that a former police constable, Donald James McFarlane, came to…
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Valuations Court
Because there was no likelihood of them being heached during the current sittings. 28 appeals against Municipal Council rate assessments were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Australian Fined £20 for stealing £54 from an Albury cafe proprietor
“Stealing is a despicable thing, especially when you steal from an employer,” Mr E. Cocks, S.M., told New Australian laborer Alex Stanios, 18, of Paddington, in Albury court yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Tues .: Two teenage girls and a youth were found guilty at the Central Criminal Court today of the murder of a 73-year-old pensioner. The eldest of the three, Edith May Martin, 18, of Redfern, was…
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DARWIN, Tues.: Former Northern Territory police constable James McFarlane, 31, was today sentenced to death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Comic Court skips over five furlongs in 1.4½
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Co-favorite for the Sydney Cup, Comic Court, “stole the show” in a semi-final gallop at Randwick this morning. Crack Colt Alister was another interesting worker. Comic Court, ridden by J…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Son’s court battle with his parents over custody of his daughter
SYDNEY, Tues.: A man asked for a writ of habeas corpus in the Supreme Court today directing his parents to give him custody of his 10-year-old daughter…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: A soldier who had fractured a girl's skull with electric iron was sentenced the Central Criminal…
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NEW YORK, Wed.: Two teenage students at Rutherfordton (North Carolina) will be charged with murder as the result of the…
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MENINDEE, Thurs.: A 20 [?] old aborigine was today re[?] for six days on charges [?] attempted murder…
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MONTEVIDEO (Uruguay), Thurs.: Charges filed against Dr Alberto Gainza Paz, director of the Buenos Aires daily, “La…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: Police today found a hull which they believe gored an elderly man found dead at Liverpool yesterday…
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ADELAIDE, Fri.: Following the death of an Adelaide University student in a “ducking rag” on the River Torrens on Wednesday night, five senior medical students at the University were…
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QUEBEC, Sun.: Mrs Arthur Pitre, 42, was found guilty last night of murder as a second accomplice of J. Albert Guay in a…
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PRAGUE, Sun.: The Czech-slovak State Court yesterday sentenced three of seven Czechs convicted of high treason, terrorist…
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MELBOURNE. Sun.: A man was charged with drunken driving following an accident in which an elderly woman was injured at Mt…
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DJAKARTA, Sun.: The Dutch High Commissioner in Indonesia (Mr A. T. Lamping) yesterday handed a Note from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police search for fire-bug
SYDNEY, Sun.: Detectives are searching for a fire-bug who started three fires at the Army Engineers’ store, Randwick, last…
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HAVANA (Cuba), MOD.: Senor [?] Grau San Martin, twice resident of Cuba, has been in[?] for “principal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Assault and Bodily Harm Case Remanded
Two charges, of assault and occasioning actual bodily harm, to Joseph Mother, against Robert Clifford Charles,…
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