Police Promotions
A list of promotions issued by the Police Department this week included Sgt. T. W. Peberdy, of Hay, who has been promoted from Sergeant 2nd…
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Extra month’s gaol for bond breaking
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Still serving two months in gaol for being armed with a pistol at night, Frederick William Harrison, 28,…
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Following a collision between a semi-trailer and a car at the intersection of High st, Wodonga, and Hume Highway later on Wednesday…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.: The Chief Secretary (Mr Dodgshnn) has instructed police to make an all-out drive to reduce motor…
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SOMERSET (Penn.) Thurs,: Two of four men who last night attacked the Chief of Police (Mr Ned Hoyt) were shot dead…
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Wellington (N.Z.), Thurs.: Under a strong police and military guard, between 200 and 300 members of new Auckland Waterside Workers’ Union began work today on the wharves…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: Norman Edwin Bradshaw, 25, of Buckhurst st. South Yarra, charged with the murder of Percy Charles Neville,…
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NYNGAN, Fri.: Edward Ronald Backhouse, 29, grazier, Tarawere Station, Miandetta (near Nyngan), today was acquitted on…
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BRISBANE, Sun.: A police sergeant, due for retirement in 12 month, died while investigating a fatal accident at…
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A 24 year old laborer will appear at Yackandandah court this morning on charges of having allegedly stolen a rug, the property of Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury Police Court Yesterday Carried pillion passengers
Two men were each lined £1 with 10/ costs on charges of having carried pillion passengers on their motor cycles whilst…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: A bookmaker and a farmer were acquitted by the direction of Judge Read in the General…
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To check sheep stealing the N.S.W. Graziers Association will ask the Government to prevent anyone without a permit from travelling…
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GUNNEDAH, Mon.: A man was today remanded on four charges of shooting with intent to murder and one of using a firearm…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: A man charged with having murdered his neighbor was remanded on £800 bail at Newtown Court…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Police believe they have identified the human head which was found yesterday in Camp Cove, near Watson’s Bay…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: A postal official charged with stealing £65 from a registered letter, had hidden the money in his shoe,…
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A 28-year-old laborer was sentenced to a total of six months’ gaol at Yackandandah court yesterday on two charges of larceny…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: Alma Mabel Walsh, 46, who was sentenced to 15 years’ gaol for the attempted murder of her…
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Albury’s parking problems seem to have been finally settled through the announcement in Sydney yesterday by the Commissioner of Police (Mr Scott) that head-on angle parking had been approved for Albury…
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