Death threat 5 years’ gaol
SYDNEY, Thurs.: A young man who demanded £500 from a merchant under threat of death was sentenced to five…
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In Albury Police Court Thinks nothing of losing £1000 in one bet, man tells Albury Court
Ernest Ebby Pattie, of Bogong, does not believe in gambling in a small way; in fact, he has lost a block of flats and a property as the result of bets. He told Mr. Doolan, S.M., this in Albury Police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder or suicide ? — Defectives puzzled
QUIRINDI, Thurs.: Detectives are puzzled over the death from cyanide poisoning of 39-year-old Mrs. Elizabeth Fleming, of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Court Shorts
In the Hay Court of Petty Sessions this week before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M. Mabel Muriel Hudson did not appear to answer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court’s Decision in Oil Dispute
THE HAGUE, Thurs. — The International Court of Justice today ruled that each party in the Persian oil dispute must…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'Police Childish' May Be Right View Says Counsel
A defendant who said that the police force was childish to stop people letting off crackers might have been correct, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Freed on Stealing Charge
SYDNEY, Fri.: A Quarter Sessions jury today acquitted Ercil Lorraine Gunderson, 34, housemaid, Victoria st., King’s Cross, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Millionaire Red sympathiser sent to gaol
NEW YORK, Fri.: Millionaire Communist sympathiser Frederick Vanderbilt Field was sentenced to 90 days’…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Govt. Charged with Wanton Use of Gag
CANBERRA, Fri.: The Leader of the Opposition (Dr. Evatt) tonight charged the Government with continuous and wanton use of the gag in Parliament with complete disregard for the people’s rights in their determination to close down Parliament and rush headlong into recess…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →500 at Culcairn Police Ball
The annual police ball held in the Memorial Hall, Culcairn, was an outstanding success more than 500 dancers being present…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Black-out means more work for police
Albury’s blacked out streets have placed an additional strain on the city’s understan[?] police, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Consult Doctors in Probe Into Woman’s Death
SYDNEY, Fri.: Investigations into the mysterious death of MRS. ELIZABETH FLEMING, 39, at Willow Tree on June 28 are likely to continue for the next four days, detectives said tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Millionaire Still in Gaol
NEW YORK, Sun.: Frederick Vanderbilt Field, the millionaire supporter of Left Wing causes, was still in gaol yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Puts Comic Court on high plane
LOS ANGELES, Sun.: Australian racehorse Comic Court “in his best form could have beaten American champion…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Oil Row May Go to U.n. Council Court’s Finding Rejected by Persia
LONDON, Sun.: On the ground that the court had no jurisdiction, the Persian Government last night formally rejected the ruling of the International Court on the Anglo-Iranian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Migrants gaoled : car theft
MELBOURNE, Monday: Three young New Australians were each sentenced in the City Court today to three months’…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Missing bride : man charged
AUCKLAND, (NZ), Mon.: A woman, whose 38 year old daughter disappeared on her honeymoon nine years ago, said…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Burglary at P.m.g.'s Store
The P.M.G. Department's store at Jerilderie was broken into at the week-end and copper wire worth about £100 was stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£16 basic wage claim in court
DARWIN, Mon: The Full Arbitration Court today commenced the hearing of a claim for a basic wage of £16/5/9 for Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Nose allegedly bitten off : migrant in court
SYDNEY, Mon.: Gyula Balogh, a New Australian, was remanded for a week in the Central Police Court today on a charge…
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