Paper’s incitement to murder British general
CAIRO, Mon.: The Left Wing Cairo newspaper, “A[?] Gomhour A[?] Misri”, today offered a reward of £1000…
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Alleged bail absconder in court
ADELAIDE, Mon.: A man who recently absconded from bail in Melbourne was charged in Adelaide Police Court today with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →King’s Medal for Five Police Officers
SYDNEY, Mon.: Superintendent Launcelot Charles Beck, officer in charge of the Parkes police district, has been awarded the King’s…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Film theft alleged
SYDNEY, Wed.: A film distributor, Joseph Stanley Pollard, 44, of Chatswood, was charged in Central Court today with having…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Seized by Police
LITHGOW, Wed.: Police have seized a car in which two men, whom they say are well known to police, drove to Lithgow in an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol “visitor” sentenced to six months prison
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: A former prisoner who illegally entered Pentridge Gaol on Boxing Day was sentenced to six months’ gaol at Coburg Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Provosts for police patrols?
SYDNEY, Thurs.: The use of military police to supplement State police road patrols was recommended to the Safety…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man’s six “wives” in court
MESA (Arizona), Thurs.: An excommunicated Mormon who allegedly married eight women and depended upon seven of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mother’s court fight to get back children
SYDNEY, Thurs.: The issue of a writ of habeas corpus for the return of two children to their mother, a Taree widow, was ordered by Mr Justice Roper in the Supreme Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Judge as witness in police court
MELBOURNE, Fri.: Mr. Justice O’Bryan occupied an unusual place in a courtroom today—the witness box…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gaol Warders Are Alerted
MELBOURNE, Fri.: Pentridge Gaol warders have been alerted for a possible gaol break following the arrest of a former…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Gaoled for stealing Flag-stones
SYDNEY, Fri.: A 37-year-old laborer, who appeared in the Central Police Court today charged with the theft of 15…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →“Cars sale arranged in gaol”
BRISBANE, Fri.: The sale of a stolen car was arranged in the Lang Bay Gaol (Sydney), according to evidence in Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pre-historic bones theft story denied
NEW YORK, Fri.: officials of the Museum of Natural History here denied they have the bones of the 500,000 years old “Peking”…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Armed Police Seek Escape
SYDNEY, Fri.: Armed police are searching for a man who escaped from the Berrima training centre today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police seek woman killer
SYDNEY, Fri.: Detectives are still working on the theory that a woman battered and strangled Mrs Leopoldine Hacker in her…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Reds’ right to retain office in union to be challenged in court
SYDNEY, Fri.: National secretary of the Federated Ironworkers’ Association (Mr L. Short) said today he would challenge immediately in the Arbitration Court the right of three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder and Suicide in N.z
AUCKLAND, Sun.: A 35-year-old Chilean shot and killed his fiance in a guest house in a suburb of Auckland, then ran to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attempted murder charge withdrawn
MELBOURNE, Mon.: A charge of attempted murder against Bruce Douglas Hawkins, 24, of Swallow st., Port Melbourne, was withdrawn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Albanians on murder charge
BRISBANE, Mon.: Two Albanians were charged with wilful murder when they, appeared in Tolga and Mareeba…
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