Serial Story Alias 'Basil Willing" a thrilling adventure in multiple murder'
THE STORY: An unobtrusive little man who might be a private detective, Jack Duggan, dies After being poisoned…
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Man intended to make trip overseas with Folies girl, police sergeant says
SYDNEY, Fri.: A man charged with false pretences had purchased air tickets to go to England with a girl from the Folies Bergere, police prosecutor (Sgt. Hamilton) alleged in Central Police Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Albury Court Yesterday Hardware firm fails in its tenancy application
An application by an Albury hardware firm for the possession of part of their premises tenanted by a tailor was refused by Mr. O. J. Lake, S.M., in Albury Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Albury Police Court Yesterday Salesman drove “negligently”
A Wodonga car salesman was fined £3 and ordered to pay 12/ court costs and 35/ witness expenses after he had pleaded not…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Migrant on double murder change: two women dead
ADELAIDE, Mon.: A Czechoslovak Industrial chemist, John Balaban (29), appeared in the Adelaide police court today on two charges of murder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rail union falls under court suspension
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Next month’s election for officers of the Victorian branch of the Australian Railways Union…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serial Story Alias Basil Willing a thrilling adventure in multiple murder
"He must have known that the people he was dealing with didn't know me by slight," said Basil "So he trusted to gambler's luck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“Mother” Fights to Keep Little Peter Move to Upset Court Order
SYDNEY, Mon.: Twenty-nine-year-old good looking Mrs Gloria Mace, a relative of the famed Peter La for, will apply to the Full Court tomorrow for a stay against a Supreme Court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court rules judge was wrong in declaring man on habitual criminal
SYDNEY, Mon.: A man who has been in gaol for the past eight months for theft, had been wrongly declared an habitual criminal, the Full Court ruled unanimously today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder by bushrangers is theory in the Cobram human bones mystery
MELBOURNE, Tues.: Police are investigating a theory that o human skeleton found on the bank of a creek near Cobram, 150 miles north-east of Melbourne, may be that of a drover who was murdered by bushrangers 80 to 100 years ago…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →“Out ‘drones’ in the police force”— Commissioner is advised
SYDNEY, Tues.: The Police Commissioner should throw the “drones” out of the N.S.W. police force, Sgt. R. G. Blissett said today. He said that of the 4500…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: The State Full Court today refused a foster-mother’s application for a stay of an order directing her to return a baby to its natural mother…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Little Billabong Accident Man Charged with Manslaughter
A Mentone (Vic.) man was charged in Albury yesterday with the manslaughter of a Sydney man and his wife,…
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LONDON, Wed.: Scotland Yard today charged John Christie, 55 years old London clerk, with strangling- three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death of former police superintendents
SYDNEY, Wed.: Two former well-known police superintendents died suddenly today. EX-SUPT. Arthur Leary,…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: State president of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen’s Association (Mr W. Lane) said today his union might…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Officer to Pay Court Costs
SYDNEY, Thurs,: The Stat Full Court today upheld a magistrate’s decision dismissing charges by two men against a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Urana Man Sent to Gaol
SYDNEY, Thus.: Mr Justice Brereton today sentenced Arthur Patrick Smith, 39, laborer, of Urana, to three years’…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Acquitted on Murder Charge
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Mr Justice Brereton today directed a Central Criminal Court jury to acquit a King’s Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Holbrook Police After “Joker”
Holbrook police are on the trail of a practical joker who rang a member of the force on Wednesday night and “reported”…
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