Court’s finding on missing freighter
SYDNEY, Wed.: A Court of Marine Inquiry today found that the 437 tons freighter Awahou had foundered 60 miles west of…
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Record damages awarded in an English court
LONDON, Wed.: The heaviest damages ever awarded in an English court—£32,500—were…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Police are keeping a close watch on all roads leading from Mildura tonight, for two men they believe…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Albury Police Court Yesterday Must not drink liquor for three years
A Holbrook Shire Council employe cannot have a drink of intoxicating liquor for three years as a result of a bond on which he was placed Mr. O. J. Lake, S.M., in Albury Court…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: A luxuriously furnished baccarat school in Roslyn Gardens, Elizabeth Bay, was bolted and barred against a police raid, Central Police Court was told today…
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Criticism of angle parking in Albury’s main street was levelled by the magistrate (Mr O. J. Lake) in Albury Court yesterday. He said: “It seems that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police constable clashes with J.’sP
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: A Footscray senior constable has taken the unusual step of complaining to the Chief Secretary (Mr…
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THE STORY: Private Detective Jack Duggan Who had been posing as Dr. Basic Willing is poisoned and dies…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Wodonga Court yesterday Traffic offenders fined
Fines totalling £15 were imposed on traffic offenders by Messrs O. G. Hartsman and G. Murray, J’sP, in Wodonga Court…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man carried into police station like a bag of black-market potatoes—witness
SYDNEY, Thurs.: A man who was being pummelled on the ground by another was later carried into a police station “like a bag of black-market potatoes,” a witness said in Central Police Court today…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: A 34-year-old man was sentenced in Quarter Sessions today to 33 months’ gaol for indecently…
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LONDON, Fri.: An empty beer bottle bearing fingerprints has been found in a flat in the London suburb of Paddington,…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: A prisoner who disrupted the Criminal Court yesterday and today by shouting out and causing his continuous removal to the cells was convicted today on six counts of breaking into premises and stealing…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: A young men and two young sisters were committed for trial at Central Police Court today on charges of armed hold-ups. Keith Allan Chatfield, 22,…
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With perhaps one or two minor incidents, the Anzac Day march went off “without a hitch”…
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TEHERAN, Sun.: British United Press reports that the strangled body of Teheran’s missing police chief was found…
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No fewer than 21 charges for alleged breaches of the Motor Traffic Act were listed for hearing at the Court of Petty…
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ADELAIDE, Mon.: In the police court, Bernard Lewis Tipper 26, bricklayer, of Gepp’s Cross Migrant Hostel, was…
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THE STORY: Dr. Basil Willing has been talking to suspects In the murder of Jack Duggan private detective,who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police gave “capricious, unreal evidence” judge says, upholding appeal
SYDNEY Mon.: Police had given “absolutely capricious and unreal” evidence at a Quarter Sessions appeal, Judge Nield said today. The judge upheld an appeal by James Budge, 42…
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