Motorist chases motorist: court sequel
SYDNEY, Mon: A motorist had caught and held another motorist after a chase through city streets yesterday, a police…
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Sequel to Death of Five Teenagers Car driver charged : remanded on £1000 bail
SYDNEY, Mon.: A man who drove a car, in which five teenagers were killed on Christmas morning, was charged with manslaughter in Redfern fern Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →In Albury Court Yesterday a “Good Samaritan” fined: tried to protect mate
The good deed performed by passenger in a car to protect his driver-mate had its sequel in Albury Court yesterday before Mr. Quiggin, S.M. Ernest R. Wenke, of Small…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£700 snatched from bookmaker’s bag, court told: man sent for trial
SYDNEY, Man.: A constable had stopped a man with a flying tackle after the man had allegedly snatched £700 from a bookmaker’s bag at Harold Park trots on December 20 A witness said this in Glebe Court today…
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Albury police are investigating the theft of £8 in silver and 6 1b. of ready-rubbed tobacco from Crofts store, on the corner of…
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HOBART, Tues.: The Registrar of the Supreme Court, Robert William Foale, 38, of Warwick st., Hobart, was drowned when a boat…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: Police searching for the murderer of 21-year-old Shirley Butler have extend-their inquiries to Singapore,…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: A 20-years-old soldier was committed for trial in Central Police Court today on a charge of having assaulted a mother a seven children with intent to commit rape…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: Two women had been held prisoner at the point of a loaded rifle in a house on The Boulevarde, Leichhardt, Balmain Police Court was told today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In Albury Coroner’s Court Yesterday Man drowned in the Murray River after a drinking bout
The story of a wine drinking bout on the bonks of the Murray River, near Hovell Tree reserve, on November 21 last, which led to a man’s death through drowning, was related in Albury Coroner’s Court yesterday…
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SYDNEY. Wed.: Discovery of a Christmas tree on a vacant allotment in the Waverton area has given detectives a fresh clue in…
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ADELAIDE, Wed.: When the hearing of a charge of murdering Zora Kusic, 29, single, at her shack at Torrensville: on December…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: Although it will no doubt play much belter than it looks, the appearance of the centre court at Kooyong today…
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A.42 years old watchman was charged in Central Court on Monday with the murder of an 56 years old woman on Saturday. He…
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In the Hay Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, a charge of stealing motor wheels tyres and tubes, and other property from…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Deciding that anyone on the wall of Pentridge Prison, was not within prison boundaries, Mr…
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MADRAS, Fri.: Police reserves have arrested about 106 constables of the Madras City police, 3500 of whom…
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PERTH, Fri.: About 80 natives who “jumped” a train north of Kalgoorlie in order to attend a huge corroberce at Kurrawang,…
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Four cases of driving under the influence are listed for hearing in Albury Petty Sessions on Monday, as well as four charges against the…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: Reports that Norman Edwin Bradshaw, 28, who disappeared from Melbourne over two months ago,…
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