Saw Migrant’s Body: “But too afraid to tell police”
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Two hours before two young soldiers reported to police at Mildura that they had discovered the body of…
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Murray River Bank Murder Police seek man with large, staring eyes
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Folowing up what is described as the “first concrete lead we hare had,” homicide defectives are seeking a man with large eyes—at times staring— for…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: A woman witness denied in the Criminal Court today that Thomas George Fogarty, 42 SP…
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Arrangements have been completed for the NSW Commissioner of Police (Mr J. Delaney) to receive a deputation from Albury…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Police may exhume two bodies at Katoomba this week. Detectives have been investigating the circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →In Albury Court Yesterday Sergeant wished men a happy Easter : Court told
Before taking the names of several men who were drinking in the bar of Ryan’s Hotel on Sunday, April 5, Sergeant Spence wished them all “a happy Easter,” Albury Court was told…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Serial Story Alias Basil Willing a thrilling adventure in multiple murder
THE STORY: Jack Duggan, a private detective, is murdered after he posed as Basil Willing. Aged and blind Katherine Shaw,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Husband prayed too much, wife tells divorce court
BRISBANE, Mon.: A woman who was granted a decree nisi in the Supreme Court today told the court her husband was V religious fanatic and prayed all hours of the day and-night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police chief critical of leniency shown by courts to convicted drunken drivers
SYDNEY, Mon.: The N.S.W. police Commissioner (Mr. C. J. Delaney) today criticised court leniency towards drunken drivers in 1952. The criticism is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wodonga police station renovations
Wodonga police station is being renovated. Work entails fitting a new roof, reconstructing the office and effecting general repairs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of news Will Meet Police Chief—june 26
Last evening representatives of Albury City Council. Chamber of Commerce, Hume Shire Council, and the Southern Riverina…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seaman’s Trial for Alleged Murder Saw accused man with gun, woman declares
MELBOURNE, Tues.: In the Criminal Court today, Down Florence Butson, of Barkly street, St. Kilda, identified the man in the dock—James Robert Walker, 42, seaman, of Cunningham street, South Yarra—as the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Police Believe Thallium Killed Two Men, Woman One body to be exhumed to-morrow morning
SYDNEY Tues.; Detectives from the C.I.B. are investigating the suspicious deaths of three people who, they believe, died from the effects of thallium poisoning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Baby Sitter Charged with Murder
LONDON, Wed.: An attractive 17-year-old baby-sitter, known only to the mother who hired her as “Ginger”, was alleged at…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Charged with attempted murders
SYDNEY, Wed.: A 63-year-old woman was remanded in Central Court today to July 21 on charges of having…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Tallangatta Court Fined on Larceny Charge
At Tallangatta Court yesterday before Mr I. Williams, SM. Leslie Wilfred Carn, of Nariel, was charged with the larceny of Ave…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seaman’s Evidence in Murder Trial Bought gun to “rub myself out”
MELBOURNE, Wed.: A seaman charged with murder told the Criminal Court today he shot Thomas George Fogarty, 32, SP bookmaker, outside Fogarty’s St. Kilda home because he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unsafe to alter basic wage structure, court fold
MELBOURNE, Wed: The employers’ claims for a basic wage reduction and abolition of the quarterly cost of living adjustments should be refused because of the risk of “economic…
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Hearing of changes of permitting stock to stray against a Wymah man and his wife was adjourned until August 13…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two half-castes sentenced to be banged
PERTH, Thurs.: Two young half castes convicted of the murder of an elderly white man were sentenced by Mr Justice…
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