Bail refused man on assault charge
SYDNEY, Wed.: A man charged with having assaulted a 12 -years-old girl in the grounds of Clemton Park…
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Migrant on Murder Charge
ADELAIDE, Wed.: Joan Balaban, 29, a New Australian, described as an industrial chemist, pleaded not guilty in the Supreme Court…
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A mail was fined £5 in Beech worth Court yesterday on a charge arising out of a road accident in which two people…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: A woman rang the C.I.B. twice today and told defectives she knew who poisoned International Rugby League footballer Bobby Lulham. The woman seemed very agitated and refused to tell the detectives…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: Frederick Green, 45, was shot dead in bed late last night at his Quaker’s Hill home near Blacktown…
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CALCUTTA, Thurs.: Eighteen reporters were injured, two seriously, arid 15 were arrested yesterday when police swooped…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs. : Secret dawn raids by police in northern and southern suburbs this week, following the discovery of a jar of notes in a Moonee Ponds backyard, has resulted in the…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: Hearing of summonses against the former Mayor and six aldermen of Leichhardt Council was…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →In Albury Court Yesterday Several applications for increases in rents
Leave to apply for variation was granted in Albury Fair Rents Court (hearing yesterday after the magistrate, Mr. Quiggin, had set the rent of o home in Wyse street. Mrs. A. J. Swell, owner…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: A laborer, aged 33, was charged at the City Watchhouse late this afternoon with having stolen £33,593 from Mayne Nickless Ltd. almost 12 months ago. The money…
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LONDON, Fri.; Seventy-year old Alfred Merrifield, who with his 46 year old wife, is charged with murdering an elderly Blackpool…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: A funeral parlor director said today he would rather go to gaol than pay a £30 court fine. The man, Leslie Stuart Andrews, of Liverpool road, Ashfield, said this in the Special Court…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Albury, Wangaratta police investigating deaths of woman, New Australian
Albury and Wangaratta police are investigating deaths of on elderly women and a man who were found dead at their homes yesterday. Early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Migrant’s Amazing Story in Court Tells Jury He Killed Woman
ADELAIDE, Fri.: In Adelaide Criminal Court today, before Mr. Justice Abbott and a jury, John Balaban, 29 industrial chemist, of Gouger st., Adelaide, and formerly of Rumania, admitted killing Zero Kusic, 29, Yugoslav,…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: Police charged an Italian with malicious wounding yesterday after a man and a woman had been stabbed in a…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: In the City Court yesterday, Robert Stanley Williams, 36, of Woodlawn st., Richmond, was…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: Several shots were fired at policemen who were called to a milk bar in Bridge rd., Richmond, last…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Two Australians figure in court proceedings in U.K.
LONDON, Sun.: Two Australians hit the news in London at the week-end. They were a clerk and a doctor. Stanley Ward, 48, an Australian clerk, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three youths held on 51 charges after wild chase by police
MELBOURNE, Sun.: A total of 51 charges involving theft and illegal use of cars were preferred against three youths whom police arrested after a high speed chase after a stolen car near Warragul today. As a result of the arrests…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Albury Police Court Yesterday Police say that young man broke into house
A young man, who allegedly broke into a house in Smollett street, Albury, on July 16 and stole clothing and other articles valued at about £100, was committed for trial at the next Quarter…
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