Inquiries in murder case
SYDNEY, Fri.: CIB detectives on the Waverton murder case have now interviewed eight persons who were on a Lane Cove…
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Police Force Administration Allegations M.H.R. says he is willing to appear before Commission
SYDNEY, Fri.: Mr. Jeff Bate, M.H.R., said today lie was prepared to give evidence before a Royal Commission into the administration of the police force. Referring tot he Premier’s…
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When Norman Maxwell Laing, 18, laborer, of Norfolk street, left his boarding house on January 8, he accidentally took…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: A man described by Sgt. Wiggins as “one of the most violent men in Sydney” was gaoled for nine months…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: A 38-years-old farmer, changed with the murder of his sister-in-law, had told police he killed her because she had been “bringing men to my house and making my wife unfaithful to me,”…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: Six weeks of planning resulted in a number of raids by detectives of the Drug. Bureau during the…
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Two local hotelkeepers end seven men were fined in Albury Court yesterday as o result of visits by the licensing inspector to hotels on December 20 and 21. Convictions were not recorded against either licensee…
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TOKIO, Tues.: Two Australian privates were today sentenced to four years imprisonment and dishonourable discharges from the…
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CAIRO. Wed.: Two Egyptian Army officers accused of taking part in last week’s abortive coup d[?]etat against the Government…
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BRISBANE, Wed.: A 29-year-old woman was charged m Brisbane Police Court with the murder of three children to whom she had…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: A man had drawn £220 from his brother’s bank account and lost it backing racehorses, Parramatta Court was…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: Detectives today laid a charge of murder against a 19-year-old Yarram girl In connection with…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: The Police Department is expected to recommend shortly that a substantial reward be offered for information…
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MELBOURNE, Wed:: A suspected housebreaker, armed with a carving knife and a 15-inch gardening fork, slightly wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Albury Court Yesterday Albury carpenter charged with 31 traffic breaches
A 24-years-old Albury carpenter appeared before Albury Petty Sessions yesterday on 31 charges as a result of breaches of the traffic regulations. He is Francis Luke Gulson, of Englehardt street, who pleaded not guilty to eight and guilty to 23 of the charges…
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LONDON, Thurs.: Four Polish priests who held responsible posts at the Cracow Curia (Bishop’s Court) and two other men and a…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: Prominent boxer, Harry Hayes, 24, was convicted in Central Court today on a charge of assaulting a Chinese…
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Warren David William Honeyman proceeded against William Edward Bede Burton at the Court of Petty Sessions on…
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Twe men appeared at the Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday to answer a total of nine charges of horse stealing. They…
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METZ, . Thurs. : Colonel Karl Buck, formerly Nazi camp commandant in Alsace, and Karl Nussberger, one of his guards, were…
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