Man for Trial for Wife Murder
SYDNEY, Fri.: A 53 year old orchardist; .was today committed for trial-by the City Coroner. Mr Smyth, on a charge of having…
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Queensland basic wage unaltered court’s ruling
BRISBANE, Fri.: The State Industrial Court today ruled that the basic wage of £18/16/ for adult males…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: Sydney detectives have cancelled plans to fly to Melbourne to interview a man in connection with the murder of…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: Three of four youths who escaped, from Royal Park Boys’ Home early today were re-captured by police after a series of smash-grab robberies in Prahran, in which, firearms and other goods were stolen…
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Albruy is short of police due to lack of housing accommodation, new officer in charge o Albury police district, Inspector Moore,…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: A man and his 35 year-old wife had made their living by stealing from retail stores, Police Prosecutor…
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A wealth of experience especially in traffic matters lies behind Inspector L. L. Moore, who took up duties in Albury last week. While stationed at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gunman’s Desperate Bid for Freedom From Gaol Fails
SYDNEY, Tues.: In a desperate bid for freedom, notorious gunman, Antonio Martini, leapt 35 feet from the walls of Parramatta Gaol today-—but he was recaptured when he broke…
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“I regard Broken Hill as one of the few places free from most major crime,” said Sgt. C. A. Spence, yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: The dismissal of a fireman from the steamer Age, over which the ship, had been held up, was proper and was…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: A soldier had stolen another soldier’s wife when both were mates in the Army, the Divorce Court was told today…
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HOBART, Wed.: For “shocking inhumanity” to their children, a young married couple was each sentenced to six months’ gaol in the Hobart Police Court today,…
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There is every chance that definite steps will soon be made to provide Albury with a new police station…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs; The Police Discipline Board today found Senior Constable Carl Peppier, of Bairnsdale, guilty of…
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CANBERRA, Thurs.: A young airman, Who had spent a short time in Callan park Mental Asylum, had committed suicide…
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BRISBANE, Thurs.: A Brisbane police court magistrate today ordered the arrest of a witness alleged to have refused to give evidence in a murder case. The witness, Gordon Alfred John Gilfrow, did not appear when…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.: According to a senior police officer, Melbourne police know nothing of Norman Morton-Stewart, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police chief astonished at Albury’s expansion
Expansion of Albury in the last 30 years bad been astonishing, Inspector Moore said yesterday. He was commenting on what happened in the…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Commonwealth Court of Marine Inquiry today exonerated the master of the freighter, Merino,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Corowa Court Yesterday Rutherglen Man Fined £6
A Rutherglen man who pleaded guilty to driving a horse and sulky whilst under the influence was fined a total of £6 in Corowa Petty Sessions yesterday. Lindsay John Rollins…
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