Union officers positions invalid, court holds
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 16
SYDNEY, Wed.: Mr. Justice de Baun today declared invalid the positions held by seven officers, including that of the secretary-treasurer, in the Transport Workersâ Union of Australia, N.S.W. Branch. He ordered fresh elections…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Tallangatta Court Motor Cyclist Mas Licence Suspended
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 8
For riding: his motor cycle in the main street of Tallangatta with his arms folded, John McAllister, Granya, was fined £7…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In Albury Police Court Yesterday : Two youths fined for driving under influencer
Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 11
Two Albury youths, who were described as âinexperienced drinkersâ by police, were in Albury Court yesterday fined £5 each on charges of drinkers under the influence of liquor. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Queen Waves to Canberra Children Eight Spies Sentenced
Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 9
SKOLPJE (Macedonia). Thurs.: Eight Greek refugees were yesterday sentenced to terms of hard labor ranging from three to 12 years…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Murder probe’s new turn
Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 18
COLOGNE, Thurs.: Police today are investigating the mysterious disappearance of two German sisters, reported to be…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Man’s “Moment of Madness” Ends in Court
Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 14
Wodonga Court was told yesterday that the Spirit of Progress made an unscheduled step at Wodonga on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →In Wodonga Court Yesterday: “Mind was black” after alleged hammer attack
Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 8
A motor mechanic said in Wodonga Court yesterday his memory was a blank after he was allegedly struck over the head with a hammer last year…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Woman charged in hospital ward with murder of young man
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 3
SYDNEY, Fri.: A young man was found strangled on a bed at his home at Gladesville this afternoon. He was Raymond John…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →YARRAWONGA Theft at Hotel
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 16
Yarrawonga police are investigating the robbery of £40 from a guest at the Royal Mail Hotel, Yarrawonga. The money was…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Given Further Year in Gaol
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 1
SYDNEY, Fri.: 21-year-old shearer who broke a good behavior bond by illegally using a car was sentenced to an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New evidence in murder case
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 18
MELBOURNE, Fri.: New evidence on the Kerr murder case is now being investigated by the Crown Law Department…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Threw caustic soda: 6 years’ gaol fox woman
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 3
SYDNEY, Fri.âA woman was sentenced to six yearsâ gaol by Judge Holden in Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions today for having thrown caustic soda over her former lover…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three armed bandits each sent to gaol for eight years
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 3
MELBOURNE, Fri.: Three armed hold-up men were each sentenced in the Criminal Court today to eight years' gaol for having robbed two bank clerks of £746 outside a North Fitzroy bank. The eldest bandit, John…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police allege that clerk stole £9303
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 24
MELBOURNE, Fri.: A 32-year-old clerk was committed for trial in the City Court today on a charge of having stolen £9303/13/3 as a servant of Babcock and Wilcox of Australia Pty…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Dead Man Missed Murder Committal Was drowned in farm dam
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Fri.: The Coroner (Mr Duggan) said at an inquest at Bunyip today that he would have committed a man for trial on a charge of murder if he had been alive today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Husband didn’t want children, wife tells court
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 3
SYDNEY, Fri.: A woman said in the Divorce Court today her husband had not wanted children, because they tied people down. Her husband, a member…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Albury District Court :New Australians at law: Two claim £415
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 22
Judge Brennan, hearing a District Court action, sat until 9.45 last night in an attempt to complete the evidence The case, in which two…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Train murder sets police a problem
Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 1
SYDNEY, Sun.: Only 12 South-West mail train passengers had come forward in response to a police appeal for assistance in solving the murder of a passenger on the train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman who has “very, very short time to live” charged with murder
Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 3
SYDNEY, Sun.: A 55-year-old woman, who, police said, had only a âvery, very short time to live,â was charged at Ryde hospital yesterday with the murder of her 28-year-old son…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Escapee returns to gaol
Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 5
BENDIGO, Sun.: Victor Bruce Crockett, formerly of Cremorne street, Richmond, one of the two 19-year-old convicts who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →