Police shoot down students
TUNIS, Tues.: French police last night opened fire with submachine guns againt several hundred Tunisian students who tried…
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Union defiant of court: Warning by judge
MELBOURNE, Tues.: The Seamenâs Union told Mr Justice Foster in the Arbitration Court today that it would not undertake to abide by any decision he might make in the Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →‘Fired at Father to Protect His Mother’ Country youth on charge of murder
SYDNEY, Tues.: An 18-year-old West Wyalong youth charged with the murder of his father told Central Criminal Court today that the father had threatened his mother and…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: A young gardener, already serving seven yearsâ gaol for the armed holdup of a doctor, was sentenced in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Manager acquitted of attempted murder charge
MELBOURNE, Wed.: A Criminal Court jury today accepted a managerâs plea that he attempted to bluff, and not to…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Detectives now believe a 52-year-old seaman found strangled on his bed in a Woolahra residential…
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At the Jerilderie Court of Petty Sessions held last Monday, the Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. Keith W. Smith…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Prisoner’s fears about telling of gaol “syndicate”
SYDNEY, Wed.: A Bathurst gaol prisoner told the Quarter Sessions today he would not answer a question because it might place him in jeopardy among other prisoners…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Police allege mother smothered baby son
MELBOURNE, Wed.: Allegations that a young mother had placed her two-month-old son on a bed and pressed on its…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Police seize truck of furniture near Tallangatta
A truck carrying furniture valued at £150, believed to have been stolen, was intercepted by Tallangatta police on the Murray…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Airlines’ pilots leave claims to court
SYDNEY, Wed.: Commercial airlines pilots today decided to leave settlement of their claims on wages and conditions to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Fined £5 on Stealing Charge
A 29-year-old Culcairn carpenter was fined £5 in the Culcairn Court on Friday on a charge of stealing equipment…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: A 52-year-old commercial artist in Central Police Court today told of alleged ill-treatment and bashing by police after his arrest on February 18…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →In Albury Court Yesterday Taxi man didn’t move up-fined
An Albury taxi driver who did not move up on the rank behind another cab was fined £1 with 7/ costs by Messrs A. S…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In Wodonga Court Yesterday : Corryong man fined £15 : Driving licence cancelled
A Corryong man was fined £15, ordered to pay £6 court costs, and had his driving licence cancelled, when he was convicted in Wodonga court yesterday on a charge of driving under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Son killed father to save his sister, court told
SYDNEY, Fri.: A Central Criminal Court jury today acquitted a 19-year-old youth of a charge of murdering his father, without hearing addresses by counsel or summing up by the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Women charged: alleged car attacks
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Two women, aged 34 and 45, were charged yesterday at the City Watchhouse with attempted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man and woman charged after alleged shooting
MELBOURNE, Sun.: A man and o woman were charged at Bairnsdale yesterday with shooting with intent to cause grievous bodily harm following a shooting incident in a boot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder accusation at “drug orgy” trial
ROME, Sun. : Amu Maria Moneta Caglio, star witness at Romeâs âdrug orgyâ trial, accused Plero Piccioni, son of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police seek woman’s attacker
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Camberwell police are scouring the district for a man aged about 20 whom they believe is…
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