N.G. native tells of murder of patrol officer
WEWAK, Wed.: Sioksep, a native witness, today told the Wewak District Court that Telefomin natives had shot burning arrows on to…
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Man who burnt his way out of police cell remanded
A 37-year-old man who escaped from custody on three occasions, twice in Albury, appeared before Judge Brennan in Albury Quarter Sessions on Tuesday. He is Stephen Stere, Who…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Man’s handkerchief saturated with blood, witness tells court
SYDNEY, Wed.: The handkerchief of a man who alleges he was bashed by police was saturated with blood the morning after his arrest, an employe of the Crown Solicitorâs Department said today. The solicitor is Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Albury Quarter Sessions Prisoner thanks police for way they treated him
Praise for the manner in which he had been treated by police whilst held in custody was given by a man who appeared before Albury Quarter Sessions this week. Leo Vincent Cramp, of…
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Albury City Council formally received advice last night on a new court house and police station for Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Widow to stand trial for the alleged murder of her husband
MELBOURNE, Fri.: Indications were that hen Edward Beck, 29, of Hargreaves st., Bendigo, was killed By a single blow with the head of an axe while he was sleeping, and that he had not moved after the blow had been struck, a witness said in the Bendigo Coronerâs Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man who burnt way out of cell at Albury sent to gaol for six months
A 37-year-old man who burnt his way out of a cell at Albury police station in 1947 was sentenced to six monthsâ gaol by Mr McDonald, S.M., Holbrook court on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In Holbrook Court Fails to Get Licence Back
An appeal against cancellation of driverâs licence of Geoffrey C. Craig, of Holbrook Hotel, was dismissed in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Council Discussion on Angle Parking Resolution for Police Chief
Defeat of a motion to defer action for a fortnight j and the carrying of on amendment that two public re-solutions be forwarded at once to the Commissioner of Police were features of Albury City Councilâs discussion…
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MELBOURNE, Tues. : Police late tonight were seeking the person responsible for a series of cruel hoaxes played on an Oakleigh household today…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Skeleton Mystery Police say woman was shot
MELBOURNE, Tues.: Police have decided that the woman Whose skeleton was found buried on King Parrot Creek, near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soviet Embassy breaks silence — accuses Petrov of theft
CANBERRA, Wed.: The Soviet Embassy in Australia tonight accused Vladimir Petrov of misappropriation of Soviet monies. It demanded his return to Soviet custody to answer a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Police believed assault allegations a ‘concoction’”
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Police named in David Edward Studley-Ruxtonâs allegations of assault believed his story was a âconnection,â a detective told the Royal Commission today…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Syphon Stealing: Another Charge
£250 worth of goods were stolen from a Syphon storeroom over Easter and a man (details page 6) was charged…
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ALOR STAR, Thurs.: A Kedah State Assize Judge today overruled the opinions of his two Malay assessors and…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Man Charged with Wounding
A man afterwards charged with maliciously wounding Joseph Clark at Moulamein on Easter Monday was arrested by Constables E, Wood nit it and H. Ewens as he stopped from the Moulamein mailcar in Deniliquin shortly alter 2 p.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Hospital Fees Charged in March
Record fees were charred at Deniliquin Hospital during March. £1.482 (including £815 from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Albury Police Court Yesterday Man’s “good deed” costs £15
Fines totalling £15 were imposed on George Peter Kanicky Czachrow, 32 storeman, of Tallangatta road, Wodonga, when…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police sergeant criticised
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: The chairman of the Police Classifications Board (Judge Mulvany) told a police sergeant today that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police now with labor Council
SYDNEY, Thurs.: The NSW Police Association was tonight affiliated with the State Trades and Labor Council…
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