Police report on council ready soon
SYDNEY, Tuesday : The results of investigations into the activities of the Bankstown Council should be completed in…
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Tatt’s transfer objection case before court
HOBART, Tues.: To enable a decision in the Tattersalls lottery case to be given by the end of this month, Mr. Justice Green today interrupted the normal court vacation to commence the hearing of an application for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bank clerk charged with theft of £2350
SYDNEY, Wed.: A bank clerk who, police allege, stole £2350/17/- and lost most of it at the races, was, at Central Court today, committed for trial…
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Thieves broke into the open air theatre of the Grove Pictures during the weekend. The cafe occupied by Mr J. Horsington…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Arson squad detectives are investigating a number of unexplainable fires which have occurred in the…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Dr. Robert Alexander De Castro Bas[?]o was committed for trial at Central Court today on charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gunman’s Boast Out to shoot two criminals: police
SYDNEY, Wed.: A Melbourne gunman had boasted that he came to Sydney to shoot two criminals, the police prosecutor,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Judge’s gaol threat to woman
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Mr. Justice Clyne in the Bankruptcy Court today threatened to send a married woman to gaol unless…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Threat to “doover” murder trial witness
MELBOURNE, Thurs. : An echo of the OâMeally murder trial was heard last night when one of the principal witnesses…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.: A man charged with murder was allowed bail of £500 by Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy in the…
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NEW YORK, Thurs.: Judge Allison Wade, of Warren County, Pennsylvania, was shot dead in court yesterday by a…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: A 56-year-old woman, charged with the murder of a St. Kilda private hotel proprietor, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police probe railway goods yard fires
SYDNEY, Sun.: Arson squad detectives are investigating two fires which damaged railway property at Granville yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Supports move for Royal Commission into police force
SYDNEY, Sun.: A move for. o Royal Commission into the police force was supported today by the Leader of the State Opposition (Mr. V. Treatt). Mr. Treatt was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaoled for stealing yacht
SYDNEY, Mon.: A laborer of no fixed abode was today sentenced to a yearâs gaol at Burwood Court for stealing a £7000…
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Maxwell John Price (26), no fixed place of abode, was remanded at the Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday to tomorrowâs court…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: A woman was charged in Lidcombe Court today with starting two fires at Granville railway yards last…
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SYDNEY. Mon.: A former C.I.B. car driver would reveal only to a Royal Commission names of police who allegedly…
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Charged with having murdered Louis Frank Probert, former Deniliquin hotel proprietor, Mrs. Louisa Chapman was on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police seek missing Yarrawonga woman
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Police are Seeking a 30-year-old married woman and her three-year-old son, who have been…
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