Three Youths for Trial on Stealing Charge
Two of three youths who appeared before the Albury Police Court last Friday on charges of breaking, entering…
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S. P. bookmaker sentenced to six prison: will appeal
BENDIGO, Thursday: A starting price bookmaker, Lionel Matthew Moore, of Mallison st., Bendigo, was sentenced to six monthsâ imprisonment by Mr J. W. Marwick, S.M. in the City Court today on a charge of street betting…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: Detectives investigating the £30,000 moil bag robbery are now certain the theft occurred at Katoomba. Their inquiries have…
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MILDURA. Thurs.: A Party of armed police and Mallee farmers re-captured two escapees from the Swan Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Judge accuses Studley-Ruxton of “humbugging” -- Gaol threat
SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Royal Commissioner (Mr Justice Dovey) told David Studley-Ruxton today that he would not put up with his âhumbugging proceedingsâ much longer. He said if Studley-Ruxton did not behove himself he would find…
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At the Corown Court of Petty Sessions yesterday bofore Mr. Pocock, S.M., William Hanman, Thomas Brennan, Raymond Bruce…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jury award inadequate, court says
SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Full Supreme Court in Sydney today decided that an award by a jury last November was inadequate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In Wodonga Court : Korean war veteran fined on driving charge
A 31-year-old D.F.C. winner and Korean war veteran was fined £5 in Wodonga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on a charge of driving under the influence on May 5…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire-bug sentenced to twelve years’ gaol
SYDNEY, Fri.: A 39-year-old man was to-day sentenced to 12 yearâ goal on three charges of having set on fire two building and a truck. William Alfred Hunter,…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: Investigations to discover how murderer James Robert Walker obtained a revolver, Ammunition and…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: A 58-year-old radio mechanic, Alan Claude Peter Vaughan, of no fixed address, was committed for trial…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: A story of a plot to free Darcy Dugan and another criminal from Grafton gaol was wrong, the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Sydney Suburban Police Station Bombed
Detectives inspecting bomb damage at Red fern police station (Sydney)The bomb exploded near doorway (left) and shattered window (right). The powerful, home-made bomb exploded outside the station mess-room, and wounded a…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Wide police hunt for suspect
MELBOURNE, Fri.: Homicide detectives are intensifying their search for Francis OâKeefe. alias Patrick John Oâkecfe, a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Court told how patrol officer Was murdered
WEWAK, Fri.: A native witness at the murder trial of nine Telefomin natives today told.how he watched wild natives murder Australian patrol officer Leo Gerald Szarko in a New Guinea mountain village…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Gun smuggled into gaol ?
MELBOURNE, Sun.: The gun which was used by Robert Walker, 43, convicted murderer, in his sensational hold-up of…
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BRISBANE Sun.: Investigating a complaint that a man had been struck on the head with an iron bar, detectives visited a shanty…
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A 68-year-old pensioner, Archibald Francis Luhrs, of Stanley street, was fined £7 on a stealing charge…
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BURNIE (Tas.), Mon.: A 25-year-old man found guilty of rape was sentenced to 12 yearsâ imprisonment in the Burnie…
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KARACHI, Mon.: Police have arrested Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, a Minister in Fazlui Huqâs provincial East Pakistan…
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