Police will probe bribery allegations
SYDNEY, Wed.: The Premier (Mr. Cahill) will ask police to investigate allegations of bribery in the N.S.W. potato Marketing…
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Fined for Theft
A man told the court he had walked out of the Terminus Hotel, High st., about 10.30 p.m. on January 25, gone to his car…
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Ronald William McLachlan. 37, of Lower Plenty, was freed of a charge of assaulting Geoffrey Fraser, Wodonga…
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BRISBANE, Thurs.: A man charged with murder told a detective he had stabbed his wife to death with a carving knife,…
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NAIROBI, Thurs.: Two African policemen, badly slashed by a Mau gang, staggered to a nearby school and warned the…
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At the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. Qulggin, S.M., fines totalling £112 were imposed in…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: State Cabinet is unlikely to appoint a Royal Commission or any inquiry into the N.S.W. police force. Cabinet will meet at 10.30…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pathetic Court Scene Father weeps, son collapses
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: A pathetic scene occurred in the City Court today when a man, pleading for his son charged…
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BERLIN, Fri.: A convict released from prison, assaulted a woman and told police it was because lie wanted to…
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BRISBANE, Fri.: A 34-year-old dealer was committed for trial in the Supreme Court on February 15 on a charge of…
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SYDNEY, Frit The N.S.W. Commissioner of Police (Mr. Delaney) has reported to the Premier (Mr. Cahill) there is no justification for on investigation, either by Royal Commission or any other means, into the…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: A 24-year-old mother of two babies told the City Court today she had been taught to steal since she was a child. She was Mrs. Patricia…
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After being dismissed by his employer earlier in the day, a man returned to the office and stole £20, Albury Police Court was told yesterday. Peter Corish, laborer, of…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: The Granville Chamber of Commerce has been told by a private investigator to…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: A 34-year-old tramway employe, Douglas Campbell Ireland, of Robbâs parade, Northcote,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Seek Woman
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Police are searching for a young woman alleged to have been involved in the bashing of a…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: A man police were searching for in connection with the murder of a 40-year-old railway clerk was found dead in the boiler-room of the Concord Military Hospital late…
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At the Corowa Count of Petty Sessions before Mr. Quiggin. S.M,. on Thursday, Robert John Watts was charged with being in a…
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Wangaratta police reported last night that they had arrested a man during the day on a charge of street betting. They alleged that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Army officer cashiered, sentenced to 10 years’ gaol
TOKIO, Tues.: An Army court-martial today found on Australian paymaster guilty of misapplying £50,000 (stg.) of Army funds. The paymaster, Lieut,…
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