Population Figures Compiled by Police
The Uralla police have compiled records showing the population in the various centres under their control. The records read: Uralla 1157,…
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Small Debts Court Verdict For Plaintiff
In the Small Debts Court yesterday, before Mr. F. T. Scoope, Police Magistrate, T. Lambert Pty. Ltd. proceeded against Mrs. R. Hamilton claiming…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Slacks in Court Judge Rebukes Woman Merely a Matter of Taste
"Slacks are my constitutional right," said: Miss Helen Hulick, 28, chestnuthaired, vivacious and very pretty, when a Los Angeles judge told her…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Seek Murderer Fruitless Search MELBOURNE
After inquiries over two weeks, the police have made no headway in their search for the murderer of Leslie McAllister, who was shot…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Girl Alleges Assault Men Come To Assistance SYDNEY
A, girl who was being taken home in a cat late on Saturday night after attending a party, alleges that one of the male occupants endeavoured to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman's Pitiful Story Asked to Be Locked Up Charged With Abandoning Child Unable To Obtain Assistance SYDNEY
A woman, aged about 23 single, and poorly dressed, walked into the Darlinghurst Police Station and said she wanted, to be, locked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bank Robbery £2000 STOLEN Men Burn Way to Main Safe Police Cordon Around District SYDNEY
Breaking into the Bank of New South Wales at St. Peters late on Saturday night, two men cut their way to the bank's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Chase Suspect Climbs Fences and Escapes
Passers-by in Bourke Street and Lambeth Street yesterday evening were treated to unusual excitement when local police officers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Comb Suburbs Search For Parramatta Escapee SYDNEY
The police Were informed late last night that John Williams (28), an habitual criminal, who escaped from Parramatta Gaol on December 17, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newspaper Men Find Dalfram Deserters While Police Search State SYDNEY
While police and Customs officers were conducting a Statewide search for six members of the crew from the British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol Escapees One Recaptured SYDNEY
John Williams, who escaped from Parramatta Gaol on December 17, was recaptured in a house in a lane off Rawson Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To Create Excitement Laborer Ignited Grass Gaol Sentence Melbourne
In admitting in Mansfield Court that he had ignited crass fires, Raymond Joseph Wright, laborer, said Ho had done so because he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Chase Suspect's Manoeuvres Officers Effect Arrest
Several unusual incidents marked a chose instituted by the Glen Innes police for a man desired for Interrogation in regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Room Fight Court Hears Story Selection of a New Mayor
A scene at an informal meeting of Bexley Borough Council, England, at which one of the subjects discussed was the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cab Driver Sentenced Six Charges of Assault and Robbery Unemployment Brought Depression SYDNEY
At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Angus Barwick (25), a former taxi driver, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on seven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Assault Taxi Driver Battered Police Arrest Three Men SYDNEY
John William Stobbs, a resident of Belmore, and driver of a Yellow Cab, was treated at St Vincent's Hospital early this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →25 Years in Gaol Friends Seek Release SYDNEY
Although his friends are sparing no efforts to bring about the release from gaol, after 25 years, of Samuel Freeman, who was sentenced to death in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Sentence Five Years' Gaol Robbery While Armed SYDNEY
At the Quarter Sessions to-day. Angus Barwick (25), a former taxidriver. was sentenced to five years imprisonment on seven charges six…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pastor Robbed Two Men Sentenced "Grave Offence" Newcastle
Sentences of three years and two years, respectively, were imposed on Allan Reynolds (19) and Jas. Wilkinson (25), laborers, who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shocking Tragedy Young Woman Dead Brother in Critical Condition Victims of Brutal Assault TENTERFIELD
Tenterfield was shocked this morning when it became known that Miss Constance Sommerlad, daughter of Mrs. E. T. Sommerlad,…
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