Missing Girl Left Home at Kurri on Monday Police Search Farewelled Little Brother on Bridge
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 7
Leaving her home in Lang-atreet, Kurri, on Monday afternoon during the absence of her parents, Ethel Stevens (14) has not been heard of since. She was last seen by her little brother. Frank, walking…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Barrister Sentenced for Fraud
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 4
At the Central Court, Sydney, yesterday, John Patrick Shiel (32) a barrister, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment on three charges of having obtained,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court Thursday, January 17. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, R.s.m.) Drunkenness
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 12
A first offender was dealt with for drunkenness Claude Jewkes (34) was fined £1, in default seven days, and, Lachlan Neilson (38), 10/, in default…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Arson and Murder Sensational Case Brisbane
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5
Sensational evidence was given for the prosecution in the Police Court to-day, when Joseph Stanislaus Philipson, 21 a draughtsman, and Isabel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder in Lyons Mysterious Case Lyons
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5
The body of Madame Marguerite Hoddyer was found naked in the River Rhone, with a thin cord tied tightly round her neck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Southampton Murder Motor Mechanic Sought London
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5
In connection with the murder of Vivian Messiter, Scotland Yard is anxious to trace William Frank Thomas (32), a motor mechanic, who lived in Southampton with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thief's Ruse "Went for Police" STOLEN a WATCH But He Didn't Return
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5
Accused of having stolen a gold wristlet watch in a house in King-street. Newcastle Harold Collier (44) laborer according to a woman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missing Girls 23 Left Home Since November Police Kept Busy Kurri Child Returned to Parents
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5
Police in Metropolitan and Northern. Districts have had a busy time during the last three months searching for girls reported missing from their homes. Since November 23, 23 girls have been missed. Two were added to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Famous Swimmer Charged
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 4
Richmond Cavill (45), former swimming champion, and now proprietor of Greenwich Baths, appeared at the Central Police Court in Sydney yesterday to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court Friday, January 18. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, R.s.m.) Seaman Remanded
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 2
Patrick Keegan (45), seaman, was charged with having used insulting words to Constable C. T. Noble at the Dolphins. Wickham, on January 16, and with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Not Strangled ? Lyons Murder Mystery LYONS
The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 1
The mystery surrounding tho death of Madame Marguerite Hodoyer, whose naked body was found in the River Rhone, with a thin cord tied…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Premier and High Court
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 4
A suggestion not taken seriously in political circles was made in Sydney early this week, to the effect that Mr. T. R. Bavin, the Premier of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scrub-cutter's Death Confession of Murder Thursday Island
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 5
In the Police Court to-day, James Maurice Kelly was remanded to Cairns on the charge of having wilfully murdered Charles Walter at Boonjie, Malanda, about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder of Police by a Suspected Anarchist Amsterdam
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5
A man named Wykstra, suspected of being an anarchist, shot four policemen this morning, cut their throats, and dragged their bodies into his house, which he then…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragedy in Sydney Victim Terribly Injured Man Charged with Murder Sydney
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5
With terrible injuries to his face, neck, and left arm, James Blair, aged 50, who lived at a boarding house in Erskine-street, City, was found in his bedroom…
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The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5
Patrick Keegan, 45, seaman. wan sentenced to three months' hard labor by Mr. Cohen, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, on a vagrancy…
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The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5
Malcolm McKinnon, 63, rigger, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having, on January 19, murdered James Logic Blair…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5
Madame Grappe, who was charged with murdering her husband, has been acquitted, though she admitted she fatally shot him…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tennis Wallsend Tournament. Majestic Court
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 9
With a total of 24¾ points (games 23 and concession 1¾), Chamberlain and Carr were the winners of a restricted men's doubles tournament, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dead in Bed Newcastle Nurse Police Inquiry
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5
Nurse Tuck, a well-known' Newcastle [?]urse, was found dead in bed at her home in Military-road, this morning…
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