Police Search For Woman's Attacker
MELBOURNE, Friday.—An attractive woman was assaulted and robbed by a masked bandit, who also attempted rape, at a Newport…
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Courts & crime, 1950
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Man Charged with Intent to Murder
MELBOURNE, Sunday. — "I've got a gun and will shoot you", a man is alleged to have said, before he shot his friend in the…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday. — Herbert Ernest Hall 66, was found battered to death, gagged, and with his hands and feet bound, in a fowlyard…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Dr. George Stanley Thompson, 68, who parctises at Coogee and Macquaric Street, and Jack Armstrong, 27,…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—A man was remanded until February 13, yesterday, on a charge of having murdered his father-in-law,…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Dumosa "dirt-money" dipute will be referred to the Arbitration Court. This was decided by [?] coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →False Trails for Police by Dugan, Mears "Clues"
Lismore and district police in the last two weeks had investigated seven "tips" from the public that gaol escapees Dugan and Mears had been seen. Each of the tips proved false…
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Two gold wristlet watches are unclaimed at Lismore Police Station. One was found in Keen Street and the other at South Lismore…
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"I BECAME A CRIMINAL": The absorbing crime does not pay drama "I Became a Criminal" will head the programme at the Star Court Theatre…
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PERTH, Saturday.— Mr. Charles Cross, endorsed Labour candidate for Murray State electorate, at present held by the W.A. Premier (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Natives Clash With Police
LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—One African was killed and seven wounded when several hundred rioters attacked a police truck…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Detectives in three States over the week-end raided criminal haunts in their search for arms and ammunition. The raids followed Friday's Mort's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Tuesday, February 7, 1950. Advice to Police On Traffic Plan
THE TOLERANCE so far displayed by Lismore police in the enforcement of the city's traffic regulations was…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Lakemba District Coroner (Mr. Gibson) today committed Kevin John Irwin (23) for trial on charges of murdering 20 years old Dorothy Jean Dert, and her mother, Dorothy Dart (49)…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Frederick William Harrison was charged at the City Court today with wounding John Gilligan, 49, with intent to murder. The charge follows the riddling of the car of the baccarat king,…
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CASINO, Wednesday.—An 18-year-old Adelaide clerk has been remanded to appear at Lismore Quarter Sessions on May 1 to…
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CASINO, Wednesday.âA Leeville farmer who used insulting words to a police constable in Walker Street on January 25 and then…
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"RETURN OP OCTOBER." — The bright romantic comedy. "Return of October", is the principal attraction at the Star Court Theatre tonight…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A young tramway employee was remanded without bail at Paddington Court today until February 23, on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Debts Court Verdicts for Memorial Hospital
Kyogle Memorial Hospital gained verdicts against two defendants at Kyogle Small Debts Court on Tuesday for fees due for services…
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