Youth on Murder Charge
BRISBANE, Monday.--A 16-year-old youth was remanded for eight days without bail in Monto Children's…
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Courts & crime, 1954
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Police View On Launch Mystery
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Police today were trying to piece together the events which led to the…
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"It is a very bad bend and I didn't know the road," was the reason given by a Toowoomba man, Edward John Williamson, for an accident which resulted in a negligent driving charge, on June 12, last year…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--John Montgomery, 24, acting manager of the Morr Meat Company's Elizabeth Street…
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MIAMI (Florida), Tuesday (AAP).--Russell Tongay was convicted of manslaughter in the Criminal Court yesterday for the death of his famed "aquatot" daughter, five-year-old Kathy…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The brutal murder of 21-year-old Shirley Butler, whose battered and strangled body was found in a vacant allotment a short distance from her home at Waverton on Christmas Day, 1952, remains a mystery following the finding of the City Coroner, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Approves Hotel Alterations
An application by William Emery Thompson, licensee of the Richmond Hotel, Woodlark Street, Lismore, for…
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Albert Gardiner, farmer, of Mullumbimby Street, Brunswick Heads, was ordered to pay rates and interest…
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MADRID, Wednesday.--Police broke up a demonstration by more than 1,000 students…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The Premier, Mr. Cahill, will ask police to investigate allegations of bribery in the New…
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MIAMI, Wednesday (AAP).--Light-heavyweight boxing champion, Archie Moore, lost round one of a matrimonial…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.--An 84-year-old man was found dead in a small house in Waterloo today soon…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.--In the Murwillumbah Court of Petty Sessions to-day, Mr. J. R. Scarlett, S.M…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.--State Cabinet is unlikely to appoint a Royal Commission or any inquiry into the New South Wales police force. Cabinet will meet at 10.30…
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SYDNEY, Friday. -- The N.S.W. Commissioner of Police, Mr. C. J. Delaney, has reported to the Premier, Mr. Cahill, there is no justification for an investigation either by Royal Commission or any other means, into the administration of the…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.--The Granville Chamber of Commerce has been told by a private investigator to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Seek Alleged Thief
Police are seeking a solidly built man with fair curly hair in connection with three thefts in Brisbane and Casino since last Friday. The man is about 5ft. 8ins. tall, and was last seen wearing…
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MEXICO, CITY, Monday (AAP). -- Mrs. Lucina Alvarado Tessada, 47, yesterday was…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. --Eight men were charged in Newcastle Court today with a fraudulent conspiracy…
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Three Lismore policemen are among the thousands at present in Sydney to control the crowds during the visit of…
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