A Decision Reversed. Full Court Grants a Divorce. Sydney
The Full Court has granted the petitioner in the divorce suit Bearman v. Dearman a decree nisi for a dissolution of the marriage, thus reversing…
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The Allendale Tragedy Appeal to the Full Court. Conviction Confirmed. Sydney
Mr. G. H. Reid, on behalf of Frederick Davies Green, who was sentenced to death for the murder of Lily Bridge at Allendale, appealed to the Full Court…
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The trial of 52 men charged with conspiring to overthrow the regime of Prince Nicholas of Montenegro has resulted in six of the conspirators…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Courts. Police Court. MONDAY. Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. Early Closing
John Deal was charged with a breach of the Early Closing Act selling in prohibited hours. Plea, guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Tragedy. Murderous Outrage by a Vicious Chinaman. in Cootamundra Gaol
On Saturday morning the people received a great shock by the news that a terrible tragedy had been perpetrated that morning in the gaol…
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Senator Best said yesterday that the judgment of the High Court in the harvester cases would only affect the wages section of the Act…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cootamundra Gaol Tragedy. Verdict of Murder
The inquest concerning the death of Warder Brown, who was killed by a Chinaman at Cootamundra Gaol, was concluded on Tuesday…
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Strictly speaking, a theft from a corpse is no worse than a theft from a living person, but at is the association which makes the act horrible and repulsive to ordinary…
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The Miners' Federation at Newcastle has received a letter from Judge Heydon stating that the Premier had informed him that the employers said their side of the Teralba…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →A Had Chinese. Murder of a Warder
The coroner at Cootamundra committed the Chinese Jang for trial for the murder of Warder Brown in good on Saturday. It was stated in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Police. Royal Commission Eulogistic. London
The Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the Metropolitan police force has submitted its report. The Commission states that on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Industrial Court. Opened Without Ceremony. Sydney
The new Industrial Court was opened this morning. There was an absence of ceremony, and no speeches were made…
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A bill has been gazzetted at Maritzberg, in Natal, in view of the approaching trial of Dinizulu, the powerful Zulu headman, on charges of disloyalty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Industrial Court. a Quiet Opening. Sydney
The new Industrial Court was opened this morning without any ceremony or speeches…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Police. Royal Commission's Report. Duties Discharged Efficiently. London, July 1
A Royal Commission reports that the metropolitan police on the whole discharge their duties honestly with discretion and efficiency. Most of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Option. Special Court at Bathurst. Eight Hotels to Be Closed. Sydney
Judge Docker, presiding over the Special Local Option Court for the Bathurst district, recommended that eight hotels be closed there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rebellious Natives. Special South African Court. Consisting of Colonial Judges. London, July 1
A bill hub been gazetted at Maritzburg providing for Dinizula'trial, and constituting a special Court to try natives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Protection. the High Court Judgment. Only Affects Wages Section. Sugar and Rural Bounties Acts
Senator Best, Acting-Attorney-General for the Common wealth, was asked what effect he thought, the High Court judgement in the harvester cases was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Women Politicians. Strenuous Reform Work. Invasion of Parliament. Scuffles with the Police. Uproarious Crowds. 28 Women Arrested. London, July 1
The Women's Social and political Union at Caxton Hall deputed Mrs. Pankhurst and 12 others to carry a resolution to the House of Cammons.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thwarted. the "New Protection" Device. Ruled Out by a Majority of the High Court. Summary of the Judgements. the Majority Ruled—
The Excise Act, 1906, was not a taxing Act, but an Act to regulate wages, and therefore invalid. The Act was further invalid, because it…
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