Boy Pirates. Steal Boat and Kill Owner Police Kept at Bay. Berlin
Two 17-year-old lads at Cuxhaven, Germany, stole a fishing boot and made for the open sea. After killing the owner, who pursued them in a…
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The A.w.u. Arbitration Case. Question of Jurisdiction to Be Settled by the High Court
The arbitration case in which the Australian Workers' Union is asking for a new award and the inclusion of station hands was re-opened before Mr. Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Attack on the Land Tax Fails. Federal Powers Sustained. Unanimous Decision of the High Court Judges
The Full Bench of the Commonwealth High Court delivered judgment in the land tax special appeal case in Melbourne on May 31…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. Tuesday, June 6Th., 1911. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M.)
Pastures Protection Board v. L. Cox. Failing to destroy rabbits on his holding at Brobenah. Defendant pleaded not guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charge of Murder. Proceedings Against a Nurse. Ballarat
The inquest on the body of Ella Laura Wilson, aged 23, residing at Footscray, who died at Ballarat from the effects of an illegal operation,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Nearest Approach of a Court to the Earth
Have you ever wondered Just how far away the various comets you have seen in your life were? The fact of the matter is few comets in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Debts Court. Monday, June 5th. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, P.M.)
Wm. Cameron proceeded against Jas. McGrory for the recovery of £42 2s. 9d., which he alleged was due to him for 3 miles of fencing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Going To'gaol on Principle
The Attorney General has suspended the sentences passed on twelve Mount Kembla miners, for absenting themselves from work, pending the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Revenge. Murder and Mutilation by Thirteen Year Old Boy. Paris
A boy, aged 13, accused of theft in Paris, in revenge drowned his master's baby, aged eight months, in a bucket, and shockingly mutilated a child of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Laud Court Case. GUNDAGAI
An interesting point was heard at the local land board. Mr. Carberry applied for an original conditional purchase. The chairman raised the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Personating Shearers. Court Disclosures. Rebuke From the Bench
Some remarkable disclosures as to personation of fast shearers, known as "ringers," were made by a witness in the Commonwealth Arbitration…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairies Supervision. System Criticised by Farmers and Settlers. Police Officers As Inspectors. Why Dairymen Give Up the Business
The existing system, of administration of the regulations of the Dairies' Supervision Act came in for considerable adverse criticism at a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. Giles Shaw, P.M. DRUNK
John Wallace Ball, was charged with being drunk in Parker street on 10th June. Plea, guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burglary at Coolac. Railway Station Entered. Other Places Attempted Only £3 Taken
THE startling news that the railway station at Coolac had been entered and the safe burst open, was brought into town by passengers by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Monday, June 12, 1911. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) Shooting Sensation. Boys Relate How They Were "Held Up." Accused Committed for Trial
The first stage of the Criminal Court proceedings in connection with the case in which James Albert Young, a herbalist, known as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inciting to Fight. Uranquinty Seconds Before the Court
Wm. Honey and Sidney Hanbridge were charged together that they did counsel and procure to commit a riot. Both the accused were mere youths…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Licensing Court. Monday. Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw. L.M.
Philip Henry Gehrig was granted a liquor license in the booth at the race course on Wednesday and Thursday, 14th and 15th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) Booth Licenses
Percy Luck, licensee of the Golden Age Hotel, was granted booth licenses for the grandstand and legerstand booths on the occasion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warden's Court. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, Mines Warden.) Alleged Non-fulfilment of Conditions. at Pullitop
Robert Crane instituted proceedings against Michael Toohey on the grounds that he had failed to fulfil the residential conditions by being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stealing Workers
The Victorian manufacturers, referring to the scarcity of labor, state that Sydney firms are stealing their girl workers and that the position is…
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