Telegraphic News Police Commissioner's Escape from Drowning SYDNEY
The Commissioner of Police (Mr. MacKay) and two friends narrowly escaped drowning last night when hi launch was wrecked in a collision…
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Police Commissioner in Launch Collision Narrowly Escapes Drowning Sydney
When his launch sank after colliding with another craft at Kangaroo Point, Hawkesbury River, last night, the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Divorce Granted Court Decision Favors Mrs. Falfretman Sydney
The hearing continued before Mr. Justice Roper in the Divorce Court today of the case in which Mrs. Isabel Ada Palfreyman is suing for a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Evidence Correct Eric Campbell's Declaration in Court Sydney
Eric Campbell declared in court to-day that he had never been a party to the falsification of the minutes of a company. He was appearing before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shooting of Boy Nine Months' Gaol on Manslaughter Charge Melbourne
A sentence of nine months' imprisonment was imposed on Henry Bray, aged 53 years, horticulturist, of Red Cliffs, to-day after he had been found guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Manslaughter Charge Nine Months' Gaol for Shooting of Boy Melbourne
A sentence of nine months' imprisonment was imposed on Henry Bray, aged 53 years, of Red Cliffs to-day, after he had been found guilty of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Patrol Car to Maintain Safety on Roads
One of the new police road patrol cars (a Ford utility truck) arrived in Wagga on Thursday to enter upon the new police sphere of operations…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Illegal Betting Police Receive Setback No Information on Private Lines Melbourne
Police endeavors to stamp out illegal betting by the use of telephones have received a setback. The Postmaster-General's Department refused an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bones in Fire Further Police Developments Californian Aid Sought Wellington (N.z.)
There was a further development in the Gordon Robert M'Kay case when a message was sent to California asking the police there to endeavor to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court (Today.) Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Language
"Donald Miller, a stranger, pleaded guilty to a charge of using indecent language in Wallendoon street on Saturday afternoon, and with being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Jew Sentenced to Death LONDON
"The Times" Berlin correspondent States that the Hamburgh People's Court sentenced at Jewish, lawyer, Michaclis, to death for high treason,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Taxation Claims Executors of Estate Charged Case From Corowa
Alexander R. R. Piggin and Alan R. Piggin, of Corowa, executors of the estate of the late Ross Ramsay, were charged at the Albury Police Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Called Police Witness "Liar" Defendant's Outburst SYDNEY
John Hourigan, 46, gardener, was convicted of receiving, and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at the Quarter Sessions today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seven Bailed Up Gunman Pose as Police SYDNEY
In American gangster fashion, two gunmen, posing as policemen, bailed up and robbed three, men, three women, and a schoolgirl, in an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Ministry Reshuffle Possible Change on Supreme Court Bench Sydney
A change on the Supreme Court Bench which will entail a reshuffle in the State Ministry is anticipated. It is stated that Mr. Justice Bavin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seven Bailed Up in House Gunmen Pose As Police Sensational Warnings Follow Robbery MELBOURNE
In American gangster fashion, two gunmen, posing as policemen, bailed up and robbed three men, three women and a schoolgirl, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Application Fails "Unfair, and Unheard-of," Says Magistrate Sydney
A[?] unusual application was made in the Traffic Court to-day by the police to have evidence heard in a traffic case, although the inquest into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sentenced for Receiving Sydney
On a charge of receiving, John Harrigan, aged 46 years, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at the Quarter Sessions to-day. During…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Assault on League Official Sydney
On a charge of having assaulted William Lennon, and robbed him of a suitcase containing £245/13[?]6, the property of the New South Wales League…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Auto Radio
Considerable interest has been taken in the new police patrol car attached to the Wagga Police Station. A matter of further interest is the Tasma…
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