Strange Story Told in Court
An unusual story revealing the distribution of £284 was unfolded at the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions, Sydney, on Friday when Joseph Cosgrove…
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So They Say Shire Appeal Court
Mr. I. Beavers, P.M., conducted a court for the consideration of appeals against Shire valuations at the Court House, Lockhart, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singing Policeman Great Future for Kenneth Neate May Join New York Police Force
A POLICEMAN'S LOT may not always be a happy one, but it is as interesting as it is exacting, according to the young Cessnock tenor, Kenneth Neate, member of the New South Wales Police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Justices Meet, Revise Jury List for Re-established District Court
FOR the first time since the district Court was discontinued in Leeton a meeting of Justices of the Peace took place at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nan Shoots Wife and Detective Dead Commits Suicide After Four-hour Battle with Police
George Lindsay Hinsby shot his wife (Amelia Hinsby) and Plainclothes Detective John Edward Dunn dead at Wollongong on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Strike Miners' Leaders To Approach Court Canberra Conference Result Government Action Deferred CANBERRA
Officials of the Australian Council of Trades Unions and the Combined Mining Unions will to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Ball
The Wagga police ball will be held at the Kyeamba Smith Hall to-night. in past years this function has earned a place In the front rank of Wagga's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Pension for Detective's Widow Sequel to Wollongong Tragedy Sydney
A pension of £3 a week is to be paid to the widow of Detective John Edward Dunn, who on Thursday of last week was shot dead- by a dei ented man in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Judge Beeby's Decision Court Will Not Act Till Miners Resume MELBOURNE
Before they can hope to obtain any redress, from the Arbitration Court the coal miners, who are now on strike must return to the work. This…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike Court Will Not Act Till Miners Resume Work Judge Beeby's Decision MELBOURNE
Before they can hope to obtain any redress from the Arbitration Court the coal miners who are now on strike must return to work. This…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Assault Alleged
Before Mr. T. G. Flynn, J.P., at the Albury police court yesterday, Alan Gordon Webster, aged 30 years, drover, was charged with having seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Missing Sydney Girl Police on New Trail Sydney
Thee theory is supported in some cases by evidence bordering on tangibility, that the missing society girl, Lucy Brown-Craig, did not willingly leave…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Violent Chinese Melee with Police Refusal to Man Ship Sydney
A clash occurred between the Chinese members of the crew of a freighter and 20 police at a Sydney wharf to-night. Heavy ingots of lead…
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At the local court of petty sessions during the week the following cases were dealt with: John Ferguson, 64, pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burning Off Without Permission. Police Court Cases
At the Coolamon Police Court before Mr. J. Har[?] P.M., on Wednesday of last week, T. T. Mangeladorf was charged with burning off stubble with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coolamon Police Court (Before Mr. J, Harris, P.m.) Liquor Act Case
At the Coolamon Police Court on Wednesday, 24th April, Robert Louis Glover, of North Sydney, ex-license of the Royal Hotel, Coolamon, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cutting Trees on Roads Police Court Cases Shire Council’s Request for Heavy Penalty
At the Coolamon Police Court on Wednesday of last week, Clifford J. Charter was charged with damaging 71 green bulloak trees, and 15 pine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Body in Brick Pit Melbourne Police Theory Melbourne
The body of an unidentified man, unclothed except for shoes and socks, was found to a brick pit at Oakleigh yesterday. The police do not think…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Women Shot Sequel to Court Proceedings Sydney
Believed to be the culmination of court proceedings today a shooting afray in which two women were wounded occurred at Campsie tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Hold Man Under National Security Regulations Falsely Represented Himself in Leeton as R.A.A.F. Pilot is Allegation Astounding Story of How Plane "Forced Down" in District
LANGUISHING in the Narandera police cell is a young man who a few days age held credulous audiences of Leeton people enthralled while he described to them his hair-raising stories of a forced landing in a paddock a few miles outside the town when, he said, he ran…
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