Solicitor Charged Theft of Commonwealth Funds Alleged
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Charged with having at Ingleburn stolen £695, the property of the Commonwealth, John Michael Reid, aged 29 years, solicitor,…
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Sentenced to Death
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Pte. Frederick Leslie Banks, of the A.I.F., was to-day sentenced to death for the criminal assault of Mrs. Jean Detman…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Edward Joseph Leonski, aged 24 years, of the U.S. Army, who has been charged with the murder of three…
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TO see Sergeant Newland and Constables Ritchie and Naish sorting out a varied collection of bicycle parts and accessories…
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The vice-president and honorary treasurer (Sergeant T. Hill) presided when a meeting of the committee of the Wagga Sub-district Police and…
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SORDID, REVOLTING DETAILS OF DISGUSTING ADVANCES TO AN ATTRACTIVE YOUNG JUNEE GIRL "WHILE ON HER WAY HOME FROM CHURCH WERE REVEALED IN THE JUNEE POLICE COURT THIS MORNING WHEN A 27-YEAR-OLD…
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LONDON, Sunday.—It is learned in London that saboteurs in France now publish underground newspapers in regular military…
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Edward Joseph Leonski, aged 24 years, of the U.S. Army, who has been chanced with the murder of three women, is held in close confinement at…
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On an adjourned charge of building without first obtaining a permit from the Municipal Council, Salem Andrew Batros was fined 10/ and 8/ costs…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—When Ernest Hoffman, aged 56 years, chef employed at the Royal Sydney Golf Club, was found lying…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Following a court-martial at Victoria Barracks, sentences of six months' detention have been imposed on five…
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A COMEDY of errors resulting in a situation that was almost Gilbertian occurred in Leeton a few days ago, the central figures in…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday,—A foreloner who declined to state his name appeared as the Crown witness in the Central Criminal Court to-day in the case in…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday, — Five police members of the wireless patrol have been awarded the Valor Badge for exceptional bravery. They are…
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IF HIE ASSAULTS HAD BEEN COMMITTED AGAINST A MAN, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN TRIFLING. BUT WHEN THEY WERE COMMITTED AGAINST YOUNG GIRLS OF 17 AND IS YEARS IN A DARK, LONELY PLACE, WHILE THEY…
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Charles Vivian Stibbard Clift, aged 27 years, railway employee, married, with three children, was convicted on five charges at the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Giving evidence in the Central Court to-day, at the trial of Barbara Phyllis Surridge, William Francis…
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Staggering under a load of bicycle Wheels, and other parts and accessories of pedal driven machines, which be had helped…
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The Wagga police are looking for a lady's bicycle and two gentlemen's bicycles which were reported missing during the last few…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A new police check-up began to-day of those Austrians and Germans who were reported to be engaged in…
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