Way Opened for Assault on Rabaul
NEW YORK, Thursday: The vice-president of the United Press (Mr. Frank Hartholomew), who has just returned from the…
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Wall of Gaol Collapses Seven Killed at Dublin
DUBLIN, Thursday (A.A.P.)—Seven were killed, two are missing, and 17 were injured, when the wall of a gaol at Waterford…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →M'nulty Case Defendant Discharged "Perjury Has Been Committed" Declares Magistrate
SYDNEY, Friday.—Strong criticism of the New South Wales Police Commissioner (Mr. Mackay) in ordering the suppression of the original charge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aircraf[?]man Charged Shooting of Provost Corporal
MELBOURNE, Sunday: An Aircraftman was charged at the City Watchhouse to-day with shooting Acting Corporal A. R. Beasley, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Textile Workers Fined For Absenteeism Several Women Charged
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A textile worker, whom the magistrate said had "taken a part in instigating" recent trouble in the textile industry, was fined £10…
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At the Tumut Police Thursday, Ebbul A. Murdoch Leslie E. Stanley, both Gundagai, were each fined £10 for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gaoled for Theft Warrant Officer Sentenced
SYDNEY, Monday.—A sentence of 16 months' imprisonment was imposed upon Warrant-Officer Samuel Herbert Jones, aged 25 years, when he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Murder of Boy Police Following Clubs
SYDNEY, Monday.—A post-mort[?] examination revealed that 11-year-old Albert Crutcher, whose body was yesterday found in a brick pit in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (Monday) Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Further Remanded
James Callaghan was remanded for a further 14 days on a charge of assaulting an old man, who is a patient in the District Hospital…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—An important judgement relating to price-fixing regulations was delivered by the Full Court to-day, when it was held that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Saturday, 6th MARCH (Before Messrs. J. S. Hart and W. Peacock, J'b.P.) Attempting to Travel Without Paying Fare
Walla[?]e McLean Peacock (Railway Traffic Inspector) v. Thomas Alexander Grant (26), attempting to travel in a railway carriage between…
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A sitting of the District Court for the South-Western District will be held at Wagga on Tuesday, March 16…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.âthe fatal shooting of Francis Phelan, aged 31 yeas, a taxi driver, whose body was found in…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—No action is to be taken by State Cabinet against, the Police Commissioner (Mr. M'Kay) in connection with the M'Nulty case…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warder Stabbed Disturbance in Gaol
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—During a disturbance at Parramatta Gaol last week-end Warder William James Hogg was stabbed in the back of the neck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder of Boy Hunt in Several States
SYDNEY. Wednesday.—The March for the killer of 11-year-old Albert Crutcher is now going on over the whole of Eastern Australia and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Metho Drinkers in Court
Fifteen men who had drunk not wisely but too well during the week end faced Mr Harris, P.M. at Orange Court on Monday. Seven…
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The Court House and police station at Stuart Town, between Wellington and Orange, was totally destroyed by fire the other night and all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horse Thieves Off to Condobolin Arrested at Barellan and Sentenced to Gaol
EDWARD Frank Taylor and James Green, both aged 18 were charged at the Leeton police court, before Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Harboured Son, Will Go to Gaol
For having harboured her son, Jack Bradley, A.W.L. member of the Defence Forces, Mrs. Grace Bradley, of Charman Road, Cheltenham, was fined…
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