Murder Charge Against 15-Year-old Lad
SCONE, Friday: On a charge of having murdered Gordon Miles Archibald, a wealthy grazier, of Nabinabah Homestead, on November 18, Lester…
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Marshalls Raid Zeros Shot Down Grim Assault on Tarawa
WASHINGTON. Sunday: Navy Liberator bombers dropped 15 tons of bombs on Mille Island at the southern end of the Marshalls…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Revolt in Bulgaria — Invasion Fears Balkans Expect Allied Assault London, Monday. Invasion Fears Are Shaking Bulgaria, and Revolt Has Broken Out
This is being fought by the puppet Bulgarian Government, backed by German police, while the finishing touches are being put to the German defence machine in the Balkans…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Two soldiers. James Campbell and Alan Johnston Jenkins, both 20, were committed for trial at the North Sydney Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (Today) Before Mr. W. L. Sargeson P.M. Alleged Stealing
John James Hourigan pleaded guilty to stealing £4/18/6, the property of the Commissioner for Railways. Detective Baxter deposed: The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Police Court Monday, December 13, 1943 (Before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, P.m.) Assault and Robbery Charges
Brice William Frederick Ulrich, aged 23 years, soldier, and Henry John Cawkill, aged 20 years, soldier, were charged with assaulting Basil Karg[?]s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sentenced to 7 Tears Sydney
Acquitted on an "Intent to murder" charge, Peter Kerr, 53, aircraft worker was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude at the Criminal Court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Martial Cruelty Allegations at Detention Quip
WARWICK, Monday: When the court martial continued to-day, Sgt. William Anthony Blake and Pte Ernest James Connors were charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Black Market Depot Raid by Police Thousands of Bottles of Liquor Seized
SYDNEY, Monday: Police and customs officials believe that they have cleaned up a large scale blade marketing and liquor distributing depot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Staff-sergeant Charged
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Before a general court-martial to-day Staff-Sgt. Timothy O'Connor, 28, of country military depot, faced 11 charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seven Years' Gaol for Attack on Wife
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Disregarding a plea by the accused to be allowed to leave the country, Mr. Justice Street, at the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy On Murder Charge Said to Have Shot Brother to Save Mother
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Herbert William Brown, 14, of Williams-town, shot his brother to protect his mother, it was suggested by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir Malcolm Campbell Charged with Placing Guns on Estate
LONDON, Wednesday: On a charge of having placed on his country estate in Sussex a spring gun calculated to inflict…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Gundagai Common Trust Reply To Remarks Blade At Recent Court Case (To the Editor)
Siri—As chairman of the south Gundagai Commons Trust I would draw your attention to the report of proceedings taken by the gundagai…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Relief Porter Sent to Gaol for Stealing
A relief railway porter, John James Hourigan, was charged at the Cootamundra Court with stealing £4186, the property of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Tuesday's Report Continued. Before Mr. W. L. Sargeson, P.M. Alleged Petrol Stealing
Samuel Cohen, or the Bethungra, railway construction works, was before the court on 15 charges ol alleged stealing of petrol, 158 gallons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Convicted on Fifteen Charges of Petrol Stealing
Samuel Cohen, of the Bethungra construction works, appeared at the Cootamundra Court yesterday on fifteen charges of stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smart Police Work
The "Hillston Spectator" says that on the evening of 6th December a couple of youths "blew" into Hillston in a motor truck bearing the name of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Missing Woman Located by Police
On Wednesday morning at approximately 7 o'clock Miss Janet Leitch, aged 26 years, of Bulgary, near Wagga, left her home on a hoise and when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Martial Trial Concludes
WARWICK (Qid.), Thursday: The court-martial trial of Sgt. Blake and Pte Connors ended to-day, with the president stating that the court had…
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