Soldier's Invention Statement at Court-martial
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Reference to a device which, it was claimed by a soldier inventor, would enable a soldier armed with it to fire four…
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Commissioner of Police Denies He Is Defying Government Awaiting Legal Advice
SYDNEY, Friday.—Complaining that he had been unable to obtain legal advice from the Government authorities in regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theft of Tyres
Perturbed at the rising number of thefts of motor vehicles tyres, motorists are warned that they are risking the complete…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →M'nally Case Decision to Take Action Police Commissioner Criticised
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The action of the Police Commissioner (Mr. Mackay) in disclosing to the Press the procedure adopted by him following the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Tells Police That He Slew Sister Arranged for Burial on Way to Station
BENDIGO, Sunday.—Walking into the police station here tonight a man told the constables present that he had killed his sister because she had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charge of Murder
BENDIGO. Monday—Charies Mills, aged 60 years has been formally charged with the murder of his sister-Miss Kate Mills, aged 63 years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (Yesterday) Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Alleged False Registration
Edward James Gleeson, a stranger, was charged with falsely giving his name as William Young when registering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tumut Court House
Mr. P. A. Kennedy. Tumut C.P.S., has made avaliable the figures of the vital statistics of Tumut and toe business transacted by the Tumut Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Handbags in Possession of Police
The Wagga police have several handbags in their possession which it is understood have been removed from dance halls in Wagga in recent weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pram Ban Scene at Melbourne Station Police Control Angry Crowd
When seven women were stopped from placing their prams on trains at Kilda station after 8.30 p.m. on Saturday, the crowd became…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increasing Tension in Belgium and Holland "Sudden Incompetence" of Police
LONDON. Monday.—Newspapers of the Low Countries reveal increasing tension in Belgium and Holland. A Flemish Nazi newspaper states that 20…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Charge
MELBOURNE. Tuesday.— A young soldier was arrested a Puckapunyal camp to-day by Detective-Sergeant M'Guffie and was charged with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Refuses Conscientious Objector at Cootamundra
At the Cootamundra Court Lisle Samuel Lomax made application for exemption as a conscientious objector…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Men Shot Dead in Wellington House Seaman on Murder Charge
AUCKLAND (N.Z.). Tuesday.—Shots fired from a service automatic at 1.30 in the morning in a house in Wellington resulted in the deaths of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Monthly Police Court Magistrate Does Not Visit Gundagai
For the first time in twenty years there was no sittings of the Gundagai Monthly Police Court. As no case were listed the Magistrate Mr F…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Soldiers in Trouble Appear at Gundagai Police Court. Charges of Stealing
Wearing the khaki uniform of the Australian Military Forces, two young men, one a local resident, the other a stranger, were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Daylight Theft From Sydney Jewellery Shop
SYDNEY, Thursday: Although it was broad daylight a thief to-day calmly cut two padlocks from the roller door of the jewellery shop…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Year's Gaol on Petrol Ticket Charges
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Alleged to have purchased 11,000 one gallon petrol ration tickets for 3d each Edward Engal, aged 38 years, a taxi driver, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Police Court Thursday, February 4, 1943 (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.m.) Disturbance at Cafe
When three soldiers appeared before the Wagga Police Court yesterday before Mr. T. A Doolan, P.M. on charges rising out of a disturbance at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Neon Contracts Important Court Ruing
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The High Court of Australia to-day unanimously decided that contracts entered into for the rental of Neon advertising…
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