Wealthy Woman's Theft
SYDNEY Friday: Rosamonde Leeder, 57, widow, was to-day fined £5 for stealing a bottle of perfume and handkerchiefs valued…
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Sentenced to Three Months
At the Cootamundra Police Court on Tuesday last, Lerslie Catt, railway shunter of Cootamundra, and Clifton Bay Purnell, railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maniacal Act Six Years' Gaol for Bomb Throwing
SYDNEY, Friday: In the Quarter Sessions to-day Judge Holt sentenced Richard George Carr. 38, to six years' imprisonment for…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: Mrs. Joan Culverhouse, of Albion, was found fatally shot through the head at her home to-day. Later…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday: At the Canberra Police Court to-day Jack Stanley James Aspland, 33, tractor driver, of The Causeway,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Soldiers Charged About £2000 Involved, Say Police
BRISBANE, Thurs.: "About £2000 is involved in this matter," said Det.-Sgt. Donovan in the Police Court to-day when Edward…
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IN a statement allegedly made to the police and tendered as evidence at the Leeton Police Court on December 19, before Mr. Kelly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New U.s. Assault Vessels for Carrying Infantry
SAN PEDRO (U.S.A.), Thurs. (A.A.P.): The Navy has announced details of a speedy, well-armed a[?] specially equipped assault…
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NEW YORK, Thursday: A clergyman in Columbus (Georgia) asked bis daughter and son-in-law to a happy Christmas dinner at…
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SYDNEY, Friday: Seven hotelkeepers, charged with failure to supply liquor to customers when demanded, were remanded by Mr…
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A hotel chambermaid at Seattle (Washington state) has confessed to beating a five-year-old boy to death with a wine bottle because…
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