Youth Gets £5000 and Ends in Gaol
SYDNEY, Friday: Said to have accumulated £5000 at the age of 18 and lost it by gambling, Claude Austin, 20, of Westmead, was…
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Wagga Police Ball a Striking Success 700 Dancers Present
After having been in use by the military authorities for some years, the Kyeamba Smith Hall at the Wagga Showground was converted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaol Escapee Caught at Muttama Good Work by Gundagai Police
A young man who escaped from the Cootamundra gaol on Friday afternoon was apprehended early on Sunday morning near Muttama…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Will Go to Gaol Dramatic Outburst In Rabbit Case
’I will not pay the fine; on principle I cannot; I will go to gaol rather than pay up.'' This dramatic outburst, behind which was a a very…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miscellaneous Charges at Wagga Police Court
A charge of having had persons on his premises during prohibited hours was preferred against George Reginald Smith, licensee of the…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Charged in Paddington Court this morning with having stolen a camera valued at £100, the property of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cootamundra Gaol Escapee Recaptured at Muttama
Paul Brian Matthews (19), who had served five days of a sentence of 10 days on a goods in custody charge made a daring escape from the…
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SYDNEY, Monday, William Robert Bathgate, 47, was on trial in the Central Criminal Court to-day for the second time on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man on Murder Charge Son Gives Evidence at Inquest
WELLINGTON (N.S.W), [?] A 14 year-old boy whose father was charged with murder told the Coroner to-day that Just before he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fight Follows Collision of 14 Months Ago Mistaken Identity Claimed in Wagga Court
A bad street accident in Wagga at Easter, 1945. was recalled during the hearing at the Wagga Police Court yesterday of an action alleging unlawful assault, and a cross-action of the same nature…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: A man now serving a gaol sentence was to-day granted Scree nisi from his wife on the founds of her misconduct…
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The Workers' Compensation Commission of New South Wales will sit at the Wagga Town Ball to-day, when His Honor, Judge…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: William Robert Bathgate, 47, was found not guilty to the Quarter Sessions to-day of having murdered…
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At Cootamundra yesterday, Paul Brian Matthews, 19, was sentenced to a month's hard labor on charge of escaping from custody…
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STONEY, Wed.: John Re[?] Parker, 24, laborer, delegate of the Ironworkers' Association, was today committed for trial at t[?]…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Walter James Meyers, 23. laborer, of Cronulla, was remanded to June 7 at the Kogarah Court to-day on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sent to Gaol for Cruelty to Horse
SYDNEY, Wednesday: William Bentley Fitton, driver, of Auburn was sentenced to two months' hard labor at Parramatta Court to-day…
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WELLINGTON, Wed.: Henry Noel Grece, 45, farmer, of Apsley, was to-day committed for trial on a charge of having murdered Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wounding with Intent to Kill U.S. Seaman Charged
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Charged with wounding Detective-Sgt. Thomas Wilson yesterday, with intent to murder. Gail Herald McFarland, 19…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Allahabad Police Fire on Workers
ALLAHABAD, Wednesday: Three persons were killed and 20 Injured when the police fired on workers at Cheoki, near Allahabad, last night…
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