Two Charged With Malicious Wounding
TAMWORTH, Friday: Two men have been arrested and charged with malacious wounding following the wounding of a man while he…
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Gaol chiefs sacked; Sequel to Entry by Ex-Prisoner
TOWNSVILLE, Friday: Superintendent D. c. Dwyer and head gaoler W. Waterman, of Stuart Creek Gaol, have been dismissed…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Allan William Gould, 15, Owen street, Punchbowl, was charged in the Central Criminal Court today with the murder of fellow…
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CANBERRA, Monday: While the Government was stressing the necessity to save petrol, Government cars could be seen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transfer of Irrigation Farms To Italians Full Court Rules Against Commission's Policy
AN important judgment was given hy the State Full Court on Tuesday last when it held that the Irrigation Commission in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guilty of Assault just After Leaving Gaol
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Saying it was the court's duty to suppress that type of crime, Judge Barton in the Quarter Sessions to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (Yesterday) Before Mr. B. A. Hardwicke, P.M. After Hours
Cecil Gordon Warton. William Cameron, Edward Slavin, Charles Bowen, Albert Hourne, clarence Niarn, and Arthur Ryan pleaded…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Mrs. [?] M. Davies, of South Yarra, was to-day sent to gaol for seven days because she refused to say…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Minister for Conservation (Mr. Weir) announced to-day that the Government intended to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cowardly Attack on Former Gundagai Police Officer Queanbeyan Resident Sentenced To Three Months’ Gaol Public Did Not Assist Constable Quinn
A young man from Queanbeyan who admitted he was drunk, ‘king-hit’ senior Constable C. P. Quinn outside the Yass Memorial Hall during the progress of a Saturday night dance. Although there were 30 people about no one came to the assistance of the former…
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FRANKFORT, Thursday: A military court sentenced colonel J. W. Durant to 15 years' hard labor and dismissal from the Army for his part…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Citizens Appeal for Review of Gaol Terms on Youths
A group of Wagga citizens representing more than 1200 petitioners, yesterday morning presented a petition to the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham), urging that he request the Minister of Justice to review the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Government has appointed Judge Kirby with the powers of a Royal Commission to inquire into allegations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Young Yass Grazier Bound Over Charged With Driving Under The Influence
George Bruce Merriman, 20 grazier of “Merryville”, Yass, pleaded not guilty when charged before Mr T. H. Brooke, PM, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ron Richards Remanded in City Court
SYDNEY, Wednesday: In the Central Court to-day, Ron Richards, 36, laborer and former middleweight champion boxer of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High Court Jury Convicts Vict. Butchers
MELBOURNE, Wednesday: A High Court jury to-day found John Regan, of East Malvern, and Arthur Edward Morgan, of Ivanhoe, guilty…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Full Court to-day dismissed an appeal by Frederick Lincoln McDermott, 38, against his conviction and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Duststorms Used As Defence in West Wyalong Court
WEST WYALONG, Wednesday: Duststorms have been blamed for many things in the southwest, but to-day, probably for the first time it was raised as a defence in a police court in a case at West Wyalong…
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The Minister for Conservation (Mr. [?] announced on Tuesday that the Government intended lo lodge an appeal that the High Court of Australia…
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