N.Z. MURDER Detectives' Investigations
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Investigating the murder of M. Gladys Ruth Rusden are now testing a quantity of burned clothing seized…
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Shire Council's Powers Ratepayer Charged with Disobeying Order
INTERESTING legal argument as to a Council's powers to compel a ratepayer to remove something from his premises which…
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Detective-Sergt. Cloke is trying to locate two blocks of bearing metal that were lost at the Billycart Derby yesterday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shirks Seek Court Test of Bank Act
The Shires Association of Ne South Wales will seek the co-operation of all Australian local governing bodies with a view to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court of Petty Sessions Wednesday, Junk 11 (Before Mr. Hardwicke, P.M.) Breaches of Butchers' Award
James Upton, on behalf of the Australasian Heat Industry Employees' Union v. Theorald Eustace Osmond and Junes E. Dale, trading as Dale…
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Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, P.M. Tenancy Case James Trueman Herring sought possession of a house occupied by Athol…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cables in Brief £20,000 Theft
LONDON, Tuesday: Thieves stole Jewellery and art treasures valued at £20.000 sterling from the home of the Earl of Normanton at…
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SYDNEY. Tuesday: Michael Gordon Byrnes. 21, laborer, was charged in Paddington Court today with having broken and entered the…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: Colin Joseph Lusk, 29. forestry worker, of Yuelba, was charged in Roma police Court today with having mortally…
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SYDNEY. Tuesday: Arthur Joseph O'Keefe, 22, laborer, was today acquitted by a Central Criminal Court jury on a charge of having…
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HOBART, Tuesday: A fireman was charged in Hobart Court today with having set fire to business premises…
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Arthur, Joseph O'Keefe, 22, laborer, was yesterday acquitted by a General Criminal Court jury on a charge of having murdered Henry James…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motors and Motoring Suggested Vigilante Corps to Help Police Roads And Prevent Bad Driving
As it is generally conceded that one o f the surest and best means of reducing the toll of the road is by adequately policing: the roads with mobile traffic police, of which all too few are available to do the job effectively, it is surprising that greater use of the motor clubs and associations has not been made…
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SYDNEY. Wednesday: William Watson, 42. a boilermaker. of Rozelle, was today sentenced to three years gaol by Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three for Trial on Big Theft Charge
SYDNEY. Wednesday: Joseph Peter Kenny, 35, Reginald Lesli Kenneth, 42, and Thomas William Smith, 25, ?were today committed…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday: At the conclusion of two days bearing George Henry Newman, 45. of Richmond, was committed for trial…
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LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday: Fears that the Big Five were trying to establish a U.N.O. armed force, which would be too weak for action against…
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The holiday on Monday caused congestion in the hearing of cases at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions. The court will sit three days…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Legal proceedings to test the validity of the Wheat Acquisition Regulations may have to be referred to the Pull court…
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