Rail Officer Charged
The railway night officer of Tamaree siding near Gympie, Queensland. Mevryn Douglas Gilliland, 20, was charged in the Brisbane Police Court…
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Hay Gaol No Longer Detention Place
HAY, Thursday: Abandonment of Hay gaol as a place of detention has been decided on by the State Governor, Lieut. Gen. Northcott,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Batlow Police Constable Granted Divorce
At the Wagga Supreme Court ytsterday, a Batlow police constable was granted a divorce from his wife on the grounds of her adultery with a Batlow contractor on June 19, 1947…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Men Before Young Court
Stated by police to have good war records, two strangers to the town, John Lawler (43) and Walter Herbert Whitby (59), were sentenced at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring Theft at Temora
Thieves who broke into a Temora mercery shop during the lunchhour yesterday allegedly left behind a hand-print on a dusty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Registrar For Federal Arbitration Court
SYDNEY, Friday: The appointment of Mr. J. G. Welbourne as the Sydney registrar of the Federal Arbitration Court has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Months’ Gaol for Strangers Theft of Oil From Jugiong
At the Gundagai Court of Petty Sessions last Thursday, before Messrs J. B. Ryan and I. Punton Js P two young men, John Keegan and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Batlow Police Constable Granted Divorce
At the Wagga Supreme Court on Thursday, a Batlow police constable was granted a divorce from his wife on the grounds of her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Violent Scenes in French Elections Communists Clash With Police
PARIS, Monday: Scenes of electoral violence, unknown in the country in recent years, occurred during the second phase of the French…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol for Strangers Theft of Oil From Jugiong
At the Gundagal Court of petty Sessions, before Messrs. J. B. Ryan and I. Punton, Js.P. two young men John Keegan and Ronald Keegan,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Charged
Wagga police received a complaint late on Saturday night that a woman wearing pyjamas, who was in the Memorial Gardens…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring Theft at Temora
Thieves who broke into a Temora mercery shop during the lunch hour allegedly left behind a hand-print on a dusty show-case…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Court Items
CHARGES including embezzlement, false pretences Illegally using car and a of alleged liquor Act offen were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Batlow Police Constable Granted Divorce
At the Wagga Supreme Court on Thursday a Batlow police constable was granted a divorce from his wife on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Smarter Uniforms for Riverina Police
Smarter police uniforms will soon be worn by Wagga policemen. Issued last Friday, the new uniform consists of a smartly-tailored open-neck serge tunic, worn over an Air…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Travellers' Rights in Bar Test Case in Wagga Court
In a test case at the Wagga Court yesterday. Mr. W. Finlay, S. M., held that it was possible for a person, even though a legitimate traveller,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Test Case on Travellers' Rights in Bars Heard in Wagga Court
In a test case at the Wagga Court yesterday, Mr. W. Finlay, S.M., held that it was possible for a person, even though a legitimate traveller, to aid and abet a hotel proprietor in failing to keep his bar closed after licensing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Petty Sessions (Today) Before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M. Betting
Thomas Francis Mangan (20) pleaded guilty to using a room at the rear of the Cootamundra Pastime Club for the purposes of betting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Airman Remanded on Theft Charge
At the Wagga Court yesterday, Milton Aloysius Larkin, 21, airman, of the R.A.A.F. Air School, Forest Hill, was remanded until…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Girls on Wagga Theft Charges
Two Melbourne girls aged 20 and 22 years were arrested by detectives at Wagga yesterday and charged with shoplifting…
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