Wild Court Scene at Probe Into Hollywood Reds
WASHINGTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Amid uproar, a Hollywood script writer named Lawson was cited for contempt when he refused to directly answer allegations…
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Communists Riot in Paris 1200 Police Could Not Hold Them
PARIS, Wednesday: Twelve hundred police, with armed troops in reserve, failed to hold a crowd of 8000 Communists, who smashed through the…
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There was a good attendance at the Culcairn Police Ball last week. The proceeds were in aid of the C.W.A. Baby Health Centre…
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TOKIO, Thursday (A.A.P,-Reuter): For beating two Australian Prisoners of war, including a Temora man, two former Japanese Army officers…
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Bland Shire Council has won another, and probably the final round of its legal battle with the Rural Bank over Council's right to levy rates on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Travellers’ Rights in Bar Test Case in Wagga Court
In a test case at the Wagga Court on Tuesday, Mr W. Finley SM, held that it was possible for a person, even though a legitimate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Charged With £1310 Payroll Theft
MELBOURNE, Thursday: Police today arrested a 30-year-old mechanic and charged him with the theft of the £1310 payroll of the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: Police arrested a 30-year-old mechanic, and charged him with the theft of the £1310 payroll of the Laverton Air…
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THE health and building inspector, Mr. H. E. Baylis, announced at the meeting of the Leeton Shire Council last week that Mr…
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"I killed those sheep and I knew they belonged to Wilkinson at Wee Jasper. Some time back Wilkinson killed some of my sheep because…
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POLICE Constable H. S. Woods told Mr. Etherton. S.M., in the Wagga Court yesterday that young woman told him that she…
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Smarter uniforms will soon be worn by Riverina policemen. The new uniform consists of a smartly tailored open-neck serge tunic, worn over an…
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The new police uniforms were seen being worn by some of the local police during the week, and the consensus of opinion amongst those who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Travellers' Rights in Bars Test Case Heard In Wagga Court
In a test case at the Wagga Court on Monday Mr. W, Finlay, S.M., held that it was possible for a person, even though…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bomb Bursts Under Home; Man Charged
SYDNEY. Friday: Henry Edward Stent, 76, charged this afternoon with having attempted to murder a former Taxation…
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AT the Wagga Court yesterday two men were fined a total of £2/10/ by Mr. Etherton, S.M., for smoking in a public hall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Court House Grinds (To the Editor)
Sir.—I have been asked by many people why I have given up control of the court house grounds; so, if you will grant me a little space in…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: "One of the major issues concerning the people at the moment is the survival of the State-Federal system against Federal unification and centralisation of all Government functions at Canberra,"…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Fearing nationalisation by the Federal Government of State Police, the Australian Federation of Police…
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THREE travellers camped at North Wagga were fined 30/ each by Mr. Finlay, S.M., at the Wagga Court yesterday for behaving…
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