Soldier Fined; Assaulted Police Commissioner
SYDNEY, Monday: The Police Commissioner (Mr. W. J. MacKay) displayed a cut lip when he gave evidence in en assault case in the…
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Police Fear They Will Be Nationalised
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Fearing nationalisation by the Federal Government of the State police, the Australian Federation of Police Association has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Chase One Escapee And Capture Different One
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Two detectives and a gaol warder cornered an escapee from Emu Plains Prison Farm after an exciting two-hour chase, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court of Petty Sessions (Today) Before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M. Driving Under the Influence
Francis Ignatius, McGrory, 49, pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle whilst under the influence of liquor. Mr. I. Hains appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Hotel Proprietor Prosecuted "Not a Very Serious Offence" States Magistrate Question of Warnings by the Police
A case of considerable interest, particularly to hotelkeepers, came before Mr W. Finlay, the presiding Stipendiary Magistrate at Gundagai yesterday. Leonard K. Foley, who is the Freeholder/Licensee of the Gresham Hotel at Gundagai, was proceeded against by…
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When th case, Cyril Michael Mc-Mccarthy versus Stan McAlister, alleging assault was called at the Gundagai Court yesterday, there was no…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"One of These Road Hogs" Says Magistrate Batlow Resident Fined £5
Referring to a Batlow resident, Eric George Mill[?] “one of these road hogs”, Stipendiary Magistrate W. Finlay, in the Gundagai Court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Substantial Sum Raised at Police Ball
As a result of the Police Ball held at Culcalrn, cheques for £101/18/ were presented, after the interval at the pictures to Mrs. C…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Court Is Democracy's Safeguard
If the Court, last bastion of the rights of the individual, is allowed to be attacked, weakened, and finally reduced to the status of a' plaything of party politics, then we shall be living in a slave state…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bourke Farewells Police Officer Constable Southwell Transferred to Tumbarumba
At the Council Chambers, Bourke, recently a public farewell was tendered Constable E. N. and Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gundagai Servicemen's Club License Court To Hear Application In February
It' was announced in the Gundagai Licensing Court yesterday, that the application for registration of the Gundagai Servicemen's Club, would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dogs Shot and Burnt, Says Orchardist Court Case Against Greenthorpe Farmer
A Wirrimah orchardist proceeded against a Greenethorpe farmer in the Young Court last week, alleging that the latter had shot his two fox…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Assault Case at Stockinbingal
Two assault cases of considerable interest were heard together at Stockinbingal on Tuesday last. The Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Airmen in Wagga Court
At the Wagga Court, yesterday, before Mr. Flynn J.P., three Airforce men were fined £2 each. Harold Norman Mulcair, 20, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Conference Bans Discussion on Communism
SYDNEY, Friday: Delegates at the Police conference ruled out of order motions seeking the suppression of Communism in Australia, warning that…
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The severity of sentences imposed by Judge Berne upon two young men was strongly criticised by judges of the Full Court on Friday…
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FRANKFURT, Sunday (A.A.P.): Police have arrested near Berchtesgaden former Lieut-General Ernest Maisel as an accomplice or Hitler's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Items of News Young Woman Charged
A 21-year-old girl was arrested on Saturday and charged at the Wagga Police Station with stealing a suitcase of clothes, valued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Official Inquiry Into Conditions in Women's Gaol
SYDNEY, Sunday: The Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) will call for an official inquiry into Mrs. King-Patrick's statement, that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Girl Struck by Utility Truck; Man Charged
A utility truck struck a girl at the intersection of Morrow and Best Streets on Saturday, and then ran into a tree on the opposite…
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