Two Acquitted on Rail Theft Charges
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Two former railway employees, who were alleged to have stolen a quantity of knitwear, the…
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Second Day's Evidence on Alleged Sheep Theft
A witness stated at the Wagga Quarter Sessions yesterday, in reply to a question by the Judge, that he had not thought that a certain sheep sale was suspicious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Action Over Funds of Ironworkers
SYDNEY, Wednesday: In Melbourne on August 9 the Full Bench of the Industrial Commission will consider allegations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unionists Urge Return of Money ito Court
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Ironworkers employed at Garden Island, by 200 votes to 15, today carried a motion demanding that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Govt. Move in High Court Against B.M.A.
SYDNEY, Wednesday: A demurrer against the claim by the B.M.A., seeking a ruling by the High Court that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wagga Sheep-stealing Case Sheep Allegedly Located at Adelong Wagga Ex-Stock Inspector Charged
At the Wagga Quarter Sessions before Judge F. W. Berne and a jury on Tuesday, Thomas Edmond Keith Ryan (58), former Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Threw Acid in Lover's Face Sentenced to Two Years In Brisbane Court
BRISBANE, Friday: Mrs. Ellen Fredericks, 48, saleswoman, was to-day sentenced to two years' imprisonment for having inflicted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Verdict Expected Today in Alleged Sheep Stealing Case
The verdict in an alleged sheep stealing case at Wagga is expected today. The former stock inspector of Wagga Pastures, Protection Board, Thomas Edmond Keith Ryan, 58, is charged with having stolen 277 sheep from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Investigate Brisbane Death
BRISBANE, Friday — The Partly decomposed body of Dr. Sara Jolly, 49, was found on the floor of an unfurnished house…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Called When Pickets Interfere
BRISBANE, Thursday: Squads of police were rushed to Bundamba this morning when pickets made, an attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gerhard Sentenced to Five Years H.L. Can Apply for Release at End of 18 Months
Roy Francis Gerhard was sentenced to five years' imprisonment by Judge F. W. Berne at the Wagga Quarter Sessions this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →High Court Free Medicine Act Validity Challenged
The Commonwealth filed in the High Court a demurrer to the writ issued by the British Medical Association challenging…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government Loses Bank Case Privy Council Dismisses Appeal High Court Invalidation Of Act Upheld
The Privy Council has dismissed the Australian Commonwealth Government's appeal against the High Court's invalidation of its…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charged with Assault on A.l.p. Leader
SYDNEY, Friday: Arnie Glew 38, miner, and member of the Communist-dominated Lithgow Miners' Area Committee, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Preferential Treatment in Gaol Denied
SYDNEY, Friday: The Comptroller-General of Prisons (Mr. Nott) has made a report today denying that gaoled trade…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eight Seamen From Coal Ship Charged
MELBOURNE, Friday: Eight striking seamen from the Haligonian Duke were today arrested and charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Magistrate Climbs on to Roof at W. Wyalong; Defendant Acquitted
WEST WYALONG, Friday: The unusual spectacle of a stipendiary magistrate climbing to the top of a slippery roof to assist him in deciding a case, was witnessed at West Wyalong during the hearing of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Charge Against Police; Probe Ordered
SYDNEY, Friday: Two police inspectors have been making a "thorough investigation" of allegations that three police on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Troops and Police Clash in Malaya
SINGAPORE, Friday (A.A.P.-Reuter): A Malay police riot squad and military provosts last night clashed with 120 Malay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →English Police to Rescue of Danish 'Vikings'
LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.) Bearded, armored Danish "Vikings," brandishing battle-axes, yesterday "invaded"…
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