Batavia's Big Celebrations Police to be Reinforced
BATAVIA. Monday —Five hundred Republican police from Jogjakarta and 200 Dutch-offered Indonesian police from…
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Hospital Raided in Sydney Manhunt Police Search for Escaped Convicts
SYDNEY, Sunday: Armed police morning raided die Lidcombe State Hospital in a search for the two escaped convicts, Darcy Dugan and William…
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SYDNEY, Monday —Darcy Dugan, who escaped with William Mears from Central Police Station last Thursday, sent a letter to a Sydney newspaper today denying that he has a gunman and a…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: A 77-year-old woman, found horribly battered about the head and with her tongue almost torn out in a flat…
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SYDNEY, Monday: A proposed one-day strike of N.S.W. gaol warders had been threatened without the backing of the…
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LONDON, Tuesday—The Princess Royal, only sister of the King, is one of the plaintiff in an action which will com[?]…
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Before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M. Alleged Assault Raymond Thomas McGuire (42) pleaded not guilty to a…
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The New South Wales Police Fores has more than half as many motor vehicles again as the police forces of Queensland…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—shops throughout the State will be open for normal trading hours on Christmas Eve (next Saturday)…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—Screaming and struggling violently, a 57-years-old commercial traveller had to be dragged into the dock at a court today to answer a charge of murdering his, aged mother…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court of Petty Sessions WEDNESDAY, 14th DECEMBER (Before Mr. W. H. Hall, J.P.)
Alexander Francis Christian (32) was charged with stealing a cheque for the sum of £12/8/5, the property of Charles Henry Forbes, at Matong,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Two policemen had to forcibly hold down a screaming 57-year-old, man in the dock of the Central…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday— William Mears, 27 who escaped from Central Police Station with Darcy Dugan last Thursday, today sent a letter to a Sydney evening newspaper stressing his fears that…
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COONAMBLE, Tuesday: Police today arrested and charged Ethel Maude Wood with the murder of her husband, Claude…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Detectives suspect that a 55-year-old man who died in hospital tonight from shocking head injuries may…
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Richard W. Dedmear, 24, laborer, of Bathurst, was remanded until January 3 on charges of having goods in custody,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday—In a majority decision the High Court over-ruled a demurrer, by the commonwealth and N.S.W…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: In a majority decision today the High Court overruled a demurrer by the Commonwealth and N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Darcy Dugan Not a "Modern Robin Hood," Warns Police Chief
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Superintendent Thompson today warned the public against thinking the escaped convict, Darcy Dugan, was anything but a "menace to the community."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court Refuses to Resume Basic Wage Case Before February
MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The Full Bench of the Arbitration Court today refused an application by Mr. W. P. Evans (for the A.C.T.U.) to resume its hearing of the £10-a-week basic wage case before February…
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