Barrister, at Murder Inquiry, Attacks Govt. Deparmnts
SYDNEY, Tuesday: An inquiry into the disappearance of a 50-year-old widow, Mrs. Phyllis Page, of Blacktown, was twice adjourned at Central Court today…
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Unions' Surprise Arbitration Court Move
SYDNEY, Tuesday: There was a surprise move in the Federal Arbitration Court today when four unions withdrew from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local Railway Guard Pleads Guilty to Two Stealing Charges and One of Goods in Custody
A RAILWAY GUARD WHO LIVES AT HAREFIELD, BUT WHO IS ATTACHED TO JUNEE, WAS BELIEVED OF IMPRISONMENT AND FINED AT THE COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS THIS MORNING, BECAUSE THEFTS HE HAD…
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How two men took a lorry from Fitzmaurice Street for a joyride was described at Wagga Court yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—A detective said, in the Central Court today, that a man charged with the murder of a missing Black…
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A utility truck which was stolen from the rear of the Commercial Hotel at Lockhart, next figured in a theft of £150 worth of clothing from a store at Narrandera, and was later found abandoned, damaged and…
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SYDNEY. Wednesday: A police superintendent had to collect all accounts for fodder and food dropped in the airlift to…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Police in the Central Court today described investigations ranging from Brisbane to Perth which culminated in the arrest of a man now charged with murder…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Young District Man Charged with Drunken Driving Case Stood Over For One Month
Well known young district man Douglas McLean Wilson, of “Tenandra Park” was charged in the Gundagai Court of Petty Sessions,…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs: Raymond John McIntosh, 21, truck driver, was charged in the City Court today with having stolen…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Lionel Charles Thomas, 44, charged with murdering a 50-year-old Blacktown widow, had admitted the crime, Central Court was told today. Det.-Sgt Gordon Jack said Thomas had told him he had shot the widow,…
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SYDNEY, Friday—Three boys, aged 13, were arrested early this morning and charged with assault and attempted…
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At the Tumut Police Court on Wednesday Ursula Valentine Summers, 32, of Batlow, was fined £5 with 10- costs for stealing…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: The Police Commissioner (Mr. J. F. Scott) told the Industrial Commission today that when the coal…
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MELBOURNE. Thursday: Police had to separate two girls who began fighting furiously in the City Court today…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Police are baffled by an explosion of a home-made bomb to a Burwood sportsground early this morning…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: For two years a fortune of £194,000 lay hidden in the base of two bundy clocks and in a cupboard under a washroom sink in a Chippendale factory, a director of Fosters Shoes Pty. Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Appliction for Cancellation of Argalong Gold Mine Lease Magistrate Adjourns Case For Three Months Lessees Given Chance to Do Work
An interesting case was heard at the Tumut Warden's Court on Wednesday by Mr. W. Finlay S.M. in which further evidence was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Landlord Secured a Rent Increase Application to Junee Fair Rents Court
In the Fair Rents. Court in Junee on Wednesday last, Mrs. Fitzgerald asked for a fair rent determination in respect of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempt to Sell Sheep with Ticks. District Grazier Fimed In Junee Court
A district grazier, Gordon L. Smith, was fined £3 with 10 court costs and 13 witnesses' expenses in the Court of Petty Sessions on…
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