Police Medals to N.s.w. Police Offices
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Governor (Lieutenant-General Sir John Northcott) to-day announced that the…
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Police Continue Search for Russian
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Police today intensified their search for a man, believed to be a Russian, they want to question about the brutal murder of Shirley Butler, 21, at Waverton on Christmas Day. Detectives today checked…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: Police fear for the safety of a taxi driver who has been missing with his cab in the city since…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: Detectives today charged a 30-year-old mechanic, of Camp Pell, with the murder of…
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SYDNEY, Friday: A tram passenger today gave police a vital lead in the Christmas Day murder of Shirley…
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BRISBANE, Friday: A 29-year-old domestic and a 38-year-old fencing contractor appeared in Brisbane Police Court today on charges arising from the finding by police of the buried…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pleas of Guilty to Stealing Linoleum
Kenneth Jack McQuade (24) and James Errol Evans were charged with stealing two rolls of linoleum, the property of Jack Baker, at…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Detectives are working on two new leads in the Investigation of the murder of attractive…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court of Petty Sessions MONDAY, 5th JANUARY (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.) Ashcroft Granted Bond
Cecil Gordon Goodman Asheroft (45) was charged with at Wagga on 30th November he did receive and have two pairs of trousers, two shirts,…
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SYDNEY, Monday: A constable had stopped a man with a flying tackle after the man had allegedly snatched £700 from a bookmaker's bag at Harold Park on December 20…
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SYDNEY, Monday: A man who drove a car in which five young people were killed on Christmas morning was charged with manslaughter in Redfern Court today…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Detectives believe that Waverton residents returning from Christmas and New…
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Inspector J. Loy (formerly Sergeant at Mudgee Police Station) will shortly take charge of the Wagga Station…
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As an aftermath to police raids at Kapooka Military Camp last year, five civilians and four soldiers appeared at yesterday's Wagga Court of Petty Sessions, charged with a total of 54 counts of stealing and receiving stolen goods valued at approximately £645/13/…
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Sgt. J. W. Wilkins, of Wagga police, has received notification of his transfer to Wentworth, in Western NSW…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Police Marching for the murderer of 21-years-old Shirley Butler have extended inquiries to Singapore, Hong Kong, Colombo, Manila and Djakarta…
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A 22-year-old soldier, Kilary Francis Hemphill, Kapooka, was fined £25 at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for having driven a car while under the influence of…
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As an aftermath to police raids at Kapooka military camp last year, five civilians and four soldiers appeared on Tuesday at the Wagga Court of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Xmas Tree Clue in Murder Police on new trail
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Discovery of a Christmas tree on a vacant allotment in the Waverton area has given detectives a fresh due in their search for the killer of Shirley Butler…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fined for Stealing Linoleum
Kenneth Jack McQuade (24) and James Errol Evans (24) were charged with stealing two rolls of linoleum of the value of £20, the property of…
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