£1100 Jewel Theft in Vic
MELBOURNE, Sunday: A Lady's gold watch, encrusted with 40 diamonds and 36 saphires, worth £300, was…
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Wild Car Chase Police Shaken Off
SYDNEY, Monday — In a wild car chase early today police pursued three cracksmen who hattered down the door of a…
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WOY WOY, Monday — Police have given up hope of finding alive a missing six-year-old boy. He is Alan Edward Jones, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Small List for Tomorrow’s Gundagai Court
The monthly court of Petty Sessions will be held at Gundagai to-morrow, and in comparison with recent courts, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stipendiary Magistrate Visits Lockhart
MR. QUIGGIN, Stipendiary Magistrate of the Albury Circuit, held Court at Lockhart on Friday. His Worship continued the hearing of the alleged bigamy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Raid on House: Big Haul of Opium
MELBOURNE, Monday: Six weeks of planning resulted in a number of raids by detectives of the Drug Bureau during the weekend, during which opium equipment, U.S. dollars, sovereigns and other property, valued at £2,000 were seized…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prisoners Riot in U.S. 500 Police Stand By
PITTSBURGH, Tuesday — More than 1100 rioting prisoners, demanding a "better life" at Pennsylvannia western gaol,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court of Petty Sessions (Yesterday) Before Mr, Finlay, SM. Competed with Railways!
Robert W. Heterick of 15 Gaskill street Canowindra, represented by Mr. E. J. Callan, pleaded guilty to a charge of…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: A man was committed for trial at Central Court today on a charge of having stolen a…
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A 25-year-old Uranquinty laborer was fined a total of £20 and ordered to pay compensation amounting to £14…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday: 29-year-old woman was charged in Brisbane Police Court with the murder of…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—Homicide detectives believe that, in the Christmas. Day murder, Shirley…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Transport Co. Refuses to Obtain Permits Drivers Left To Face Gaol Term
It was mentioned in the Gundagai Court last Tuesday, that the road haulier company of A. A. James, of Sydney, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Raid Alleged Gaming House 23 Arrests Made
About 1 a.m. this morning, Cootamundra Police, under the direction of Sergeant A. Greig, raided an upstairs room…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Paling and Hammer Mentioned in Wagga Family Court Case
Allegations were made in the Wagga Petty Sessions yesterday that a half housebrick, a hammer and a piece of paling were used as weapons in a family brawl in Norm Parade last November. The statements were made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Free for All Brawl at South Gundagai Contestants Fined in Local Court
The Marquis of Queensbury rules were not obeyed at South Gundagai one afternoon recently when [?]ree…
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SYDNEY, Friday: The most important development since the manhunt began for the killer of 21-year-old Shirley…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Rules No Change in Q'ld Basic Wage
BRISBANE, Friday: The State Industrial Court today ruled that the basic wage of £10/16/ for adult males and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court of Petty Sessions MONDAY, 19th JANUARY (Before Messrs. F. J. Hale and A. W. Molony, J's.P)
John O'Donnell (45) was charged with being found drunk in the grounds of the Narrandera District Hospital. Plea guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →O'meally Will Die in Gaol
MELBOURNE, Tuesday: William John O'Meally, who to sentenced to death last year for the murder of…
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