Bendigo Gaol Escape Is Recaptured
SYDNEY, Wednesday: A 19-year-old escapee from Bendigo Gaol was recaptured today drunk and half asleep on a park bench opposite St. Vincent's…
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Southwest Mail Murder Search for Suspect
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Detectives investigating the murder of C.S.I.R.O. chemist, Olaf Perkman, on the Southwest Mail train have intensified their search…
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C.I.B. men and a railway detective investigating the murder of Olaf Perkman, 40, left Goulburn for Leeton…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday — The Federal Arbitration Court will today announce its decision vital to the Metal Trades Union…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: A railway signalman said in the Coroner's Court today two signals on the Illawarra line near Sydenham had been faulty before the fatal smash on December 19…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: A former boxer was gaoled for, nine months fit the Quarter Sessions today for having…
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Detective Sergeant Ferguson and Detective Krake arrived in Narrandera on Tuesday night in the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday Police will being diving operations tomorrow to try and locate the body of a young…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday: The Arbitration Court today decided not to give a decision in the margins case, but to adjourn the Metal Trade Unions' claims for a 28/ increase until November 9 next…
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SYDNEY, "Thursday: A conscientious objector to compulsory unionism today asked the Arbitration Court to order…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Women Trodden on by Police Horses Hysteria takes over in Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Two women were trodden on by police horses, and others fainted, when more than 5000 broke through the barricades outside…
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MELBOURNE, Friday —The Arbitration Court yesterday decided nor to give a decision in the margins case, but to adjourn the Metal Trade Unions' claim for a 28/- increase until November 9 next…
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SYDNEY, Friday: A 24-years-old laborer, Ronald Vincent Hoil, Belmore Road, Herne Bay, was charted…
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Wagga police are investigating the, alleged theft of a sum of money from a house in Turvey Park…
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SYDNEY, Friday: The Commonwealth Parliament should be immediately convened to define the powers of the Federal Arbitration Court, a union official said today. He was the secretary of the…
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TAMWORTH, Sun.: Tamworth police charged a 38-year-old laborer with the murder of his father…
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SYDNEY, Son.: Ronald Vincent Holl, had admitted shooting Olaf Perkman in the Narrandera-Sydney…
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It is not known whether in formation obtained in Junee was of any assistance to the detectives who arrested a…
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Ronald Holl (24), labourer, Belmore Road, Herne Bay, was charged with the murder of Olaf Perkman, whose…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Daring Wagga theft of three flags
Wagga police are investigating the theft of three valuable flags from Wagga buildings during last week. Detective-Sgt. Harold Clock said yesterday that the…
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