Graziers Alarmed at Police Threat on Utilities
The Wagga branch of the Graziers' Association is alarmed about a, threat by police to enforce the low prohibiting the carrying of passengers on the back of…
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Charged with stabbing wife to death
BRISBANE, Friday: A 34-year-old dealer was committee for trial in the Supreme Coc[?] on February 15 on a charge of [?]…
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SYDNEY, Friday: The N.S.W. Commissioner of Police (Mr. C. J. Delaney) has reported to the Premier (Mr. Cahill) there is no justification for en investigation either by Royal Commission or any other means into the administration of the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: Police ana P.M.G. officers are investigating the interference frith telephone wires outside Kilmore racecourse yesterday. They said today that the wires had apparently been…
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A witness in the Wagga Coroner's Court yesterday said that Thomas Leonard Armstrong, 52, had complained of feeling ill about 3 1/2 hours before he…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: The Granville Chamber of Commerce has been told by a private investigator to expect…
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MELBOURNE, Monday: A 34-year-old tramway employee, Douglas Campbell Ireland, of Robbs Parade, Northcote,…
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DARWIN Tuesday: Improvements at Fanny Bay Gaol here ate believed to be due to recent Press criticism…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.: Mr. Hills, S.M., referred to his dictionary before dismissing a case against a Sydney…
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DARWIN, Tues.: A charge against a man at Catherine Police Court today was dismissed when he appeared on…
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A Wagga man was fined £10 at yesterday's Wagga Petty Sessions after pleading guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of liquor…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday —The Attorney-General (Mr. sheahan) said he had not received any protest concerning the…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday— The State Industrial Court President (Mr. Justice Barry) suggested yesterday that…
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Frederick Lincoln McDermott central figure in the famous Levers murder case, forfeited £5 recognisance at the Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Arrested at Gundagai Charged With Car Stealing
Last week end a 17-year old youth was arrested at Gundagai and charged with car stealing…
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A THRILLING POLICE CHASE resulted in the arrest of a 25 year old man, following an armed robbery at Batlow late on Monday afternoon. At 5.15 p.m. a man walked…
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An unusual mode of escape from the police was adopted last Tuesday by a young fellow at South Gundagai…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday: A 24-year-old Irishman, John Montgomery, acting manager of the Morr Meat Company, was sentenced to six months' gool in the City Court this afternoon…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday: Although permission has not yet been granted, Victorian penal authorities are believed…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Police tonight battled for half an hour to move back a crowd which had broken through the barriers outside the entrance to David…
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