The St. George. Marine Court Inquiry
A Marine Count Inquiry was held at No. 1 District Count recently into the cause of the steamer St. George striking the Little Seal Rocks on December 21 last…
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Suicide of an Official. the Governor of Broken-hill Gaol. Illness Brought on Despondency
BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--Mr. Sidney Neil Montfort Bromley, governor of the Broken-hill Gaol, committed suicide by shooting early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Governor of Gaol. Commits Suicide at Broken Hill. Derringer Pistol. [By Telegraph.] Broken Hill
A sensation was caused here this morning when it became known that Sydney Nell de Montford Bromley, governor of Broken Hill gaol, had suicided by shooting himself. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Marine Court Inquiry. Explosion on the Innamincka
The Marine Court, with Judge Backhouse as president to-day commenced an inquiry into the cause of an explosion on the steamer Innamincka on December 10, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Law Notices. Supreme Court.--friday, January 15
In Equity:--(Before the Deputy Registrar in Equity.) At 10.45 a.m.: Bloyce v. Hodson to settle minutes of order. At 11 a.m.: Holmes v. Ryrie, to tax costs; same v. same, ditto…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Body From the Yarra. Verdict of Wilful Murder. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE
The inquest on the body of the female child which was found in the Yarra in a decomposed condition, enclosed in a bag heavily weighted with stones, was held to-day. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tragedy at Broken Hill. Governor of Gaol Shoots Himself. a Verdict of Suicide. Broken Hill
Sidney Nell de Montford Bromley, governor of the Brokon Hill gaol, shot himself through the head with a revolver at 6.40 this morning, and lingered for over two hours, whch he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court of Marine Inquiry. (Before Judge Backhouse; Captains J. Mackenzie and H. Witherspoon, Assessors.) the Grounding of the St. George
Mr. W. Lindsay Thompson appeared for the Superintendent of Navigation: Mr. Dunhill for the North Coast S. S. Company; and Messrs. Marshall and Marks for James Pearse,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Newcastle Mining Situation. the Strike in the Heralba District. Defiant Attitude of the Men. Still Refuse the Arbitration Court Award. Newcastle
There is no change in the state of affairs at the five collieries in the Teralba district—Northern Extended, Rhondda. Northumberland, Pacific and Cardiff. All idle to-day. At the first-named three pits, where the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Law. Thursday, January 14. Marine Court. (Before Judge Backhouse, President, and Messrs. Henry Witherspoon and John Mackenzie, Assessors.) the Stranding of the St. George
The Court concluded its inquiry into the circumstances under which the steamer St. George was stranded on Little Seal Rocks on December 21 last, and had afterwards to be beached…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stories by a Police Magistrate
Mr. Plowden, the magistrate whose pithy sayings .and ready wit at Marylebone Police Court help to brighten the daily chronicle of London crime and misdemeanour, has collected some…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Memoirs of a Police Magistrate
"Old Plowden," the police magistrate of the Marylebone Court, is a regular Institution in London. His "bon mots" are largely quoted, his witticisms are widely paragraphed, and his…
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CO0LAMON, Friday.— At the local police court, to-day, Henry Grady, George Robert Grady, George Charles Hopkins, and John James Thompson were found guilty of stealing wheat from the…
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George Charles Browne (35), ironmoulder, was fined £5, in default, two months' imprisonment, at the Newtown Court, for stealing a pair of field glasses, valued at 30s, the properly of James Duncan, at Marrickville, on…
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At the Newtown Court, Henry Durant (18), painter, was fined £5; in default, one month's imprisonment, for stealing a pair of gold sleeve links, a silver-mounted pipe in case, and £3 5s in money, valued in all at £5, the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wheat-stealing Case. Coulamon
An important wheat stealing case was heard to-day at the local police court before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M. Henry Grady, sen., was charged with stealing 32½ bags of wheat, valued at about £17, the property…
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In the case of the Chinaman, Yee Moon, who died as the result of injuries sustained on December 19, the City Coroner found Ernest W. Kislingbury guilty of wilful murder, and A. E…
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About noon on Tuesday a fearful tragedy was enacted in a house at the corner of Watkins and Wilson streets, Newtown, when Alexander…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder or Suicide? Curious Problem Before a Court of Justice in Italy
The magistrates of Bitonto, a town near Bari, in the extreme south-east of Italy, have just completed the investigation of a tragedy which is perhaps as mysterious as any story that ever…
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The Manly water chute is an ideal holiday resort, and afternoon and evening provides amusement for all comers. Up-to-date refreshment rooms and a well-appointed wine…
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