The Sketcher. Opossums, Schoolmasters, and Police
Notice is given in the "New South Wales Government Gazette" that opossums are to be absolutely protected for a period of six months, commencing January 1, 1912. The…
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Found by Accident. Tasmanian Police Methods
A gentlemen who had just returned from Tasmania, after a holiday jaunt tells a story with rather amusing features, of police methods in the capital city of the southern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Favorable Police Report—langford the Stronger
Mr. Flowers, M.L.C., acting for he Premier, received on Saturday a report from Pollce-Su-perintendent Goulder on the McVea-Langford fight last Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Land Appeal Court. to the Editor
Sir,--Your correspondent "Warrigal" to-day disclaims any intention of raising any question on behalf of Crown tenants "as to the personal qualifications" of the members of the Court, and straightway insinuates that they…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Honored by the King. Police Officers' Meritorious Work
PERTH (W.A.), Tuesday.--The bestowal of the King's police medal, mentioned in to-day's cables, on Chief Inspector Connell and Detective Sergeant Mann was on a recommendation…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Law Notices. Wednesday, January 3. Supreme Court
Prothonotary's Office.—Before the Deputy Registrar of the High Court.—At 11 a.m.: The English and Australian Copper Company v Johnson. At 11.15 a.m. [?] Willcocks v the Shire of Wallarobba…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Court of St. Simon. Chapter Iv
The smaller room, disclosed by the rolling back of the folding doors, was brilliantly illuminated, and, from their darkened point of vantage, seemed to d'Arg[?]inac to be something…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clairvoyante Nun. Saw Murder of President and King. Pope's Letter of Admiration
Pops Plus X. has addressed an autograph letter of admiration to an aged Swiss nun named Frey, who during half a century of cloistered life in the Cisterclan Abbey at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Courts. Tuesday, January 2, 1912. After Christmas Bush
Oscar Watt (19) was charged at the Paddington Court with being found in an enclosed garden at Government House Grounds, Victoria-road, Woollahra, on Christmas Day, for an unlawful purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →What the Casino Police Think. Telegram to Inspector-general
In reply to a wire asking for further Information regarding yesterday's tragedy, the Inspector-General this afternoon received the following telegram from Casino:--…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Doing His Duty. Police Sergeant Shot Dead Whilst Making Arrest
Sergeant MacDonnell, of the Warren police was shot dead at Warren at 7.30 on Tuesday evening. John Neal, a man about 60 years old. who…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Amateur or Professional? Police and Firemen Sports. a Black Outlook
The committee responsible for the drafting, of the programme for the police and firemen's sports, to be held on the Agricultural Grounds on March 4 are in a quandary, as a deadlock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Callous Crime. French Government Official Shoots His Wife and Ten-year-old Son. Midnight Murder
A terrible crime has been committed in Northern France, M. Leon Fouquet, a tax-collector of Laval, having it is alleged, shot dead in their sleep has wife and his ten-year-old son, before…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bogus Auction Sales. the Part of the "Buttoner." Strong Statements by Police
When Joseph Asher appeared at the Central Court to-day and asked for a hawker's licence, the police, who opposed the application, said some nasty things about him, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Casino Sensation. an Extraordinary Tragedy. Woman and Boy Shot Dead. Telegram to Sydney Police
CASINO, Wednesday.—A shocking tragedy was discovered here last night. Mr. H. Perkins, a young settler who resides in a small isolated cottage in West-street. discovering his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →American Peace Banquet. Taft Replies to Roosevelt. President Guarded by Police. New York, Jan. 1
President Taft, who delivered an address at the Peace Banquet, answered the charge preferred against him [?] ex-President Roosevelt of inconsistency in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Soil Producers on Their Defence. the R.w.u. Claims. Preparing for the Court
It may be assumed that rural employers of labor and the Rural Workers' Union will not be long now in coming to close quarters in the Federal Arbitration Court. The next formal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News of the World by Our Independent Cable Service. Awful Double Murder. Young Woman and Child Shot Dead. Shocking and Inexplicable Crime. No Trace of the Perpetrator Casino
The whole district was last night profoundly shocked by the news of the perpetration of the most awful and inexplicable crime ever committed in this part of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Boarder's Loss. Youth Charged with Theft
John William Griffiths, 17 years of age, appeared before Mr. Barnett, at the Glebe Court to-day, to answer a charge of stealing £22, a Gladstone bag, two suits of clothes,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court Returns
Mr. H. S. Beveridge, chamber magistrate and C.P.S. at Burwood, has prepared the following returns in connection with transactions at the Burwood Court of Petty…
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