Link with the Past. Where Hampton Court Got Its Water Supply
N the midst of an old-world garden on the top of Kingston Hill (says the London "Daily Chronicle") there stand, at the distance…
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Industrial Court. (Before Judge Scholes.) Appeal From an Award. Butchering (Wholesale) Board
Mr. Windeyer, instructed by Messrs, Holds-worth and Son, appeared in support of the appeal of the Sydney Meat Preserving Company, Ltd., from the award of the Butchering…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Parramatta Court. Wednesday, February 7. (Before Mr. M.H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.)
William Connelly (47) was fined 5s, or 24 hours" Imprisonment, for drunkenness: and 20s, or 14 days' imprisonment, for using indecent language…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Liverpool Court. Wednesday, February 7. (Before Mr. T.B. Clegg, P.M.) Cattle Straying
Andrew McFarline, Inspector of nuisances, municipality of Liverpool, proceeded against Robert Eagles, Herbert Nicholls, Emily Whyte, Samuel Kerley and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parramatta Small Debts Court Wednesday, February 7. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.)
Hart, Hitchcock v. John Scope.—G. Folkard, one of the plaintiff firm, deposed that the defendant owed £16 9s 2d. Verdict for the amount, with costs 4s 9d…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ryde Court. Tuesday, February 6. (Before Mr. M.F. Fitzhardinge, S.M., and Messrs. H.A. Brigg and J. Collis, J's.P.) Wife Maintenance
A summons against Albert Taylor, charging him with having disobeyed an order of the court in respect of the maintenance of his wife, was withdrawn, Sen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Murder
Darcy River, a kangaroo hunter, was committed for trial at Derby (W.A.) on a charge of the murder of Alfred Spicer, a cook on Mount Anderson station. The evidence showed the men quarrelled and fought on…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Petticoat Police for New York
That New York should have a special force of petticoat policemen is an experiment tried without success lust month. The suggestion was made hy the newly-elected…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Prison Population. Remarkable Reduction in Numbers of Gaol Inmates. Reasons Stated
When the population of a country's prisons is reduced 50 per cent, and the ratio per 100,000 over 60 per cent., while the general population has doubled, there is something worthy of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Police. Ordinary and Extraordinary. Brisbane
Although last Saturday evening and Sunday passed off without the semblance of any disturbance, the authorities have not eased off their hysterical preparations…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Riotous Strikers. Glasgow Dockers Overpower Police. London, Friday Night
A body of 2000 dockers on strike at Glasgow rushed the barricades placed round the wharves, and overpowered the police. They boarded a steamer with the object of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Enlistment of Special Police. Constitutionality of Mr. Denham's Action. Sir Albert Gould's Opinion
"In my opinion, every State has the power, under the Constitution to provide for its internal protection from domestic disturbances," said Senator Sir Albert Gould yesterday, when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Looking for Mugs." Mossy's Marvellous Mess-up. Barber Bullen's Barber Brother. Gives a Man in Charge for Language. But Does Not Wish the Charge to Preceed. "What I Swore To-day Is False," Says Bullen's Brother. Magistrate to Consider re Prosecution for Perjury
The outspokenness of young Mister Moss Bullen, a hairdresser and tobacconist, of George-street, Sydney, whilst in the witness-box at the Water Police Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lights O' London. Gleanings in the Gilded Gomorrah. Whiffs From West End and Squiffs From Squalid East. the Week, the Weak, & the Wicked. in the World's Metropoiis—and Little England. Stories of Sin, Shame, Suffering, Scandal, and Sensation in Synopsis. an East-end Horror. the Murder of the Millsteins—ghastly Ghouls of the Ghetto—a Shum Gambling Hell—jeway in London. Notorious "Jack the Eipper" Crimes Recalled. London, January 5
The East-End murder to which I referred last week has been followed by the speedy arrest of the murderer, a young Russian Jew named Myer. Abramovitch. His…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Charged with Murder. the Hillgrove Tragedy
HILLGROVE, Saturday.--The adjourned inquiry in the Watson murder ease was concluded to-day. The coroner's verdict was that deceased was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Encouraging Theft. Remarks at the Water Court
There were circumstances surrounding a case of stealing heard at the Water Police Court this morning which called forth remarks of a drastic nature from the magistrate. Mr. Smithers and the defending solicitor, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →E. T. H[?]oley Sentenced. London, Feb. 10
E. T. Hooley—who was charged with having obtained from George Tweedale £2000 in connection with the sale of an estate by falsely representing that it was unburdened—has been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Industrial Court
At the Industrial Courthouse, Queen's-square.—Before his Honor Judge Scholes.—At 10 a.m.—Summonses for money due; To be considered whether to be dealt with by the Court, or remitted to another…
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Before his Honor Judge, Backhouse.—At 10 a.m.: Borrill v Jenkins, Kew and others v Cooke and another, Dow v the Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways Notice.—The list will be called over…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hard in the Head. Brutal Assault on a Cripple
"It's a brutal assault," commented the magistrate, Mr. Maltland, at the Central Police Court to-day at the conclusion of a case In which Thomas Hawthorne, a burly…
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