Death-Watch Havoc. Beetles' Ravages at Hampton Court
Millions o small beetles have undermined the roof of the Great hall at Hampton Court. Enormous oak beams created nearly 100 years ago Henry VIII…
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Probate Court. Year's Work. Estates Total £19,000,000
For the year ended December 31 last, the Registrar of Probates (Mr. L. M. Addison) granted 3994 aplications for probate in respect of estates of deceased persons, of a…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Shot by Police Royalist Leader's Son Daudet's New Charge London, January 17
M. Leon Daudet, the French Royalist loader, who recently alleged that Paris anarchists had shot his fifteen-year-old son, who was found dead in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Daudet Case Boy's Mysterious Death Father Blames Police LONDON, January 18
The "Morning Post's" Paris correspondent states astounding developments have arisen in the Daudet case, which relates to the shooting on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Old Man's Illness Helping Him on the Road Police Remove Him to Hospital
A very respectable old gentleman, who has been experiencing the vicissitudes. of old old age travelling "on the road to anywhere," had a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EASTWOOD The Garden Suburb of the Northern Line. 'Possums. Novel Court Cases
First-class Constable Wells proceeded against Arthur Hubert at Ryde Police Court, for keeping an o'possum in captivity. Constable Wells stated that, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dirty Publichouses Plain Talk to Licensees Candid Magistrate Mudgee
In laying stress on the duty of licensing inspectors to impress upon hotel licensees their obligations to the public, the District Licensing Magistrate (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Startling Charge Against Police Officer
The serious allegation that a detective at C.I.B. headquarters entered into negotiations with a man, who was threatened with arrest, and that money was handed over, for a consideration, has caused a stir there this week…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Police and People Embroglio at Enmore Was Rupert Thorn's Head Smashed with Handcuffs? Court Accepts Crown Version
THE police were up against it on the Enmore Road, Marrickville, on January 5. Constables Brown and Macnamara were arresting two men for language, when a very hostile crowd, including female sympathisers, gathered…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Gaol Plot Sensational Attempt To Secure Release of Suspected Murderer-Extraordinary Battle of Wits Between Underworld Denizens and Gaol Authorities. Move and Counter Move
THE audacious plot to release Angus Murray, who is awaiting trial in the Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Berriman, bank manager at Hawthorn, has been the sensation of the week. BERRIMAN was shot and robbed of a large sum of money on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Wanted" for Murder Letter to Scotland Yard LONDON
Scotland Yard detective department has received a letter supposed to be from Major Bailey, who is wanted for, the murder of his wife at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Strike Echo Special Constable Arrested Charge of Larceny
An aristocratic looking young gentleman, with an elegant toothbrush me, a multi-colored tie, and a pair of handsome socks, made an…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Arms Before the Court Bail of £200 Fixed
Anxiously observing every movement of the counsel and the P.M.. Albert Edward Arms looked the reverse of happy as he nervously clutched the rail of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fight in Theatre Communist's Play Police Called in London
Disorderly scenes marked the first performance of Ernest Toller's tragedy of "Ginkelman" in the State theatre at Dresden, says the Berlin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nurse Hannah Mitchell Again on Murder Charge—Thin, Haggard, and Pale. Remanded on Heavy Bail
WHERE'S Nurse Mitchell?" was asked in the City Court on Tuesday. A lady whom many people thought they knew well, was pointed out sitting in the body of the Court before the arrival of the Bench. Her recant illness and the severe surgical operation which…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Housebreaking Extraordinary Unconcerned Youth Faces Court. Leadlights Make Easy Jobs
Leslie Boulton, who appeared last week at Burwood Police Court, when 57 charges of breaking, entering and stealing were listed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Half-caste Girl Attacked at Artarmon Says She Was Caught From Behind and Dragged on to Allotment. Case Heard in Closed Court
ON a charge of committing an offence on a 17-year-old half-eaete girl on a vacant allotment near her home at Artarmon, on Saturday, January 12, Harry Byrnes, a stockily-built, sturdy working man, aged 22, was committed for trial, at the North Sydney Court on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fifteen Years Enslaved By Dread Drug Demon Poignant Drama of Young Woman's Wrecked Life—Sobbing, She Faces Nineteen Housebreaking Charges at North Sydney Court—Extraordinary Medical Testimony— Deserted by Husband
GRIPPED by Demon Dope, with pallid, yellowish complexion, sunken cheeks and glassy, staring eyes, a young woman sat in the North Sydney Court on Friday, facing nineteen charges of housebreaking. Alternatively she shivered, wept, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →General News Tennis Court Theft
GOULBURN.--A discovery made by Sergeant Nothle and Constable Dibben gives rise to the suspicion that the theft of equipment from Argyle tennis court…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alleged Theft Of a Table 'Phone
Francis Schumacher, 27, was sitting on a doorstep in Parker-lane with another man, when Costable M'Lean happened along. The bulky condition…
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