Sentenced Himself
THE late Judge Docker was travelling to Newcastle in a non-smoking compartment when a man seated opposite pulled out his pipe and began…
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Stealing from Log House
AT Penrith Police Courts Marion Watson, 48, was charged with stealing a quantity of linen. catlery, and glassware, the property of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Theft of Saddle. Lithgow
Some time during the night the horse, saddle, and bridle of Mr. Short, ranger on Newnes-road at the State Forest, disappeared. Suspicion fell on a traveller who was seen in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →All Charged ? Postprandial Pests Diners' Nightmare
THE public [?] is a social infliction which should be abolished ; but the dinners might be to[?]sted if it were not for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →All Charged ? Postprandial Pests Diners' Nightmare
THE public [?] is a social inflict[?]an which should be abolished; but the dinners might be tolerated if it were not for the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Struck Him with Knife Cowper St. Assault
With stab wounds in the left hand, right log and chest. William Grant, 23, laborer, of Alexandria, was admitted to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mosquito Pest in Gaol. Broken Hill
A plague of mosquitoes in the Broken Hill gaol is said to be due to the presence of a large underground tank containing about 200,000 gallons of water, used for garden…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Safe Robbery. Jewels Stolen. Woman Charged. Melbourne
On the night of July 13, 1922, the pawnbroker's shop of Alfred Summers in Swanston-street was broken into and the safe was blown open with dynamite. The thieves stole jewellery and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Goods Seized. Young Man Arrested. Alleged Theft at Quirindi
Arrested in the city yesterday by DetectiveSergeant Prior and Detective Alford, a young man was charged with the theft of a large quantity of goods from a house at Quirindi…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Speeding at Spit Police Warning
A warning is given to motorists by the police in a traffic bulletin issued yesterday, against speeding at the Spit. It is stated that it has been brought…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Quiet New Year Police Report
From the police point of view the New Year was ushered in quietly, almost sedately," as one official put it. The only, untoward incident was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Audacious Theft. London Emporium. Jewellery Worth £10,000. LONDON, Dec. 30
The great departmental store of Harrods, Ltd., at Knightsbridge, was the scene to-day of one of London's most audacions robberies Jewellery valued at £10,000 was removed from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Typhoid Menace Goulburn Gaol "Carrier" Suspected Prisoners' Case Diagnosed Goulburn
There is now not the slightest doubt that the prisoners from Goulburn Gaol who were removed to the district hospital are sufferin [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Perilous Fall. Police Sergeant Escapes Injury
Sergeant Carmody, of Regent-street Police Station, had a remarkable escape from serious injury late on Thursday night, when he fell 20 feet from the fire escape of Fraser House,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Car Smash Collision with Taxi
Tho police patrol car, driven by Constable J. C. Griffiths, in turning from Elizabeth-street into Cleveland-street, Redfern, at 3.15 a.m. to-day, collided…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chews Steel New Safebreaking Tool Police After Gang
After their substantial haul of the previous [?] when two business places were robbed safebreakers were apparently having a rest last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Forced to Serve' As Juror Unique Court Incident
An unusual incident at the Tarre Quarter Sessions some years ago when a Juror was empanelled from the spectators in the court, owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Left the Line Diggers in France Court Martial Echo
Efforts which are now, being made by a number of returned soldiers to secure recognition of their claims for the war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quiet New Year's Eve Police in Strength But All Have Easy Time
A particularly quiet New Year's Eve. This wan the consensus of opinion of police who patrolled the city last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newspaper Tax Is Now Operative Agents Present Their Case Irksome Position As Tax Collectors Premier Gives Promise of Reconsideration High Court Writs for Injunction
THE NEWSPAPER TAX was assented to by the Governor, Sir Dudle de Chair, yesterday, and duly gazetted. Its collection starts to-day, when readers of all the daily papers Will pay an extra half-penny a copy to meet the tax…
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