Police Patrol, Too
Even the police were not Immune from the tether of bad luck which enmeshed the process of locomotion per motor…
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Police Car in Mishap
A police car, driven by Constable J. Griffiths, collided with a Yellow taxi, driven by Thomas Skyes, of Castlereash-street, Redfern, at the junction of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Here You Are" Wife Hands Over Money Husband Alleged Theft
TELLING a detective, who called upon her at her Bondi home, that constant rows with her husband had forced her to take her…
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The Christmas surprise handed so Messrs. W. H. Bruce and Co., the well-known tailoring firm at the Haymarket, 740 George-street, by their accountant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Likes Victoria Park Tiny's Court in Flying
Although Tiny's Court has only been sparingly raced since competing at the ponies, she has shown she runs her best races at Victoria, Park. Her only win to date on A.R.C. courses was scored there, and on that occasion she won in decisive style…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Where Is Marten? Police Are Completely Baffled Wealthy and Well Related
A young man in a shipping office to whom the lure of travel called.... A young man who longed to feel beneath his feet the rise and fall of a ship, whose heart was set on travel, whose father…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Say Drunk Tried to Sell £100 Fur Coat for £3 MELBOURNE
Frank Volloni, an Italian, appeared before Melbourne City Court, charged with unlawful possession of a fur coat. He was remanded till the 7th, on £100…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Root of Evil Did Stewart Try to Make Some ? Police Find a Plant
WITH a brain which undoubtedly has a tendency to cleverness for invention, Frederick Stewart, a lad of about nineteen or twenty years of age, according to police evidence, put his gift to a misguided use—and landed himself in…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Love, Poetry, Tragedy Emma Hill's Last Walk On Yarra Bank Police Make Gruesome Find
On the night of December 2, pretty little Emma Hill, a Brunswick lass of seventeen and a half years, employed by the Melbourne Y.W.C.A., took what was to be her last walk along the Yarra Bank. The next morning, her mutilated body, with a deep gash across the throat, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"No Third Degree" Police Task Grows Difficult Broken Hill Mystery Statement by Father of Accused Boy Broken Hill
The police engaged on the Joan Smith case emphasised today that if it were necessary to interview James Hughes, the boy who has, been charged with the murder of the girl no third degree methods would be used…
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First-class Constable Leslie James Jeffres, for a number of years orderly to the Commissioner of Police (Mr. James Mitchell), has been promoted to the rank of sergeant. His…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mosquitoes at Broken Hill Gaol. Broken Hill
With reference to the reported trouble with mosquitoes it the locll gaol, the authorities state that they are doing the utmost to keep the pest down. They say that on open…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At Large Prisoners Break Out of Gaol Escape at Night Bega
Two young men, named Pilkington and Wallace, who were under committal, awaiting their trial on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Chased by Police. Suspected Car Thieves. Melbourne
The pursuit on foot by members of the police night patrol of three suspected motor car thieves resulted in the capture of two of the men at Richmond early on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Smart Arrest. Police Wireless Patrol. Intruder Found Under Bed
Officers of the police wireless patrol effected a smart arrest at Camperdown late last night, an intruder being found beneath a bed in a house which had been broken into and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Law Notices Tuesday. January 4, 1927. District Court
(Before the Deputy Registrar.) At 10.30 a.m., Rule and anor[?]ats. Automobile Suppliers Associated, Ltd.; at 10.45 a.m., Baker v. Flanagan: at 11.5 a.m., Gascolgne v. Newland: at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gas Him! Bad Character at Bay Paris Police Tactics London, Sunday Night
Extraordinary scenes, reports the "Weekly Dispatch," marked attempts by Paris police to arrest Maurice Rambourd, a most dangerous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Mat London's Police Are They Uncivil ? Commissioner's Rebuke London, January 1
"Complaints of police officers' incivility to the public are constantly reaching me, and I believe many are justified, and therefore wish to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Break Up Gang of Car Thieves Three Men Arrested Machines and Goods Worth. £7000 Melbourne
Vincent Pickett. 29, or Pickett Geelong Motor 'Bus Service, was arrested on Saturday, and charged with car stealing. Two others…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fifty Earthquakes California Is Rocked Shocks Occur for Five Hours Mexican Town Severely Damaged Police Patrols Guard the Ruins "News" Special Calexico, Cal
WHILE residents were celebrating the New Year early yesterday morning, fifty earthquake shocks ro[?]ked the Imperial Valley of California, Northern Mexico and Arizona…
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