Tennis Hard Court Players Chosen for Practice
Twenty-two players have been chosen for practice in connection with the selection of teams to represent the N.S.W. Comb[?]ed Hard Court Tennis Association…
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Mystery of Missing Clerk Story of Unavailing Search Case Baffles Police
The mysterious disappearance of Peter James Chisholm Marten, the young shipping clerk, is proving one of the most baffling cases of the kind that has confronted the police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Milliner Wins £1895 From Paris Firm Dress Revelations Costs of Designing Special to the "News" LONDON
A JURY to-day awarded Mrs. Pitt, a dress designer and Com[?] dressmaker, the [?] of £[?]5. damages, and costs, in her claim against…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Raid Harbor Flats Sly Grog Alleged Two Are Charged
A novel raid was carried out last night when a squad of plain-clothes police from the city visited the Astoria Flats, North Sydney, and arrested the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Plotters in Court. Garibaldi Charged Heated Scenes. LONDON. Jan. 20
The trial opened to-day at Paris of Ricclettl Garibaldi, Colonel Macia, and 16 Catalans on charges arising from the revolutionary Plot against Spain at Perpignan. The…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Angus Murray Planned Bank Murder in Gaol Ex-Geelong Prisoner Lifts the Veil To "Smith's"
ON A SUNNY DAY in a Victorian gaol the babbling tongue of a neophyte in crime passed sentence of death upon two men whose paths in life were as widely separated as the Poles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clerk Imprisoned. Assault on Woman
Robert McPhee, aged 27 years, clerk, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having unlawfully assaulted Cecilia May Hall and Henry Ernest Perry…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Family Re-united—In Gaol
Many stories have been related of the dry humor and satire of the late Judge Docker, and per haps he would be surprised if he were to return to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tattooist Assaulted. Three Men Charged
A charge of having assaulted James Ernest Malcolm, and having caused him actual bodily harm, was preferred against Thomas Johnstone, aged 43 years, and William Collins,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Former Senator Sentenced to 18 Months ADELAIDE
Benjamin Benny, former member of the Senate, and an Adelaide solicitor, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment in the Insolvency Court this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Charge Fails
The story of the alleged hold-up by an armed man in a little shop in Cleveland Street was told by the proprietress, Mrs. Catherine Townsend,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Charge Boy in Launch Burglary and Arson Auckland (N.z.)
Four shops were burned in the little township of Panmure during the night. Nothing sinister was suspected until the morning, when a resident noticed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hard Court Players. for Match Against Grass Court Players
Twenty-two players have been chosen for practise in connection with the selection of teams to represent the N.S.W. Combined Hard Court Tennis Association against the N.S.W. Lawn Tennis Association, on…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Bowral Police Inquiries. Bowral
During recent months several departmental inquiries have been held regarding police matters at Bowral, and there is considerable dissatisfaction among townspeople at the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Stealing the River Depletion of the Waters Mayor of Camden Takes Action
The impounding of waters within the catchment area, and the consequent interference with the natural flow of the Nepean River,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Raid. Astoria Plats. Two Men Arrested
The Astoria Flats, which overlook the harbour from Kirribilli Point, were raided by tho police late last night. Two men were arrested on charges of sly grog-selling, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Law Notices Monday's List. District Court
(Before the Deputy Registrar.) At 10.30 a.m., Castlereagh Motors, Ltd., v. Clarke; at 10.50 a.m.. Henderson v. Filmads Ltd.; at 11.5 a.m., Hoimds v. Harnett…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MUSIC & Musician What of a Censor? Eminent Conductor's Idea Profession of Murder
Sir Hamilton Harty, who recently elected president of the National Union of Organists, is reported to have spoken scathingly of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Robbery Hushed Up Ex-Police Officer's Home Burgled
RECENT happenings point to the existence in Sydney of an audacious gang of housebreakers who are exhibiting contempt for the police…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Highway Robbery. Three Men Arrested. Exciting Police Chase. Brisbane
An exciting chase occurred on the main Esk-Toogoolawah road at about 3 o'clock this afternoon, when a car occupied by two men who, it was alleged, had committed a highway…
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