Axe Tragedy Murder Verdict Adelaide
The Coroner (Mr. Chardon) today found that William Arthur Figg, a Mylor woodcutter, murdered his wife. Dora Annie Figg, with an axe…
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Police Commissioner Ill Newcastle
Owing to a sudden indisposition, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Childs, who was to have addressed a meeting of the Rotary Club at…
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Sydney Robert Gower, 29, taxi-cab driver, was sentenced at the Central Police Court yesterday to three months' imprisonment for stealing a wristlet watch, valued at £25,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Opium Seized. Shots Fired in Chase. Three Men Charged. Melbourne
Customs officers overtook a heavy motor van and seized opium valued at about £1000 after a dramatic 60-miles-an-hour chase through the streets near Victoria Dock early…
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Residents at Westmead were nonplussed yesterday afternoon by the actions of a man, who was seen climbing fences, but who always escaped when chased…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tales of Assault Conflict Said Policeman Pushed His Mother Punch on Nose
"HE struck me on the nose, and got free. I again caught hold of him and he struck me on the left check. The defendant was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murder of Girl. Assailant's Suicide. Inquest Verdicts. Kempsey
The deputy coroner (Mr. L. N. Parker) found at Kempsey to-day that Davis Geddes Taylor murdered Joyee Irene Eggins by shooting her at Austral Eden. Lower Macleay on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Drank at Flat with Taxi-man Veiled Insinuations, Says S.M. Theft Charge
THAT a taxi-driver whom she had invited into her flat for a drink had stolen her diamond watch, was the story told by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Chastised Youth Left Home Police Make Inquiries
After being chastised by his father yesterday, Joseph Shah, 14, on Marlon Street, Randwick, left home with £2 and did not return. The [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Revolver Range for Police Tenders Called for
Gunmen and gangsters in future had better look to their weapons if they hope to emulate their Chicago brethren of crime and shoot it out…
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THOSE hundreds turned away from "The Telegraph" concert in aid of the Beryl Morrin fund on Sunday night will…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Asylum Escapee Police Search Ends in Empty House
Police and attendants from Parramatta Mental Asylum spent two and a half hours last night searching for a patient who escaped…
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AT the Quarter Sessions yesterday William Beaver, 32, an engineer, whose correct name, according to the police, is William Brauner,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ask Court Rule On Bequest Aid Soldiers
THE Perpetual Trustee Co., Ltd., executor of the will of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Kirby, who left practically the whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bullets Fly; Chase for Opium Smuggling Story; Three Arrested And Charged Melb. Wharves Melbourne
OPIUM valued at £1000 was seized and three men arrested in exciting circumstances early this morning. Later at the City Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court. (Before Judge Sheridan.) Ownership of Furniture
The Perpetual Trustee Company, Ltd., as executor of the will of Robert James Douglas Sellar deceased sued Bessie Brunker, of Bower-street, Manly for the return of certain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Missing Alsatian Champion Dog Is Subject of Court Case
A champion Alsatian dog, said to have won over 200 prizes, was the subject of a case at Newtown Court yesterday, when Robert William…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Arrest Schoolboy Double Life Is Alleged Flats Robbed At Bondi Cool Daring
THE remarkable double life of a schoolboy burglar was allegedly exposed by the Bondi detectives yesterday, when they were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rule Nisi In Kisch Case Granted the Grounds High Court Would Leave
IN the High Court this afternoon, Mr. Justice Evatt, on the application of Mr. Piddington, K.C., granted a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Industrial News CASUALS & Offer of Work State Abattoirs Dispute In Court Award Rates
THE dispute at the State Abattoirs which involves the question whether casual employees are obliged to accept work offering at…
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