Police Bashing of Wharfmen
WOLLONGONG, Thursday. -- Illawarra Labor Council at its meeting last night strongly protested against the police bashings of three waterside workers…
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Police Inquiry Demanded Wollongong, Jan. 10
The three policemen who viciously attacked three Port Kembla watersiders last week have been identified. The immediate mass protest which followed the unprovoked attack upon Matt Roach senior, Matt Roach junior, and L. Rawe,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Menaced Girls Flee Ignored Warning "Not to Squeal" Missing After Assault Case
A story of sinister visitors calling on two missing Redfern girls was told by their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warders to Seek More Protection Fear For Lives At Gaol BATHURST
Fearing for their lives, warders at Bathurst Gaol propose to ask the Government for better protection from recalcitrant prisoners. At present, nearly all carry only a baton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Intimidation Charges. Mine Strikes. Argument in Court
Allegations of irritation and retaliation strikes on the northern coalfields were made yesterday at the inquiry into miners' industrial claims,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Could You Answer These Questions On Motor Traffic Laws Asked In Police Test?
Fifteen applicants for drivers' licences passed oral examinations on the motor traffic regulations yesterday; one failed. The applicant who failed was refused a licence…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Congestion in the Divorce Court. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The decision of the State Government to appoint an Acting judge in the divorce jurisdiction to deal with underfended cases is rather belated. It would seem that further…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Hardwick.) Undefended Suits. Kitching v KITCHING
Kenneth Hardy Kitching v Clarice Kitching, formerly Mellings, Marriage, June, 1930, at Ryde. Issue, conjugal rights. Restitution order made, Mr. Harold Munro appeared for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gaoled for Stealing Socks
On a charge of stealing 36½ pairs of socks yesterday, the property of the Cooee Clothing Co., Ltd., and valued at £5 6s 6d, Edward Carmody…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wilder Welcome for Menzies Sth. Coast Plans: Police On Assault Charges WOLLONGONG
When the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Menzies) visits Wollongong to address a public meeting next Wednesday night, he will be greeted by an even bigger and more elaborate demonstration than last week…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gaol Escape Plot Fails San Francisco
Five convicts, chiefly "lifers," made a desperate but unsuccessful effort to escape from the island prison of Alcatraz…
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James Norman Charles Robinson, 8, and Beryl Margaret Robinson, 11, were admitted to the Blayney District Hospital early on Thursday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →WOOLCOTTFORBES. Arrest Ordered. Bombay Police Advised
A warrant for the arrest and extradition of John Woolcott-Forbes, widely known in Sydney commercial and racing circles, was issued in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Making Roads Safer. Country Police Patrols
Within the next few days 68 police who have been attached to the Traffic Branch in Sydney will receive notice of their transfer to country centres…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Former Police Sergeant Killed. Bathurst
James Jenkinson, 70, a former sergeant of police, died in Bathurst Hospital from the injuries he received when he was struck by a car in William Street, Bathurst, last night…
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BULLI, Friday.--South Coast miners are restive over the hearings into the miners' claims by the Federal Arbitration Court and the Mine Health and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrest Labor Men Surprise Action By Police Stir at Kembla Wollongong
FOLLOWING the recent police bashings, the arrest to-night of two persons associated with a monster meeting in support of the Port Kembla Waterside Workers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mystery Of The Week Kick Him Someone! "The Gracie Allen Murder Case," by S. S. Van Dine. Cassell and Co. (Dymock's.)
Philo Vance Wants a kick in the pants. I SHOULD be a proud and happy man if I could claim…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Law Report. Supreme Court. in Bankruptcy. (Before Mr. Justice Lukin.) Hearing of Creditor's Petition
Re Jean Keon. Ex parte Consolidated Neon (Phillips System) Pty., Ltd. Withdrawn. Mr. W. R. Blacket (instructed by Messrs. George A. Raves and Poole) appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Daily Telegraph Bookshelf Three people who went to the South Seas In Samoa 'Talofa' Means Good Day or I Love You They Call Them Savages, by Aletta Lewis. (Me[?] and Co.) My South Sea Island, by Eric Muspratt. (Penguin Library.) Some Experiences of a New Guinea Magistrate, by C. A. W. Monckton. (Penguin Library
ALETTA LEWIS is probably the only white woman who has ever been appointed Chief Virgin to a South Sea Island…
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