Man Knocked Down by Car. Police Seek Motorist
Police are searching for the driver of a motor car which knocked down Victor White, 33, of Chaplin Street, Darlinghurst, in Victoria Road, Darlinghurst, about midnight…
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6,973 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250
"Will Rogers' Ex-wife" Claim In Coroner's Court
A woman, said to have been the first wife of the late Will Rogers, American humorist, died from gas poisoning in a Bellevue Hill flat on December 20…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hitler's Sister-In-Law In Court--Pays Rates LONDON
Mrs. Bridget Hitler, sister-in-law of the German Fuehrer, appeared in North Highgate Police Court today for nonpayment of £9 in rates…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pedestrians at Intersections Not Given Time to Cross. Police Want Traffic Lines
Many pedestrians complained yesterday that some police on traffic duty at city intersections did not give them sufficient time to cross…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Hardwick.) WILLIAMS v WILLIAMS
Erle Raymond Williams v Jean Allardyce Williams formerly Leith-Thomson. Marriage, November 12, 1921, at Mosman. Issue, desertion by reason of non-compliance with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hitler's Sister-in-law in Court. Summoned for Rate Arrears. LONDON, Jan. 20
Mrs. Bridget Hitler, the wife of Herr Hitler's half-brother, Alois, appeared in the Highgate Court to-day on a summons for £9 arrears in rates…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Minister To Take Gaol Action
Possible action following the recent Bathurst Gaol riots is being considered by the Minister for Justice, Mr. Martin, at this week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Stop Crime With Boys' Club
Each of the five suburbs where Police Boys' Clubs have been established, report a falling-off in juvenile crime. In one Mortdale, not one boy committed a serious crime last year…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Will Hear This Dialogue "The Women"
The Chief Secretary (Mr. Gollan) denies that he has either banned or aproved Clare Boothe's play, "The Women,"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Acid Thrown Upon Trotter Inquiries Made By Police
Acid thrown over the trotting horse, New Park, as it was grazing in a Mascot street on Friday, may end its racing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder of Butcher Baffles Police
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Detectives are still without any definite clue regarding the murder of Leslie McAllister, butcher, of Monbulk, on January 13…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol Happenings
The Minister of Justice (Mr. Martin) announced to-day that he would call for a report from the Prisons Department on matters raised in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charge of Assault
Frederick Welsh, 29, steel worker, was charged before the Chamber Magistrate (Mr. Davenport) at Campsie Court to-day with having…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Indecent Assault Charge
Early last night an eight-year-old boy was found in company with a man in a lane at Redfern. Later a man was charged with indecent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Editorial Our Gaol System
It is not necessary to be sentimental about the inmates of gaols. Commonsense, however, is never amiss. It says little for the present system that when a prisoner offends against discipline the only means available to punish him are to cut…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Hope in Pyjama Girl Mystery Police See Man In Gaol NEWCASTLE
A dramatic week-end turn in the Albury Pyjama Girl murder mystery has given detectives fresh hope of identifying the victim, whose body is still preserved at Sydney University…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Missing Boy Found; Man Charged
A 10-year-old boy who had been missing from his home in Underwood Street, Botany, since Saturday, was found yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder of Infant Alleged
A charge of having murdered an unknown, new-born child was laid against Mavis Lilian Croft, 22, domestic duties, at the Central Police Court on Saturday morning. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Girl's Story of Assault Man Arrested After Search
An arrest was made yesterday after Joyce Evelyn Fenwick, 14, af Yagoona, alleged that a man had interfered with her. On Saturday the girl was out with her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For Trial on £563 Theft Charge Funds Of A Social Club
James Anthony Creagh, 29, clerk, was committed for trial, by Mr. Arnold, S.M., at Redfern Court to-day, on a charge of having stolen £563 17s 3d from the S.T.C. Social Club…
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