Drivers Drank Too Much Magistrate Points To Road Toll
In two cases to-day men were fined £10 each and lost their driving licences for having driven cars while Intoxicated…
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Execution of Soviet Police
MOSCOW, Tuesday.--Five former members of toe Soviet secret police have been sentenced to death at Kiev. They were found guilty of having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Carry Brake-testers
LONDON, Tuesday.--Police motor patrols, as from today, carry "decelerometers." This is a device for testing the brakes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Trace of Former Boxer. Victim of Alleged Assault
A former boxer, who it was said had been treated in hospital for a broken skull, disappeared and was still missing yesterday when Hamilton Gibb, 26, cone maker, was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →U.S. Minister's Parties Charged To Public WASHINGTON
Misuse of Government funds and property is charged against a former U.S. Cabinet Minister by a high Government audit official. The Acting Comptroller-General…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charged With Boy's Death 20-Years Motorist Sent for Trial
A 20-year-old motorist was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of manslaughter. The City Coroner (Mr. Oram)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death at Cliffs Statement To Police
In her statement to the police concerning yesterday morning's cliff tragedy at Maroubra, Mrs. Irene…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forcing Iron Crisis New Attempt To Load Suspected Police Guard As Dalfram Coals
IT was reported at Wollongong last night that a farther attempt would be made at Port Kembla in the next few days to load the Dalfram with pig-iron for Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Too Few Police on Roads Perils Disclosed in Peak-hour Surveys Laws Were Broken When Supervision Absent Drivers Need Tuition
Glaring breaches of the safety laws were observed during two surveys made to-day by "The Sun" on main traffic arteries leading to the city…
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At Kogarah Court last Thursday, William Shoveller, 27, labourer, was fined £5 for assaulting Constable Pike and £1 for damaging a cellboard at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Police Courts Yesterday Ex-Actress's Assault Story
A woman who said she had once been a successful actress proceeded against her husband in the Central Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stabbing of Girl. Man Charged With Murder. BRISBANE
Mervyn Augustus Leach, 24, appeared in the Mackay Police Court to-day, charged with the wilful murder of Dorothy Elsie Duncan, 20, at Seaforth…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Stand-over" Man Denial in Court Theft of Pool Balls
Allegations that American methods of "stand-over" had been practised at the Olympic Sports Club in Granville, were made at the Parramatta Police Court last…
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"I was reading in a paper yesterday that 25 persons had been killed in the last 10 days on roads…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Works Explosion: Man Charged
MT. GAMBIER (S.A.), Wednesday.-- Detective W. R. Curtis told the police court today that Lawrence Henry Bulling, 43, of Mount Gambler, had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cordial Factory Theft. Corowa
Thieves entered the cordial factory of D. McPherson and stole £21, of which £9 was in cheques. Bufford's Garage was also entered and £1/1/ worth of stamps and an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempted Murder Charge
Before Mr C. Pickup, P.M., at Penrith Police Court on Thursday, James North (56) was charged that on 25th November, at St. Marys, he struck Elizabeth…
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BRISBANE, Wed.--Mervyn Augustus Leach, 24, laborer, of Marian, was charged at Mackay Court to-day with having wilfully murdered Doris Elsie Duncan, 19, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hanged in Gaol Cell Melbourne
A finding of suicide was recorded by the City Coroner (Mr. Tingate, P.M.) at an inquest to-day on John Strong, alias Alfred James…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Year in Gaol Twenty-seven Charges
Twenty-seven charges of stealing were preferred against Hugh James McMillan (21), laborer, at the Parramatta Police Court last Wednesday…
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