Home Destroyed; Police Inquiring Narromine
Police are inquiring into the cause of a fire which early to-day destroyed the hoinc of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Herring, who are holidaying in Sydney…
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Hurstville Evening School. Police Force Examination
The Hurstville Evening Continuation School, which re-opens on Mon- day, 27th inst., will have a class in operation preparing candidates for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Company Wins in High Court Melbourne
An appeal by Peters' American Delicacy Co. from a decree of the Supreme Court of N.S.W. in its equitable jurisdiction. was…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Novel Court Case. Portrait Contest a Lottery
James Johnson, manager of the Sutherland picture theatre, was fined £2, with 8- costs, by Mr. Parker, S.M., at the Kogarah Court last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Liquor at Dances a "Growing Evil" Minister Defends Police
He was hurt by a speaker's references to police handling of reports on applications for permits for liquor at dances, the Minister of Justice (Mr. Martin) told a deputation from the New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Minister in Box Tells of Gaol Releases Prisoner Gives Evidence Says He Paid £150 To Salesman
Police alleged at the Central Court today that Clifford Robert Hagan, 37, salesman, had obtained £150 by false pretences from Lance Edward Wilson, a prisoner at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gap Tragedy. Woman's Suicide, Police Theory, Son Fell After Mother
A finding of suicide was recorded by the Acting City Coroner, Mr. Wood, yesterday, after an inquest into the death of Mrs. Evelyn Agnes…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →S.M. Declares Doctor Disregarded Oath Fitness of Driver Examination At Police Station
"The doctor disregarded his oath for the benefit of his patient," Mr. Hardwick, S.M., said at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Traffic Offences. Police Sergeant's Defence. "Felt Queer After Two Glasses of Beer."
Percy Abraham Weidemier, a sergeant of police, who is being proceeded against in the Central Police Court on charges of having driven a motor car on Prince's Highway on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Charged with Baby's Murder
Mavis Lilian Croft, 22, domestic duties, appeared before Mr. G. A. Hardwick, S.M. at Parramatta Court today on a charge of murdering a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Prisoner's Story. "Payment for Release." Meeting in Gaol. Salesman Charged
Police alleged in the Central Police Court yesterday that Clifford Robert Hagan, 37, salesman, who was charged with false pretences, had represented…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Murder Charge. Death of Seaman. Police Surround House
Detectives last night arrested a man on a charge of having murdered Eric Carlson, 50, a seaman, whose body was found on Wednesday afternoon in an…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Charged with Murder of Seaman Dead Man Was Drinking With Stranger In Bar
At 10 o'clock last night a laborer was arrested and charged at Redfern Police Station with having murdered Eric Carlson, 51, Swedish seaman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bankrupt Sent to Gaol
In the Federal Bankruptcy Court yesterday, Nicholas Kosseris, a cafe proprietor, of Yass, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for falling to keep books of account…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Novel Plan to Stop Sheep Stealing
TO put a stop to the increasingly large number of sheep being stolen from Glencoe, in the United Kingdom, a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cancel Bequests If Duty Charged
ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The late Mr, C. A. Hawker, M.H.R., left £5000 to endow a State Orchestra on condition that the bequest was free of succession duty…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Carnival
The Police carnival will be held at the Showground on February 25. For several weeks numbers of spectacular displays have been carefully rehearsed. The police will be assisted by…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Boy Shot, Murder Charge
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Following a stone-throwing incident on December 28. Henry Bray, 52, horticulturist, of Red Cliffs, fired a rifle shot which killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Sidelights
VAN-DRIVER (Traffic Court): I was looking down the harbor and said to my mate "How quiet it is." Then I hears the constable…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Long Terms in Gaol Prisoner Complains To Judge
When Adolph Mesak, 46, rigger, complained at the Quarter Sessions today of "the long terms of imprisonment" which had been…
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