Pyjama Girl Murder. Bourke
A man has informen the local police, that the Pyjama Girl, who was found murdered near Albury, was his sister. He said that his sister was in a lingerie…
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Police Inspector Retires
Inspector A. H. Harrowsmith, who has been in charge of Kogarah division during the past 12 months, has entered upon long-service leave before his retirement in June. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gelignite in Factory. Man Charged. ADELAIDE
Ernest Victor Gerloff, factory manager, of Mt. Gambler, was charged before Mr. Nesbit, S.M., in the Mt. Gambler Police Court, to-day, with having placed gelignite detonators and a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Court Sidelights
MR. SHERIDAN, S.M. (Redfern Court): What does he drink--beer? Woman Witness: If there is nothing else there. When he has had a few…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Murder Charge. Man's Death at Redfern
Timothy Ryan, 44, labourer, was charged at the Redfern Police Court yesterday with having feloniously and maliciously murdered Eric Carlson, at…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Minister Stubborn On Gaol Scandal Prison Officers Demand Inquiry
CONCLUSIVE evidence still fails to move the N.S.W. Minister of Justice, Mr. Martin, to call for a public inquiry into this State's gaol system. NOW prison officers, through their sub-section of the Public Service…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Of Sisters Shot While Picking Berries
MRS. EDNA DIXON. 24, and her sister, Gwen Murray, 15, were found brutally murdered yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosions in England. Irishmen Charged. Conspiracy Evidence. London, Feb. 10
Documents headed "Battalion orders," which declared that the convention of the Irish Republican Army had resolved by a two-thirds majority, that…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Prosecute Pedestrians Vigorous Drive by Traffic Police Many Will Come Before Court Next Week Must Obey Signals
In a vigorous drive to reduce the toll of road accidents, police next week will launch wholesale prosecutions against pedestrians who are held to have disobeyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Country News. Assisted Police. Albury
For assisting the Albury police on 10 occasions to apprehend law-breakers, W. Ross, nightwatchman, of Albury, has been awarded a certificate of merit by the Commissioner of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man in Court; Is Remanded
Fabian Fogarty, 32, appeared in Tamworth Court to-day charged with having, at Congi Station, near Woolbrook, on February 10,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Country Police. Increased Traffic Work. BATHURST
Three small police stations in the Bathurst district which the Government proposed to close, will now remain in existence, and the constables attached to them will give their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lip-reading in Court. Pension Prosecution. Deafness Claim
John Henry Brassington, a returned soldier, of 206 Victoria Street, Alexandria, who claimed to be suffering from total deafness, lipread questions…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Claim Against Stock Inspector. Court Action Non-suited. GOULBURN
After a long hearing, the case in which Austin Edward Sweeney, grazie), of Windellama had claimed £200 damages from the Goulburn stock inspector. William Francis…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Hardwick.) HOBDEN v HOBDEN. His Honor reserved judgment. KERR v KERR
William Douglas Kerr petitioned for diverce from Jessie May Kerr, formerly Willey, on the ground of adultery with Frederick Harding. The wife denied adultery, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Film Stars: "Mental Cruelty" Charged Hollywood
Joan Crawford has filed a suit for divorce against Franchot Tone, upsetting reports that they had about effected a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Remanded on Charge of Murder Tamworth
Charged with the murder of Mrs. Edna Muriel Dixon and her sister, Gwendoline Ruby Murray, at Congi…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Military Police Shoot Into Mob MANDALAY
Seven were killed and 16 wounded when military police fired on a procession of 10,000, which became a wild mob, refusing to disperse,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mechanic Sent to Gaol Assaulted Girl In Train
Convicted of having assaulted a schoolgirl, aged 13, in a South Coast railway train, Stanley Raynold Swincer (26), motor mechanic, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Charge of Murder Sisters Dead Near River TAMWORTH
FABIAN RAPHAEL FOGARTY, 32, a yardman at Congi, near Woolbrook, was charged yesterday with…
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