Swelter in Heat Police Secretary Urges Lighter Uniforms For Summer
The secretary of the New South Wales Police Association, Mr. Cosgrove, is urging a dress reform to enable policemen to…
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Man Charged with Murder. Brisbane Woman's Death. Severe Head Injuries. Brisbane
A man has been charged with the murder of Miriam Walters, 31, married, who died yesterday soon after her discovery in a small room at the rear of an unoccupied building…
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A charge of false pretences, involving an alleged attempt to bring the famous tenor, Beniamino Gigli, to Australia, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charged Over War Pension
Although he was receiving a pension for total deafness from the Repatriation Commission at the time, John Henry Brassington, of…
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A postal investigating officer said at Paddington Court to-day that 250 blockades of public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six Months for Assault Wollongong
Gordon Maxwell (33), wharf laborer, who also was described by the police as an ex-pugilist, pleaded guilty at the Police Court to-day to…
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I was present at the welcome home to the International Brigaders at the Sydney Town Hall, and I wish to voice my indignation at the sight of police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Solomon Is. Changes Lax Administration Charged
The personnel of the Solomon Islands Administration will shortly undergo considerable changes. This is stated in the Pacific Islands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£70 Taken From Vestry. Theft During Meeting
While a large audience listened to Captain Reginald Wallis, the evangelist, at the Assembly Hall, Margatet Street, on Saturday night, a thief…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Takes Church Collection Daring Theft In City
A daring thief stole £75--proceeds of two Evangelical meetings--from the Assembly Hall, Margaret Street, City, on Saturday night…
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THE names of three members of the International Brigade, who returned from Spain, were taken by police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Assault on Constable. Wollongong Incident. WOLLONGONG
Arising out of an incident in Crown Street on Friday night, Gordon Maxwell, 33, wharflabourer, was remanded at the police court yesterday until to-morrow on charges of…
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Leonard Ernest Ryan (25), laborer, appeared in the Brisbane Police Court to-day, charged with having wilfully murdered Mariam Walters…
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Refusing to believe a bankrupt's explanation of how he acquired a gold chain he was wearing, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Found Lying in Yard. Police Discovery
Police, who found a man lying apparently unconscious in a yard at the rear of Bussell Brothers' premises, Harbour Street, city, on Saturday night, took him…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Police Carnival. Dog to Work Under Radio Instructions
The public will have its fiist opportunity, to see Zoe, the police dog, picking up broad cast instructions from a portable radio, and then intercepting a "wanted" man, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mollison to Appear in Correctional Court Paris
ANOTHER sequel to Jim Mollison's "crazy" flying at Le Toquet last June is to be heard in a Correctional Court at Montreuil-sur-Mer on March 7. For what he described as "a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Validity of Flour Tax Law High Court Question
The question of validity of the Commonwealth flour tax legislation might necssitate reviewing the whole trade, said Mr. Justice Evatt in the High Court to-day. Section 92 of the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Found Nest of Mice in Apples Inspector's Story In Court
"A nest of containing two live mice was in a box of dried apples and another nest of mice also was found in the factory," said an inspector of the Board of Health during the hearing of a case at Redfern Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bacon Firms on Guard Murder Charge £20,000 Factory For Vesteys' Sequel To Discovery Of Woman's Body
The long arm of Vestey Bros., with world meat interests, has reached out for a share of the New South Wales bacon trade. BRISBANE, Sunday.--A 40-year-old man, described as a laborer, was charged early today with the murder of Marie Bruno, 40, whose battered body was found…
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