New Walk Record World Time Set by Stubbs Nearly Missed Start At Police Gala
The Sun · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 8
World record figures for a mile walk were broken by Athol Stubbs (Eastern Suburbs) in a handicap race at the Police Carnival at the Showground to- day when he finished…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Law Report. Causes in No. 5 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Owen and jury.) Malicious Prosecution Alleged. Smith v Commonwealth Life Assurance Society, Ltd
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 6
This action is reported elsewhere. Mr. J. W. Shand and Mr. N. Jenkyn (instructed by Messrs. C. Don Service and Co.) appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Dovey,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Officer Is Shot
The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1939 · page 1
Lionel George Guise, 25. of Dulwich Hill, a police, constable, attached to Newtown station, was found lying in Don-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Compensation For Reinstated Police
The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1939 · page 3
Financial compensation is to be made by the Government to four dismissed police constables whom it has decided to reinstate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Machine Gun
The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1939 · page 27
You don't need an opponent or a coach to practise tennis if you have this machine. The invention of a young Caulfield (Victoria), man, the machine fires halls at which you can piny all sorts of strokes--volleys, half-volleys, lobs and ground shots…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Police Give Fine Display At Carnival
The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1939 · page 10
Highlights of the Police Carnival at the Showground yesterday were the changing of the guard by police dressed as…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Proud Horses In Spectacular Police Parade
The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1939 · page 13
Shimmering horseflesh as the Mounted Policemen move into formation--one of the most spectacular items on yesterday's big Police Carnival programme at the Showground…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Yesterday's Weddings.. Court Headdress Worn
The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1939 · page 12
FOR her marriage yesterday, at St. Mary's Basilica, with Mr. Louis Martin Mich[?]s, Miss Gladys Muriel (Bobble) Beattie wore a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →'Decameron' Classed As Indecent By Police AUCKLAND
The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1939 · page 2
The decency of the classic, "The Decameron," was challenged in the Police Court today, when the principal city…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2 Charged with Murder
The Sun · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 1
Charged at Central Police Court to-day with having murdered Constable Lionel George Guise yesterday at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Assault on Taxi Driver
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 1
Bertram Carr, 54, taxi-driver, was savagely attacked by two men at Mascot early yesterday. He had refused to hand over the taxi…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →May Appeal Against Murder Conviction
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 4
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--An appeal may be lodged against the conviction of George Green, 38, chimney-sweep for the murder of Miss Annie Constance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Driver Fined; Police Upheld
The Sun · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 3
Picking a small coin up from the floor was one of the tests which Roy Alfred Brokensha, 36, traveller, was asked to do by a doctor, who tested…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Move Over Hotel
The Sun · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 8
Action which is expected to bring to an issue the protracted negotiations over the signing of a 60-year lease, involving the erection of a hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Carnival. Colourful Pageant. 50,000 People Watch Varied Events
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 13
The sixth annual police carnival was held in brilliant sunshine at the Show-ground on Saturday. The attendance was estimated at more than 50,000…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Filthy Book, Say Police Literary Classic, Says Professor AUCKLAND
Daily News · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 2
Auckland police think Boccaccio's classic The Decameron, is a filthy book. A big Auckland library was prosecuted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rioting in Poland. Students Clash with Police. Anti-Nazi Feeling. WARSAW, Feb. 26
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 11
The anti-Nazi riots in Poland have now extended to Lwow (Lemberg), Vilna, Posen, and Cracow. Students at all the Polish…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Provide Spectacular Entertainment at Annual Carnwal — Grace and Speed in Harbour Sports
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 14
Chariot-racing at the New South Wales Police Carnival at the Showground on Saturday. A human pyramid, built by police athletes at the carnival on Saturday Waitangi (left) and Nyria racing in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mr. Justice Cantor. May be Appointed to Federal Court. CANBERRA
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 10
Mr, Justice Cantor is strongly tipp[?] in well-informed Federal cireles as the successor to the late Judge Dethridge on the Federal Arbltration Court. His name was mentioned…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Own Gun Kills Policeman Man Shot, Runs Away; Two Arrests Police Constable Lionel George Guise
Daily News · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 1
26, was fatally wounded when his service revolver was discharged in a struggle with a man he was trying to arrest at Enmore early yesterday. Despite a desperate fight to save his life--five…
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