Court Case Over Parrot's Death
A MEXICAN parrot caused a legal flutter before Acting Judge Fuller in the District Court yesterday. Henrietta Owens, of Rosslyn…
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New Coiffures for Court Presentation
A NEW coiffure has been designed to, hold the court feathers of debutantes gracefully. The Edwardian line is retained, but…
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Solicitors Instructing barristers must appear in Court or they will not be granted their legal fees. Acting-Judge Fuller said this in the…
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Reference is made in another column to the action in which Henrietta Owens, of Roslyn Hall, Commonwealth Parade, Manly, sought to recover from David Benjamin Bush,…
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A decision given by Mr. Justice Martin to-day affects the validity of all recent convictions of persons fined or imprisoned for lighting bushfires…
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Flashing his torch in a yard at the rear of Coles Ltd., Parramatta, about 8 p.m. on February 17, Constable Cloke saw a man crouching in a packing case…
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A WOMAN, with a sick husband and a young baby was obliged to work all day in a factory, and at home…
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That he had cruelly ill-treated a dog at Granville on Dec. 17 by burying it alive was the allegation against Tomn Haigh, health inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Judge's Report on Equity Suit. Supreme Court Hears Evidence
The Full Court of the Supreme Court spent the whole of yesterday hearing further evidence in the proceedings in which Eric Campbell, solicitor, has been called upon to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Supreme Court. Causes in No. 4 COURT. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Pitt and jury.) Sale of Hotel. Brett v Ryan
John F. Brett brought an action against Patrick John Ryan to recover damages for breach of warranty and false representations. Brett claimed that he was induced to buy the…
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GOULBURN, Tuesday.--"For the goodness of their minds people in the public galleries should leave the court," said Inspector Sweeney at the start of a case at…
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Two constables of the Police Safety Bureau Patrol were killed last night when they crashed…
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Because he feared for his life after he had received a threatening letter, a well-known Sydney man had left for another part of the State, according…
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An undertaking was given to the Industrial Commission yesterday by the New South Wales branch of the Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union that employees in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Judge's Mine Shares Orr Produces Evidence In Arbitration Court B.H.P.'s Monopoly Grip
A CHART, which showed who controlled the coal and shipping industries in Australia and which bore the name of Mr. Justice Cantor as a shareholder in Cessnock Collieries Ltd. was produced by Mr. Orr, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Open Grave Charred Bones in Hatbox Dramatic Move In £50,000 Insured Man Mystery AUCKLAND
Working secretly before dawn, police have dug up human remains that were buried as those of Gordon Robert McKay, 43, the Sydney skin-dealer who was…
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Sensational developments are expected from police inquiries into the reported death in New Zealand, on February 12, of Gordon Robert McKay, 43, Sydney skin dealer…
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"It is alleged that the defendant obtained approximately £580 from different insurance companies for…
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Holding that no prima facie case had been made out by the police, Mr. McCulloch, S.M., in the Parramatta Court yesterday, discharged Mavis Vivien Croft,…
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The inquest into the death of Constance Marjorie Sommerlad, 35, at Tenterfield on February 4 will open at Tenterfield Court House on Tuesday next…
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