Four Men Ar Rested. Police Seize Goods Worth £1,000
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 12
Detective-sergeants Mallon, Robison, and Dogan and other police, who have been investigating robberies of tyres and other goods at Paddington and Roseville, took possession…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →10,000 Cyclists to be Prosecuted. Police Action Reduces Accidents
Liverpool News · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 3
At least 10,000 men cyclists are to be prosecuted for traffic breaches. If boy and girl cyclists who have been warned continue to break the regulations, they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colonel Mitchell Charged Melbourne
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 1
Lieutenant-Colonel John Wesley Mitchell, 48, Dandenong Road, St. Kilda, 2nd A.I.F. officer, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death For Petty Theft LONDON
The Sun · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 5
A youth of 19 was sentenced to death by a special court at Nuremberg (Germany) on charges of stealing money…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol Escape. Prisoners Drive Away in Car. GOULBURN
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 11
Two prisoners escaped from the Goulburn Reformatory to-day by driving from it in a motor car. They were recaptmed to-night, hiding in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Did Not Wish to Give Evidence Witness Censured By Magistrate
Daily News · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 6
" I do not wish to give evidence in this case now," said John Withers, of Surry Hills, in Central Police Court yesterday, when Harold Smith,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rockdale Vandalism. “Police See Nothing.”
The St George Call · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 1
"Youths have been seen scrawling all over the public lavatories in Rockdale and causing damage but the police drive past in their sedan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Silence in the Court
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 13
DEFENDANT (at Central Court): Sir, as true as you sit there, and as true as I stand here, I didn't know…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A.I.F. Officer Charged. Embezzlement Alleged. Brigadier As Bondsman. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 11
Accompanied by three military officers, Lieutenant-Colonel John Wesley Mitchell, of the Second A.I.F., surrendered himself into police custody…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →State Jurisdiction. Supreme Court. in Divorce
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 9
Before Mr. Justice Street.—In Banco Court.—At 10 a.m.—Motion: Burns v Burns, Harris co-respondent, for decree absolute. Cause: Linklater v Linklater, Wilson also known as Jordan…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Daring Gaol-break by Two Youths Used Doctor's Car in Wild Getaway Gun Arrest Goulburn
Daily News · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2
A DOCTOR'S car, which was parked near the main gates this afternoon, was seized by two youthful prisoners to make a daring getaway from Goulburn Reformatory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"To Murder U.S. ENVOY" Japanese Tell Of Chinese Plot New York
The Sun · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 1
Discovery of a Chinese murder plot to cause a crisis between Japan and America was alleged by the Japanese military spokesman in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Meet Coal Unions Hughes Is Willing Will Stand By Court
The Sun · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 5
Willingness to meet representatives of the coal mining unions and to do everything in his power to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Law Notices. Friday, January 26, 1940. Commonwealth" Jurisdiction. the High Court
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 9
At the Courthouse, Darlinghurst—Before the District Registrar, in Chambers.—At 10 a.m.: The Deputy Commissioner of Taxation tor the State of New South Wales c Larcher (taxation of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Justice Bavin.) BROWN v BROWN
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 9
Edgar George Brown v Mavis Dorothy Jane Brown (formerly Turner) Marriage, August, 1929, at Chatswood, Methodist Church rites. Issue, desertion. Decree nisi. Mr. McDonald,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ministry Firm in Coal Dispute. Court Must Settle Issue. Message From Mr. Hughes. Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 12
The Federal Minister for Industry, Mr. Hughes, in a telegram to Mr. James, M.P., concerning the coal Industry position, said that, If the Government yielded to a threat…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Daring Theft of Handbag
Daily News · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 1
Walking behind Miss Mary Duffy of Day Street. Leichhardt, in Liverpool Street, near Nithsdale Street, City, last night, a man grabbed her…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Tooters' to Be Charged
The Sun · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 3
Of nearly 300 motor car "tooters" who have been reported since Christmas Day, about 40 will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Committed On Assault Charge
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Friday.--It was alleged at Newcastle Court today that William Curtis, of Gordon Street, Mayfield, was stabbed with a file while mowing his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cabin Boy Charged with Wounding Adelaide
The Sun · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 3
Roger Valentine, a 19-year-old American cabin boy, appeared at the Port Adelaide Police Court to-day on a charge of having unlawfully and…
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