Charged with Escaping
Reginald Mullins, 27, carpenter, charged by warrant with having escaped from custody at Manly on January 30. was remanded at…
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Prisoner Scales Gaol Wall Melbourne
William McEntee, 48, an habitual criminal, escaped from Beechworth reformatory prison to-day by…
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ORANGE, Sunday. -- "Everything seems different now." said John Fox, 29, while waiting at Orange lock-up yesterday to be taken to gaol…
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At the Central Police Court today, Patrick Brady, 47, shearer, Walter Ernest Watson, 39, salesman, Charles Bethel Tritton, 32, laborer,…
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Forty police protected speakers at an anti-conscription meeting conducted by the Communist League of Australia to the Domain yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Recaptured by Police. Companion Still at Large
One man, who escaped from the Manly lock-up on Tuesday by breaking the wire grille over the exercise yard, was recaptured on Saturday night, but another man who…
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Assets of £10,932 were missing when an accountant investigated the affairs of the National Guarantee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →150 Cyclists Break Rules of Road Fined After Police Drive
One hundred and fifty cyclists, mostly youths, were cooling their heels outside the Traffic Court at 9.30 a.m. to-day as a sequel to a police drive last December "It is disrespectful to appear here…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police To Probe Service "Cells" LONDON, Sunday. Our Own Cable Service
AFTER the heckling of the War Minister, Mr. Oliver Stanley, during his speech yesterday, the…
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LAUNCESTON, Monday.--A 14-year-old boy elected to spend the week-end in gaol at Launceston instead of going out on bail…
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It was announced yesterday that Mr. Peter Dawson, world-famous baritone, would sing at the Police Carnival, to be held at the Sydney showground on saturday, February 24…
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William McEntee, 48, an habitual criminal, escaped from Beechworth Reformatory Prison to-day…
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PROFITS from this year's N.S.W. Police Carnivals will be donated to a most worthy cause…
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COURT GOSSIP was sold over the week-end, and is now in the stables of E. Hush. A former Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Quarter Sessions. (Before Acting Judge Studdert.) Assault Charge
Crown Prosecutor, Mr. K. J. Tonking. Stanley George Rasmussen, 33, mechanic, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having indecently, assaulted a girl under 16 years of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victim of Assault Now in Asylum Newcastle
It was stated at Newcastle Quarter Sessions today that Herbert Gilbert, of West Maitland, was assaulted in Scott Street, Newcastle, on September 30, and is now an inmate of a mental hospital…
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Peter Dawson, celebrated Australian baritone, will sing at the Police Carnival on February 24. He is seen here (centre) talking over plans for the carnival with the organiser. Inspector A. W. Pickard, and the hon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Reduces Rental
A man told the Fair Rents Court yesterday that & fortnight after he and his wife had papered and kalsomined their house the landlord…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fight in Street. Two Men Charged. Lower Bail Refused
Ronald Scott, 22, salesman, and John Patrick Small, 19, labourer, who were arrested on Saturday night, following a disturbance between soldiers and civilians in Campbell…
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In Chambers.— Before the Prothonotary, in No. 5 Court.—At 10 a.m.: Metropolitan Brick Co., Ltd., v Salmon Bank of N.S.W. garnishee: Westgarth and ors, v Dcgan and anor., L. J. Hooker Pty.,…
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