Bankrupt Refugee Sentenced To Jail
David Ginsberg, a Russian refugee from the 1919 revolution, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Mr. Justice Lutein yesterday…
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Youth Charged with Patricide
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--An Albanian youth was committed for trial today at Biloela on a charge of murdering his father at Mount Murchison on…
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Wesley John Smith (40), miner, charged at the Central Police Court to-day with the theft of a roll of bandages, value twopence, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hit By Theft Of Scales
Owing to the activities of a gang of young men, known throughout the Ryde district as the "Forty Thieves," a…
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LONDON, Wed.--Captain George William Tailby, a wealthy magistrate, was to-day fined £100, with £20 costs, at Bow Street, for failing to sell…
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Many local police are taking part in the annual police carnival to be held on Saturday afternoon and night. 24th instant, at the Sydney Show…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attempted Gaol Escape Foiled MELBOURNE
Two youths, who recently were sentenced for housebreaking, made a determined attempt to escape from Pentridge gaol this week, but…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.-Nexehemidin Ibrahim, 18, laborer, a native of Albania, was committed for trial at Biloela Police Court to-day…
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PATRONS of Saturday's Police Carnivals--day at the Show Ground and night at the Sports Ground…
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Cyclists and taxi drivers who commit road breaches will receive special attention from the police next month,…
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Only one Australian has won the Police Speed Derby since its inception in 1936. He was Wally Little last…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. Morris Ansell, 19, was sentenced to death today at the Criminal Court for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder, Magic at Capitol "Miracles For Sale"
"Cagliostro," says Michael (Robert Young), and a door mysteriously ojens. "Robert Houdin," he pronounces, and it shuts…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Officers Restive Police Force Trouble
Discontent which has been brewing in the police force for months is likely to reach a head to-morrow,…
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ACCUSED (at Central Court) asking for bail: I can be found by the police. Police Prosecutor: He can…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Police Alsatians. Rehearsal of Tricks for Carnival
Police alsatian dogs performed many new tricks at the Police Departments yards at Alexandra before Press and cinema photographers yesterday, in a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Supreme Court. Full Court. Clifton and Another v Mt. Morgan, Ltd., and Others
Judgment was reserved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Jurisdiction. Supreme Court. Causes List
No. 1 Causes.—In No. 1 Court.—At 10 a.m.: Linn v Ellis. Notice to jurors: The jurors summoned to attend No. 1 Causes in No. 1 Court for Thursday, February 22, are required to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attractions at Police Gala Big Attendance Is Expected
The organisers expect that 50,000 persons will attend the annual police carnival, to be held on Saturday at the Sports Ground. This year, for…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Explosion and Fire Police Investigate Cause MELBOURNE
Partly wrecked by a terrific explosion, which was heard over most of Ballarat, about midnight last night, the premises of George Oates…
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