Soldiers March on Restaurant. Allege Assault on Comrade
Soldiers in uniform demonstrated outside Princes Restaurant, Martin Place, on Saturday night. They alleged that one of their number had been assaulted there…
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Bail Was Refused 'Gunman' Say Police
"This man is a notorious gunman, and does not hesitate to use firearms," said Constable Balmer at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Interfered With Four Horses Winning Jockey Suspended Davidson Sentenced After Success On Fernacre
S. Davidson was suspended for two months after winning the first division of the Flying Welter Handicap on Fernacre at Moorefield on Saturday. He was found guilty of causing interference to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Pants Back to Owner Court Case Over Extra Pair
"Most unsatisfactory!" observed Jacob Finklestein, a tailor, when a verdict was given against him at Central Police Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Persuaded by Woolcott Forbes Old Man with 14,000 SHARES Court Told About Scrip Exchange
How John Woolcott Forbes persuaded a bedridden, 70-year-old man to exchange 14,000 P. and G. shares for the same number of Scottish Loan shares and gave him a dividend cheque from Scottish Loan before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Charged with Murder Intent. "Notorious Gunman," Say Police
Described by Constable Balmer as a notorious "gunman," William Henry Charles Grosvenor, 26, labourer, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Smash and Grab Theft
Smash and grab thieves stole a mantel model radio, valued at £15, from Hughes' radio shop, in Ansae Parade, Kingsford, early this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Wounded; Boy Charged NEWCASTLE
A man was wounded in the stomach by a pea rifle bullet during an altercation in his home early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bulldog Attacks Gaming Police
MELBOURNE, Monday.--A bulldog kept watch at a St. Kilda house raided by police today. As Sergeant de la Rue led his men into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol for Life for Moss Death Sentence Is Commuted
The death sentence passed on Albert Andrew Moss for the murder of Timothy O'Shea was commuted to-day to imprisonment for the term of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Allies Use His Film for War, Put Him in Gaol
Quick to seize on anything- that could be perverted into war propaganda, the British government, shortly after the outbreak of war, removed the ban on the Soviet anti-Nazi film,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grace On The Court
Miss Robin Punchard, from Corryong, leaping for a smash in the Ladies' Championship Doubles at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters By Stevens In Court
ALL correspondence between Stephen, Jaques and Stephen, solicitors, and the Crown Law…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Jurisdiction. Supreme Court. in Divorce
Before the Registrar.—For taxation.—2.15 p.m.: Clarke v Clarke. To settle issues: O'sullivan v O'Sullivan: Peat v eat; Allen v Allen: Ewan v Ewan: White v White; Douglass v Donglass, Deane…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Race Radio Case in Court Melbourne
Arising from an incident at Ascot racecourse last month, in which four radio stations were put off the air during a race, a conspiracy charge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charge of Intent to Murder Wife. Man Committed for Trial. GLiBN INNES
In the Police Court to-day, George James Lynn, 32, was committed for trial on a charge of having, on December 23, 1939, at Shannon Vale, wounded Kathleen May Lynn, 28, with…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Light List" of 200 CASES Traffic Court Has Easier Day
A comparatively light list of 200 small cases made the work of magistrates at the Traffic Court to-day decidedly easier than it was yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coins Replace Tomatoes Free Speech Wins Further Victory Police May Bring Charge SYDNEY, Jan. 8
Only missiles thrown at speakers from the Communist platform on the Domain yesterday were pennies and pound notes. The enthusiastic and orderly meeting put the seal of victory…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Urged Arrest of Woolcott Forbes Letters Read in Court Requests to Stevens And Manning
"Public interest demands that the Attorney-General's decision be reversed and that the Crown should immediately obtain a warrant for Woolcott Forbes's arrest," wrote Mr. C. A. Jaques, solicitor to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Youth Charged with Murder
NEWCASTLE, Tues.--Peter Augustus Clayton, 42, who was wounded in the abdomen by a bullet from a pea-rifle at Marks Point yesterday, died…
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