The Ovington Court a Total Wreck
The well-known steamer Ovington Court, during last November, dragged her anchor and drifted ashore on Durban beach at…
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Police Called to Hospital. Struggle in Casualty Ward
Five constables were rushed to the casualty ward of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital last evening to restrain two women and a man, all bleeding…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Missing in Bush. Police, Townspeople Comb District. MILTON
More than 70 local residents, under the director of local police, scoured the district surrounding the township yesterday in search of William Parkhill, 66, a local resident, who…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Form Living Clock
Fifty-five policemen, forming the hands of a human clock--a feature of the police carnival at the Sports Ground next Saturday--have walked…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Women Not Named
Six new members of the Women's Police were sworn in by the Commissioner, Mr. MacKay, in his office yesterday, but Mr. MacKay said that their names were not to be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Licensing Court Busy
There were so many cases for hearing in the Licensing Court yesterday that the three Licensing Magistrates, Messrs. Laidlaw, Wells, and Geike, had to sit in…
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WITNESS (at Quarter Sessions): I bashed him. and he gave me back my coat, voluntarily…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Daughters Barred From Court Jobs
The State Government has decided that as a matter of general policy daughters of judges shall not be in future employed as associates by their…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Search of Ships Powers of N.Z. Police
Whether New Zealand police are empowered to search ships in port, except on specific grounds, is a question which was recently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Puts Brake on Ford New York
The Ford Company has been ordered to cease victimisation of employees for trade union activities. The Supreme Court in Washington…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lively Company Meeting. Sequel to Court. Decision. Inquiry Sought
Following differences between directors, which culminated in equity proceedings, a lively meeting of about 100 shareholders of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Supreme. Court. Quarter Sessions Appeal (Before Judge Clancy.) Conviction Quashed
Charles Denangle appealed against conviction on a charge of stealing papers. The appeal was upheld, and the conviction quashed. Mr. W. C. Moseley for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italian Woman Sent to Gaol Brisbane
Alfia Strano, a Sicilian woman living at Home Hill, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Douglas in the Townsville Criminal Court to-day to five…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Better Police Pension Plan
The Chief Secretary (Mr. Tonking), will recommend to the State Cabinet that refunds of superannuation payments be made to police…
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SOLICITOR (at Quarter Sessions): Did you think this was a case of "stand-over"?…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murder By Red Agents Alleged New York
Soviet secret agents are alleged to have shot dead their former chief (General Walter Krivitsky) in an hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Financiers Mixed by Police London
Declaring that he had been arrested in mistake for John Woolcott Forbes, Hyman Richard Diamond…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Attempt To Escape From Police Escort
Stanley Vandine, 21, laborer, attempted to escape from a police escort at Campsie Court yesterday after he had been committed for trial at Quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wild Affray in House "Iron Bars, Timber, and Bottle" Two on Assault Charges
A fight at a Merrylands house in which two men were rendered unconscious, and in which, according to evidence, iron bars, timber and a broken bottle were used, was described at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday, during the hearing of assault charges…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Court and the Basic Wage
ON the question of the fixation of the basic wage it is the business of the Federal Arbitration Court to decide what the wage should be in accordance with the standards laid down by law, and in the light of evidence presented to the Court as to whether those…
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