Pram Theft Motive in Kidnapping
Police believe that theft of his pram was the motive for the kidnapping of Royce Smith, nine months, at Parramatta yesterday. The pram cost £6…
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Attempted Murder Charge
PEARL METCALF. 19. a married woman, of campbelltown. was seriously injured in Campbelltown Park yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Reds Are Sent to Gaol Perth
OSWELL (OSSIE) FRANK OWEN (46) and his wife, Dorothy Ann Owen (49), to-day were sentenced to six months at…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Harry Bridges Again Charged San Francisco
Another attempt is being made to deport Harry Bridges, the Australian-born Pacific Coast labor leader…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →25,000 attend police carnival
Approximately 25,000 persons attended the annual carnival of the New South Wales Police Force at Sydney Sports Ground yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police to watch for Patonga immorality
Police in fast launches will keep a special lookout for immorality at Patonga Beach in future. At a meeting of the Woy Woy Council last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five hours' gun duel with police
A man armed with a rifle barricaded himself in a hut at Gundagai yesterday, and defied the police for five hours before he was overpowered. The man exchanged shots…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commane's Cash Went—??? at the Races, Says He But Sent to Gaol Till He Remembers
DETAILS of how we lost £270 on the racecourse would be painfully clear to most of us. It wouldn't be a question of trying to remember, but of trying to forget…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Basic Wage Basis Is Wrong Is the Arbitration Court the Proper Authority to Fix It?
THE RECENT decision of their Honors of the full Arbitration Court to stand over, until after June 30, an application by the Trade Unions of the Commonwealth for an increase of about 12/- a week in the basic wage, sharply…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Charges Against Internees. Assault, Sheep Stealing, Housebreaking. MELBOURNE
Charges of sheep stealing, housebreaking, and assaulting, military guards face three German internees who escaped from a camp near Rushworth on February 7, and who were…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Husband in Murder Trial Melbourne
A post-mortem examination of the body of Mrs. Annie Burns, 64, of Richmond, revealed injuries so terrible that it was suggested a man…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Reservists in Training
Hundreds of the 3,000 police reservists selected for duty in an emergency or for any other national happening requiring additional police are now being trained at city and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Watch At Patonga Beach
Special police launch patrols which kept a look-out for immorality at Patonga Beach (Broken Bay) yesterday found nothing to report…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man and Car Missing; Police Fears
Fears are entertained for the safety of Robert Mitchell Solomon, 30, of William-street, Double Bay, who disappeared on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Rescue Two Men From Harbour
Constable Smith, of the Water Police, dived into the harbour last night to rescue two men who were shouting for help. He supported them until the arrival of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Call Boxes "Not Used Enough"
The Chief Secretary (Mr. Tonking) yesterday appealed to the public to make greater use of suburban police call boxes to report crimes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Shot During Struggle. Police Arrest Man
During a struggle in a shelter shed in Campbelltown Park on Saturday, Mrs. Pearl Medcalf, 19, was shot twice According to statements made to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Transport for Emergency. Police Census in Progress
A census of the private motor transport which would be at the Government's disposal in an emergency was begun during the week-end by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shots Fired at Police. Pensioner Besieged in Hut
Armed with a repeating rifle, a Great War pensioner on Saturday night barricaded himself in his hut at South Gundagai and for six hours refused to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Attack on Convoy. "Sheer Murder." Six Ships Escape. LONDON, Feb. 16. (A.A.P.)
More than 100 survivors from ships sunk when a German raider attacked a British convoy in the East Atlantic have been landed at Funchal (Madeira)…
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