Dismissed car case over failure to stop Canberra hearing
After a lengthy hearing in the Canberra Court of Petty Sessions Frederick Charles Pitney of Russell Hill was found not guilty and the case dismissed against him for failing to stop his motor car when signalled by Constable A E Wels. Pitney claimed he did not know who the officer was and had stopped after reaching home. His son John Pitney testified they had two drinks at Hotel Canberra and then returned home. Pitney smelled of liquor according to the constable. No costs were ordered.
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A. G. Hardwick
Frederick Charles Pitney
Russell Hill
Canberra
Cook
F. F. Mitshell
A. E. Wels
Lynch
Pitney
John Pitney
Weiss
Argual
National Library
Mr. Hardwick
Hotel Canberra
Railway Fire Porter Admits False Entries
At the Parre matte district coroner inquiry into the Peasant Hills station fire, railway porter Austin Thurbon said he could not account for the blaze at 3 am and admitted falsifying books by issuing vouchers on credit and pocketing funds before paying them back. He was dismissed from the railway service last week and previously from the police in 1917.
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Sydney
Parrematte
Richardson Clark
Peasant Hills
Austin Thurbon
Inquest Into Death Of Child At Norman Hospital
An inquest examined the death of five year old Norman Yek Loong at Children's Hospital from tetanus. He cut his leg with an axe weeks earlier and later sustained a head wound in the street. Illness worsened July 19 and he was brought to hospital misdiagnosed as whooping cough and convulsions before tetanus was diagnosed. He died the following night. the coroner could not determine the infection source.
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Sydney
Children’s Hospital
Norman Yek Loong
Pia
Betting cases await appeal outcome in Canberra court
Pending appeal results, a case against a licensee charged with letting premises be used for betting was adjourned to September. Mr Mitchell cited a similar South Australia decision where a conviction stood but an appeal to the High Court was sought. Forty other betting matters also stalled pending the Supreme Court appeal on Mitchell’s fine.
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FF. ‘Mitchell
A. G. Hardwick
Boelsper
Mitchell
South Australia
High Court
Canberra
Supreme Court of the Appeal
William Mitchell
High Court verdict against three solicitors in Polkinghorne suit
The High Court in Sydney today ruled on the appeal by Mrs Polkinghorne against a South Australian dismissal. It found two innocent partners liable only for part of the loss caused by Harold Holland, the third partner. The court awarded Mrs Polkinghorne £6353 for damages tied to alleged inducement to speculative trading.
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Sydney
Tuesdny
High Court
Mra Polkinghorne
Thomas Colin Holland
Lewis Arnold Whittington
Joss
Harold Holland
Canberra stock sale at Woodgers and Calthorpe firm rare turnout
CanBerra stock sale conducted by Woodgers and Calthorpe Ltd and W J Gibbs & Co saw 7000 fat and store sheep and 30 head of cattle offered to a large crowd. Demand for fat sheep was strong but stores weak, with 25 percent of yarding passed in. Prices included 100 fat merino wethers 17/8, crossbred wethers 15/3 to 16/-, fat merino ewes 11/8, store prices varied with tooth and age noted.
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Woodgers and
Calthorpe
W. J. Gibbs and Co
Vendora
Bradley Brothers Reunited Over Twenty Year Fortunes
In Sydney, Robert Bradley, lately escorted by his elder brother Joseph, arrived after an Orange Court hearing. The men refused to discuss affairs with reporters after a Central Railway Station meal, then parted with plans to meet later to settle financial matters.
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Sydney
Robert Bradley
Orange Court
Central Railway Station
Joseph Bradley
Stars and Horsemanship Drawn at Coroner's Court
Francis Howard-Seymour testified at the inquest into William Kennedy's death, describing astrology as crucial to racehorse form and timing. He claimed planetary influence on horses including Torront, owned by Kennedy, while Kennedy's tram car collision was ruled accidental death.
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Sydney
Francis Howard-Seymour
William Kennedy
Kensington
Howard Seymour
Torront
Kennedy
Monro Divorce Suit Details Revealed at Hearing
Cecil Owen Mono told the judge in a divorce case that his wife could drink 12 to 25 whiskies and still show little sign. He cited frequent intoxication, including an event at the Hotel Cecil Cronulla in 1927 when she became very drunk at a Cronulla Golf Club ball, causing a disruptive scene. The hearing was adjourned.
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Sydney
Cecil Owen Mono
Monro
Cecil
Cronulla
Cronulla Golf Club
Plane Melbourne telemessage leads to suspect in bombing
Police traced a telemessage from a man claiming to be A J Brows to identify a suspect in a bombing. Officials at the Exvenden ce received the message yesterday and coordinated with Bali provincial authorities.
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Melbourne
A.J. Brows
Bali
Ulm
Nim
Australian film quotas to shield exhibitors from inferior works
Chief Secretary Mr. Chaffey returned from Melbourne and stated the Victorian Government will apply quotas to Australian films. The governments will prevent inferior films entering theatres under the quota principle, ensuring safeguards for exhibitors when quotas are introduced.
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Sydney
Chaffey
Melbourne
Australian airman nears round Australia record at Mascot
James Melrose, a young Australian airman, reached Mascot Aerodrome this afternoon after flying from Adelaide via Melbourne where he stopped for 10 minutes. He left Sydney at 4 10 aiming to push as far north as possible before nightfall.
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Sydney
James Melrose
Australia
Mascot Aerodrome
Adelaide
Melbourne
Old cannon explodes injuring five at ceremony
In Capetown Lake Ellenbosch the old cannon dating to the Dutch East India Company era exploded during a royal celebration injuring five people, one seriously, as metal fragments flew in all directions.
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Capetown
Lake Ellenbosch
Province
Dutch East India Company
Gatty Withdraws From Centenary Air Race
The British Air Attache in Washington reports Gatty has withdrawn from the Centenary air race. Attempts to contact him have failed and he has not replied to messages requesting his position.
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New York
Washington
Mr. Dow
Gatty
Melbourne to build 440 foot Eiffel Tower beacon
A 440 foot tall beacon tower is planned in Melbourne. The contract for its construction was let today with an estimated cost of £58,000. When completed the tower will be the largest beacon in the world and visible for about 100 miles.
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Melbourne
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