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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Jun 30, 1962

Page

7

A C T Court Hears Case In Melbourne

Mr Justice Eggleston convened the ACT Supreme Court in Melbourne to sentence Laurence Woods a 20-year-old labourer for breaching his three year bond connected to prior larceny assault and robbery charges. Accomplice John David Boyd also jailed two years. Woods extradited from Canberra to face a NSW custody transfer.

Berra Eggleston A.C.T. Supreme Court J. C. Johnstone Canberra Laurence Aries Woods Pentridge Melbourne Woods A.ct. Supreme Court Justice Eggleston Det Johnstone Court of Petty Sessions N.S.W

Injured Truck Driver Wins Damages After Quarry Strike Incident

Melbourne judge awards 4585 pounds to Roy Mersin 33 of Springvale over mental instability after a quarry road collision. The jury held Cameron Gow 23 negligent but not foreseeing neurosis. Gow denied deliberate ram by a striker.

Melbourne Roy Mersin Supreme Court Mersin Glencairn Avenue Springvale Cameron Gow Kangaroo Ground Scoresby Gow Rove

Singapore trip for extradition

Two Homicide Squad members Det Sgt J R Ford and Sen Det D Baker plan to fly to Singapore to extradite Hans Kurt Gerbhort i, 22, painter of Brighton Elwood for wounding Joshua Liddel with intent to murder on June 16. He faces a prima facie case in Melbourne City Court.

Melbourne Singapore Colling Street J. R. Ford D. Baker Hans Kurt Gerbhori Painter Brighton Elwood Joshua Liddel

Admission Of Girl Charge Against Barry Smith

Barry Keith Smith of Herbert Crescent Ainslie pleaded guilty to having unlawful intercourse with a girl under 16 between November and December 1961. He went to Canberra Police Station on June 11 and admitted knowing the girl for about three months. The girl, her mother and Dr. Margaret Sheldon testified.

Barry Keith Smith Herbert Crescent Ainslie Smith Carnally H. F. Luton Canberra Luton D. J. Crossin Margaret Sheldon Community Hospital

Sewer Main Contract Let for Warralumla Creek Valley Suburb

The National Capital Development Commission awarded a £54,700 contract to Oltens Vanderslacht and Sons Pty. Ltd. for a trunk sewer to serve the first Warralumla Creek Valley suburb. Completion is expected in eight months as 447 residential blocks and community service sites begin preparation.

National Capital Development Commission Warralumla Creek Valley Oltens Vanderslacht and Sons Pty. Ltd Commission

Youth's plea in arson and theft case at Stanmore factory

Ronald John Stallwood of Albion Street Imandale pleaded guilty to factory breaking and arson after breaking into X-Press to Services Pty Ltd Stanmore on November 28. He set fire to a wastepaper basket contents. Damage totaled £37,000. Judge Levine imposed one year in gaol for breaking and entering and theft and an additional one and a half years for arson.

Ronald John Stallwood Albion Street Imandale Stallwood X-Press To Services Pty. Ltd Stanmore With Levine

Bond for threat to fiancée in Sydney court

Judge Rooney in Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions jailed Ralph Waller Mathews of Randwick on a five year good behaviour bond for threatening his former fiancée with a .22 rifle. The case cites an engagement ending in April and a May 24 Mosman assault, with two shots fired at Spit Junction. Mathews must undergo psychiatric treatment and avoid the woman for five years.

Sydney Rooney Darlinghurst Ralph Waller Mathews Avoca Street Randwick Mathews Gloria Margaret Way Mosman Miss Way Spit Junction

Princess Opens New Memorial Center at Stratford on Avon

Princess Alexandra laid the cornerstone for a Shakespearean centre in Stratford on Avon opposite The Bard birthplace. The library study building will open in 1964 during the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.

Princess London A.A. P.reuter Princess Alexandra Stratford-on-Avon Kis Irth

Albert Thewlis General Service Manager

Albert Thewlis is a highly trained mechanic with over 30 years of experience and supervises the three Commonwealth Motors workshops. He is the man to rely on to keep your Holden in mechanically perfect condition.

Holden Australia Commonwealth Motors Asv Albert

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A.C.T Can J. Marwick Gerbhardt Party Paddington Anderson William Nathaniel Jerrett Stanley Street Woollahra Darling Kingston, Braddon and Lyneham MR. Albert Thewlis
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