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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 23, 1958
Page
4
Queanbeyan police seek the purse owner after a vehicle traveling to Canberra dropped it. A passerby saw the bag fall, could not catch the car, and delivered the purse to Queanbeyan Police Station.
A New South Wales man Jones was stopped in Elouera Street after an erratic drive by a blue Buick tourer. He admitted four middies of beer earlier and claimed no licence or insurance. tail light faulty and registration expired. He faced magistrate pleas for leniency but was warned to deter future offences.
Edmund John Holloway 39 of Francia Street Leichhardt was acquitted in Quarter Sessions after claiming a policeman assaulted him and stole £200. The Crown said the money was later found at his home. Judge Stephen directed the jury to acquit, suggesting Holloway may have been muddled by alcohol.
Four charges against artist Namatjira are postponed after Magistrate J. S. Lemaire declines to sit on the case today. The judge says justice must appear done and may proceed if both sides request it. Namatjira’s lawyer asks for adjournment. Dodds, M. M., may take the case next month in Alice Springs.
American black singer Paul Roan declared after a Blackpool appearance that he intends to settle in London for his future home, signaling a permanent move to the British capital.
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