Hi Mary, I am not sure how congested the Courts were in those days, but in the late 50s early 60s, you could wait anything up to 3 or 4 years before this type of case came before the Court. I have vivid memories of a case that happened (the accident) in January 1960, this case came before the Court in September 1964. Don't limit your vision to just 1943/44, as the Coroner may have taken quite a long time to get test results back and the to study them, so look further, perhaps to1946 for a result. Cheers Ray. ----- Original Message ----- From: MM <elthamlax@techinfo.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 12:34 PM Subject: [HC] RESEARCH - UPDATE > Hello Friends, > Continuing on from my research to find this elusive Inquest I viewed VPRS > 12421 Index Cases Entered for Trial in the Supreme Court at the PRO for the > 1943/44 period but there was no record of a court case being held in > relation to the accident. Unfortunately Civil Case Files VPRS 267 is closed > for this period. > There is Court Records VPRS 292 for Petty Sessions, Cause List and Licensing > Registers, but I am not sure it will be in any of these; but will order. > In the meantime I have been to the State Library and looked at various > papers for the period. Local newspaper for the Clifton Hill only goes to > the late 1930's but I did look at the Northcote newspaper (adjoining suburb) > for the period 20/1/1943 - 30/12/44 but there was no mention. > I viewed the Melbourne Leader for the period but it only contained rural > topics. The Weekly Times reported various topics such as Sport, the War > and Rural but not my topic. I also viewed the Herald, Sun, Argus and The > Age for the period and whilst there was a record of the accident in the Age > there was nothing in the others. It was interesting to note that whilst > various other cases held in Coroner's Court were reported for this same > period there was no mention of this inquest. The Coroner reported in these > cases was Mr. Tingate who was the same person mentioned in the death > certificate of the person/s I am looking for. > I was unable to spend more time at the Library looking at the reels as I > wanted to have a look around and lost a happy hour in the Cowen Gallery > looking at the portraits, most of whom were prominent settlers of Victoria > (Henty's etc.) and the landscapes. > However I did have an interesting conversation with a 75 year old man on > the next viewer who was left in a basket at a foundling home and a few years > ago met his brother for the first time. He also found he had three older > brothers who had since died. Ironically his newly found brother was in the > phone book three entries apart. He has written a book called The Lonely > Years - An Orphan's Story which will be published later in the year. > Mary of Melbourne > > > > Hello Mary, > > This research must assist you in the long run as you learn so much from > the > > chase. Was there anything in any local or even metro papers at the time? > > If you have an address, for the location or for the deceased, and it was > not > > too long ago, a chat to the neighbours might turn something up. Good > luck. > > Glenda > > > > > > > Hello Listers, > > > Seeing as things are so quiet of late I thought I would relate one of my > > current projects. It may help some with ideas of how to find > > information.................and I apologise in advance to those who > already > >

Hello Ray, This is a good thought, something that had not occurred to me. I really need to know the 'system' and how it was run in those days as I expect that not all documentation has found its way to the PRO or may have been thrown out as 'not important'. For the moment I have put this research on hold and am writing up my findings (or lack of ) so far and highlighting what I need to do in the future. One seems to be contacting the courts and seeing if there is an advisory or archival reference. Thanks for your thoughts. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan" <joanmck@cv.quik.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 9:43 PM Subject: Re: [HC] RESEARCH - UPDATE > Hi Mary, > I am not sure how congested the Courts were in those days, but > in the late 50s > early 60s, you could wait anything up to 3 or 4 years before this type of > case came before the Court. > I have vivid memories of a case that happened (the accident) in January > 1960, this case came before the Court in September 1964. Don't limit your > vision to just 1943/44, as the Coroner may have taken quite a long time to > get test results back and the to study them, so look further, > perhaps to1946 for a result. > Cheers Ray.