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

Mary - have you tried the Police Historical Unit? Denise ----- 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 >

Dear Denise, I have a friend who has considerable contact with the Police Historical Unit and she told me there would be no records of this kind held there. I know I can go through Freedom Of Information to find Police Statements etc. but was leaving this as a one of my last resorts, probably a wrong decision but I have learnt a few things along the way in relation to court records etc. Thanks for the interest. Mary > Mary - have you tried the Police Historical Unit? > Denise > > > 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