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Blue Mountains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

14 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Good Work by Police Aided by Advertisement in Daily."

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 2

A wristlet watch advertised as lost on Friday last will be returned to its owner through publicity received in the…

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Fire Station and Police Station

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

The Police Department has advised the B. M. Shire Council that a frontage of 53ft 6ins, with a depth of 165ft., comprising the…

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"Centre Court" Play

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 2

The name "Centre Court," tells everyone that the radio drama on National stations next Friday, February 3, is a play of the tennis…

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Alive with Police

Blue Mountains Daily · Saturday 18 February 1939 · page 3

Mr. J. G. Flannigan requested that Council appoint him as ad honorary ranger. He set out his willingness to do his beet to protect…

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Modern Block of Fiats "Windsor Court" Nearing Complexion

Blue Mountains Daily · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 1

Private enterprise has the greatest influence on municipal progress and there are constant reminders of this fact in…

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Police Must Be Drivers

Blue Mountains Daily · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 4

Traffic police in Gernode, a small town in the German Harz area, are inclined to understand the feelings of motorists. This has come about…

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Alleged Attempted Murder Court Sequel to Megalong Valley Incident Accused Remanded

Blue Mountains Daily · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 2

Henry Alexander Lindsay, 34, appeared before Mr. D. Garnsey, at Katoomba Court, yesterday, on a charge that at…

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Katoomba Residents in Street Fight Court Case Arouses Keen Interest

Blue Mountains Daily · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 1

There was a big attendance at Katoomba Court on Wednesday to hear the rights and wronger of a case in which two…

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Shops Must Close on Monday Police to Enforce

Blue Mountains Daily · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 3

Sergeant Bryant, in charge of Katoomba Police District, advises that grocers, drapers, ironmongers, etc., must close…

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S.p. Again Three Convictions at Katoomba Court

Blue Mountains Daily · Saturday 15 April 1939 · page 1

S.P. operators provide a goodly portion of police court revenue, and at Katoomba on Wednesday three defendants…

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Charged With Attempted Murder Megalong Valley Shooting Case Defendant Committed for Trial

Blue Mountains Daily · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 4

Charged that at Megalong Valley on April 1st, 1930, he did shoot at Kenneth Skeen with intent to murder him, Henry Alexander Lindsay faced Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., at Katoomba Police Court on Wednesday…

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Police Court Stolen Overcoats Three Relief Workers Fined

Blue Mountains Daily · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 1

Before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., at Katoomba Police Court on Wednesday, James Charles Pearce, Stanley Australia Brown…

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Claim for Wages Verdict for £27/19/7 Against Katoomba Employer Lengthy Case in Industrial Court

Blue Mountains Daily · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 1

A case which occupied almost four hours before Mr H. Hawkins (Industrial Magistrate) at Katoomba on Wednesday, was…

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Charged with Stealing Shire Council Property Case to Be Heard at Penrith Court

Blue Mountains Daily · Saturday 6 May 1939 · page 2

Two men were arrested during the week by Detectives Bowers and Fraser of Katoomba and charged with stealing…

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