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Blue Mountains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

4 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Retained Consumers' Licenses Katoomba Court Case Heavy Fines Imposed

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 1

At the Katoomba Police Court, before Mr. Pickup, P.M., on March 11, Harold Hawkes, of Bathurst Road, Katoomba, was proceeded against under…

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Vandalism at Blackheath "More Police Required"

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 4

Last Tuesday night, at the Black-heath Council meeting, Aid. Burnett drew attention to the vandal' ism going on in the town and…

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Blackheath Wants More Police Protection Council Makes Another Move

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 31 July 1942 · page 4

Continued vandalism and recent assaults on young women in the town has again prompted the Blackheath Council to ask the…

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School Boys Assault Turnip Patch!

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 4

Forbes schoolboys are helping to solve the manpower problem for primary producers. Last week, between forty-five and fifty high…

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