Police Propose "War" On Sunday Shooters
Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 2
Police intend taking action against persons found discharging or carrying firearms on Sundays. This warning was issued to-day by Sgt. A. E. Sheldrick, officer in charge of Lithgow police station, when he declared that arrests would…
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National Advocate · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 2
NEW YORK, Sunday: American police in Jersey City near New York, have seized a large quantity of ammunition and military equipment…
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National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 2
Jack Dehmey (28), laborer, last employed as a hotel useful at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, was fined £5 on each of two stealing charges by Mr. DasH,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chemist Allowed Bond Theft of Drugs
National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 3
SYDNEY, Monday: A chemist said at Central Court because of overwork and study…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft of Party Money Man Allowed Bail
National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 1
SYDNEY, Monday: An ex-Army officer, who had been honorary secretory of the Marrickville RSL Club for eight months was given a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Postman to Face Murder Charge
National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 3
GOSFORD, Monday: When Robert John Murray (31), postal official, of Hardy's Bay, appears at Gosford Court on Friday he will be charged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mental Patients Death Police Investigation
Central Western Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 4
At the Morriss[?] Mental Hospital on New Yearâs night, a patient in the womenâs we[?] Esther Young 54, was killed when a fierce…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drunken Driving Charge Capertee Man Fined at Bathurst Court
National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 1
A man, whose solicitor claimed that he stopped his car when he realised that he was unfit to drive it, was filled £10 on a drunken driving charge,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trunk Murder Case Steward Remanded
National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 1
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Arthur Andrew Beach, 47, ship's steward, who has been charged with the murder of Annie Kathleen Sturrock in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prison Orchestra for Bathurst Gaol? Concert Parties Planned
National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 2
Endeavors by prisoners at Bathurst Gaol to form an orchestra may lead to the broadcasting of prison concerts within two years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Court List
National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 2
There will be an all day session of the Bathurst court next Friday because of the large number of cades listed. A Court House official said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women As Traffic Police City Innovation
National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 1
SYDNEY. Tuesday: As soon as uniforms are available, two women police will be given a trial on traffic duty in the city…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Hunt for Hotel Bandits Sydney, This Afternoon
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 1
Police are. conducting an underworld comb out in search of the three men who staged an armed holdup at the Hotel Arcadia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bathurst Court List 1053 Cases Last Year
National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 2
A total of 1053 cases were listed for the Bathurst lower court in 1947. The present S.M., Mr. Dash, attended almost all of 105 sittings held…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speed-up in Divorce Court City Cases
National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 1
SYDNEY, Tuesday: In the Divorce Court today, Mr. Acting Justice Rainbow beard undefended divorce cases at the ra[?] of one every nine minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bandits Steal Ca[?] Stage Hold-up Police S[?] City SYDNEY
National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 3
Three around [?]gagged the c[?]er of [?] stole the [?] is to stage [?] at the…
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National Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 2
At the Oberon Police Court, Thomas O'Keefe was fined £l/10/-, in default three days' hard labor, for stealing one pair of sheets from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Accident Now Six Months Gaol
Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 3
Arrested at the Lithgow hospital after he had been admitted for treatment following a road accident on January 3, Phillip Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Appeal To Gaol Escapee SYDNEY, This Afternoon
Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 1
A broadcast appeal to Crofton Edward Barnes, 26-year-old Long Bay gaol escapee, to give himself up, was made by the State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crowd Control Arrangements Comment by Bathurst Police
National Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 2
Rope barriers used to fence off portion of Russell St. during the recent New Year's Eve festivities at King's Parade, were not as, effective as…
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