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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,437 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 65 of 122

Isabel Lippe's Death Rumored Sensational Developments. Melbourne Police Investigating. Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1921 · page 3

Melbourne detectives are engaged on the case of Mrs. Isabel Lippe, who was found at the foot of the cliffs at the Gap, Sydney. Mention is made of…

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Builders' Saturday Work. Both Sides Jointly Appeal to Court. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1921 · page 3

As the result of the dispute in the buiding trades as to Saturday worts, it has been decided that the employers and employees shall make a joint…

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The Ligouri Case Interest Growing. Women Besiege Supreme Court. Seeking Admission Cards. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1921 · page 3

Anxinous women contiue to besiege the Supreme Court for tickets for the Ligouri case…

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Farrow's Bank Directors Sentenced

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 8

Farrow and Crotch (directors tot Farrow's Bank) and Hart (auditor) were found guilty. Farrow and Crotch have been sentenced to four years'…

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A Mean Theft. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 3

A Collecting box for the blind was [?] from the Austral Salon [?] street this afternoon…

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Retrenchment in Police Department

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 5

Owing to the necessity for Government departments to be worked as economically, as possible"owing to the financial stringency Mr. Dooley has been looking into…

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Thames Police. Their Grim Duties. Thieves and Suicides

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 2

Two young men stood on London Bridge with their arms sprawled over the parapet and apparently much interested in the animated scene below…

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An Obstinate Witness Mrs. Nina Webb Again. Refuses to Answer Questions and Is Committed to Gaol. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 5

Mrs. Nina Webb, who refused to give the name of the house and nurse to which her late daughter went prior to her death from septicaemia, and…

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The Lippe Mystery. Police Reticent. the Colonel's Watch. Melbourne, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 5

The Melbourne police are still investigating the affairs of Mrs. Isabel Lippe, whose body was found at the foot of toe cliffs, at the Gap, at Sydney,…

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MARGARET McGILL'S DEATH Mother Again Sent to Gaol. for Refusing to Answer. Coroner Declines to Accept Her Reason. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 5

The further hearing of evidence at the in quest concerning the death of Margaret McGiil from blood poisoning was continued by the Coroner to-day…

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Six or Eleven? Hotels' Closing Time. Case in Sydney Court. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 5

Mr. E. R. Abigail, solicitor, during the hearing of a case wherein a hotel-keeper was charged with remaining open ten minutes after six o'clock…

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Federal Arbitration Court Delayed Appointments Cause Trouble. a Union Threat. Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 5

Sir Joseph Cook announced to-day that the Federal Government intends to make Mr. Justice Powers President of the Commonwealth Arbitration…

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Federal Parliament. House of Representatives President of Arbitration Court. Mr. Justice Powers Appointed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 5

In the House of Representative, Sir Joseph Cook told Mr. Cameron it had been decided to appoint Mr. Justice Powers, President of the Arbitration Court with…

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Burglary at Vaucluse. Detectives' Smart Capture

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a woman at Vaucluse saw two men enter the house next door. Knowing the inmates were absent she rang up the police. Two detectives…

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The Courts. Auckland Murder Case. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 2

The jury failed to agree in the trial of Te Kahu, a Maori, who was charged with murdering a Mr. Elliot near Auckland, New Zealand. A new trial was ordered…

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Police and Firemen's Art Union

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 2

The police and firemen are disappointed at the decision of the Government to ban art unions, as they have already raised about £100,000 for charities by these…

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Adventures in Rabaul the Alligator and the Dynamite. Magistrate As Jack of All Trades

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 4

Few men can have had more adventurous careers than Captain C. A. W. 'Monckton, to judge from his book, "Some Experiences of a New Guinea…

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Local and General. Court Star of the North

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 4

The Court Star of the North, the Grafton branch of the Ancient Order of Foresters, held its usual quarterly meeting on Saturday night, when several new members…

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Beaconsfield Murder. a Suspect Detained. Melboune

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 3

It is reported that the police are detaining a man in connection with the Beaconsfield murder. No charge has yet been preferred, but there is a…

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Gap Mystery. Man Arrested and Charged with Forgery. Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 2

Senior detectives Piggott and Ashton and Plain-clothes Constable Denny have arrested a man arid charged him with having forged, on a telegram,…

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