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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

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Queensland Police. Wages and Conditions. "Half-hour Strike" Mooted. Authorities Perturbed. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 5

That the threat of the Police Union to hold a half-hour strike demonstration, in order to bring pointedly before the Government…

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Strike Threat. Queensland Police Government Perturbed. "Position Decidedly Critical." Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 5

Although no further developments have arisen in connection with the threatened police strike the secretary of the Police Union, Mr. Taity, said to-day that…

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Gruesome Find. Naked Body of Woman, in Bush at Long Bay. Murder or Suicide? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 5

While walking through the scrub near Long Bay gaol this afternoon a postman came upon the dead body of a woman lying face downwards. The body was…

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£20,000,000 ESTATE. Ex-Austrian Emperor's Property American Syndicate's Claim. Appeal to Higher Court. New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 5

The question of the ownership of the immense Hapsburg estates in Czecho-Slovakia and Jugo-Slavia, valued at about £20,000,000, in which a United States…

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Policeman Sentenced. Two Years for Assault. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 5

William David Dillon (31), a member of the New South Wales policy force, who had been found guilty of having assaulted a young woman at…

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Sheep Stealing. Complaint Prom Inverell. Inverell

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 5

Sheep stealing is rife in the Myall Creek district. The police are not in sufficient numbers to patrol the country properly and it is felt that it is no credit…

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Young Woman's Death. "Squizzy" Taylor Charged. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 5

Daphne Allorn, who was severely injured after being knocked down by a motor car alleged to have been driven by "Squizzy" Taylor at St. Kilda on…

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Referee Needs Police Escort

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 4

Things were lively for a while during the playing of a second-grade Rugby match, Toronto v. Western Suburbs, at Toronto, on Saturday afternoon. A…

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Whisky Prosecution. United States Congressman Sent to Gaol. New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 5

A message from Covington (Kentucky) states that John Langley, a member of the United States Congress was convicted of conspiracy in connection with…

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Case of Murder. Long Bay Sensation "Two Terrible Screams." What Woman Heard Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 5

The body of the woman found in the scrub at Long Bay yesterday has been identified as that of May Richmond, a married woman, 30 years of age. The…

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No Strike. Queensland Police Win. Agreement Reached. Three Claims Conceded. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 4

The police crisis has passed, an agreement being arrived at after a lengthy conference between the acting Premier, Mr. McColrmack, the Home Secretary,…

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Long Bay Murder. Police Searching for Man. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 5

In connection with the Long Day murder it was discovered to-day that last Friday morning the murdered woman arrived at a house in Surry Hills for…

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Police Examination

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 4

On Saturday last First-class Sergeant Collings, of Sydney, conducted a qualifying examination at Kempsey police station for police promotion for the…

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Police Wages. Ministerial Statement. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 5

"The statement contained in the morning press that the Government had practically conceded the removal of the police embargo is untrue," said Mr…

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Stolen Car. Police Make Sensational Arrest. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 5

The police were informed last night that a man was attempting to dispose of a motor car at a hotel in Camper down. Detectives motored to the place…

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Wark Divorce. Court's Decision Reversed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 5

The hearing was concluded in the Divorce Court of the Crown Solicitor's intervention to prevent the making absolute of a decree nisi obtained by…

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Foundered Astral. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 5

The Marine Court commenced an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the foundering of the coastal collier Astral last month…

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The Coulburn Case. Couple Before Court. Goulburn

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 5

The young couple, Clement Ro[?]t Larkham and Mercy Evelyn Marey Evelyn Hockey, who were arrested in the Windellama district lost week, appeared at…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 May 1924 · page 4

In the Grafton Police Court yesterday before Mr. F. Vaughan, J.P., Clifford Fuller was charged with having refused to pay for meals and accommodation at the…

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Sheep Stealing Rife

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 May 1924 · page 4

Sheep stealing is rife in the Myall Creek district, thousands of acres of scrub offering extensive cover for tike evildoers. The high prices ruling for sheep…

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