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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

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Coal Dispute State or Interstate? Legal Battle in High Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 5

When the hearing of the coal case was resumed to–day Mr. Menzies, K.C., for the colliery proprietors, commented on the fact that Judge Beeby had not disclosed…

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‘I Went Mad’ Husband On Murder Charge Wife Shot Down in Street "Made a Mess of Things." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 5

The inquest was opened to–day by the Parramatta District Coroner, concerning the shooting of Mrs. Roma Mary Solomon, 22, of Dundas…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 4

On Tuesday afternoon at the Grafton Police Court, before Mr. J. Doughan, J.P., Patrick Terrence O'Brien, 34, was presented on three charges arising out of…

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Charged by a Cow

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 4

Mrs. S. Morris, of Coaldale, had a fortunate escape from serious injury on Monday last, when she was charged by a cow, knocked down and severely bruised…

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Bookshop Raided Police Seize French "Literature." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 4

Police raided the premises of a book company, in Martin Place to-day, and seized books, postcards, pamphlets and other articles, valued at £1000…

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High Court Further Legal Argument. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 5

Addressing the High Court to-day in the application of the mine owners to restrain Judge Beeby from acting on his interim award in the coal industry, Mr. J. A…

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'Provocative' Action of Police Miners' Federation Statement Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 5

At the conclusion of a special meeting of the Miners' Federation in Sydney day, a statement was issued, attacking the "conduct and brutality displayed by…

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Police and Marines Rounding Up Mau Natives. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 7

News from Apia states that a campaign has been launched with the object of rounding up the Mau natives. Police and marines from the cruiser Dunedin have…

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FORCE V. Right Destroy Arbitration Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 4

The president of the A.R.U., in a message to members, says we must agitate to recover the right of collective Bargaining with all the forces we can…

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'Shot It Out' Police and Burglars Three Killed in Chicago. Chicago

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 5

Two bandits and one detective were killed when a police squad summoned by a secret electric light, rushed to a fashionable flat, occupied by a rich sausage…

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'Red' and Black Native Menace in Africa Negroes Attack Police. Capetown

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 5

Significance is being attached to the native disturbance yesterday at Carnarvon, a, small town in Cape Colony, resenting municipal restriction against…

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Nice Doctor! Woman's Story in Court Language and Threat Alleged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 7

Mrs. Minnie Banks proceeded against Dr. W. Rock, of Crystal street, Petersham, at Newtown Court to-day, charging him with having used threatening words…

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Miners 'Go Bush' When Police Charge With Batons Nineteen Men Injured in Sensational Clashes Excitement at Cessnock, Kurri and Paxton We Will Go to Extreme Length of Law'—bavin "Mobs of Miners Led by Array of Asses"—weaver Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 5

Sensational clashes between police and miners occurred on the northern coalfields this morning, when nineteen miners were injured in four baton charges by the police. At Cessnock 2500 miners marched to Abermain No. 2 colliery, but were…

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Coffs Police Court. Wednesday's Cases

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 2

Before the Police Magistrate, Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, at Coffs Harbour Police Court on Wednesday, Roger P.aytair Christie, whose car went…

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Brutal Assault Aged Chinese Beaten and Robbed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 4

Wing Chong, an aged Chinese, was brutally attacked by three men, in a lane at Surry Hills last night. The gang knocked Chong senseless,…

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Grafton District Police Sent to Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 4

Seven policemen, comprising a mounted sergeant and two mounted constables, also two constables with motor cycles and sidecars, have been sent from the Grafton…

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Disarm Police Labor Member's Suggestion. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 5

Mr. J. C. Eldridge, M.H.R., has made an appeal to the Prime Minister, Mr. Scullin, to take complete control of the coal situation…

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Street Fighting Berlin Police and Communists. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 5

Communists, acting on instructions from Moscow, are endeavoring to exploit increasing unemployment in Germany. The authorities here are alarmed, and…

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Murderer of Police Chief Penal Servitude for Life Paris

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 5

Joseph Philipponet, who shot Bayle, Chief of Paris Police Records Department, in the back, as he was climbing a narrow stairway, and who offered no…

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Decision Reserved Coal Case in High Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 5

Argument was concluded before the High Court to–day, in the case to test the validity of Judge Beeby's interim coal award, and the court reserved its…

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