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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1973

10 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

Outright Theft

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 10 May 1973 · page 1

What is the mentality of some people? In this case evidence points to the culprit being…

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Police investigate passing of bad cheques

The Bananacoast Opinion · Thursday 21 June 1973 · page 1

Police are investigating the passing of a number of valueless cheques in Coffs…

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Look in on your week of television Britain Collapses Into Police State

The Bananacoast Opinion · Tuesday 7 August 1973 · page 4

A new political thriller series The Guardians, takes a nightmore look into Britain’s future, beginning on ABC-TV, on Thursday, at 8.30. In the series, Britain collapses…

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Police Release Name of Man Found Dead

The Bananacoast Opinion · Tuesday 14 August 1973 · page 1

Coffs Harbour police yesterday released the name of a young man found dead in a car near Moonee on Sunday. He was Edward…

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44Th Court Appearance

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 20 September 1973 · page 3

A Nambucca Heads man made his 44th court appearance in Macksville Court of Petty Sessions…

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Youth charged with car theft

The Bananacoast Opinion · Tuesday 25 September 1973 · page 1

A sixteen-year-old Sydney youth was arrested in Coffs Harbour on Sunday evening and charged with car stealing. The youth, a…

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Accident Victims Named by Police

The Bananacoast Opinion · Thursday 11 October 1973 · page 1

Coffs Harbour police yesterday released the names of two people flown to Sydney by air ambulance after being seriously injured in a head-on car smash on Tuesday…

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More Police For Coffs—Cr. Hansen

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 18 October 1973 · page 1

Cr. F. R. Hansen told Monday’s meeting of council that in his opinion, the Shire of Coffs Harbour had inadequate police protection…

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Coffs Police on Alert for Sign of Rapist Killer

The Bananacoast Opinion · Thursday 8 November 1973 · page 1

Coffs Harbour police are on full alert watching for a young man wanted for questioning about the sex killings of two girls in October and the stabbing and raping of a girl near Nerang on Sunday…

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Police seek injured man

The Bananacoast Opinion · Tuesday 27 November 1973 · page 1

Police are searching for a man who was treated for a wound to his arm at Coffs Harbour hospital on Saturday night. They want to speak…

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