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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

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44-Hours Week. Arbitration Court Proceedings. To-day's Sittings. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 4

In the Arbitration Court to-day, in accordance with the arrangement made during last week, Affidavits were put in by…

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The Following Appeared in Saturday's Third Edition the Story of a Young Man. Told in the Divorce Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 1

The Melbourne correspondent of "The Advertiser" reports:- William Ellis Rawson (25), dental mechanic, sought a divorce before Mr…

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44-Rours Week. Arbitration Court Proceedings. Yesterday's Sittings, Melbourne, Tueaday

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 3

In the Abitration Court after the lunch adjournment yesterday, John Hornes gave further evidence and expressed the opinion that 16/ was a…

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44-0Hours Week. Arbitration Court Proceedings. To-day's Sittings. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 4

In the Arbitration Court to-day, in accordance with the arrangement made during last week, a Affidavits were put in by representatives of the parties in the A.M.A. 44hours week case as to the allegations…

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The Mosman Explosion. the Police Investigating. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 March 1916 · page 2

The police are investigating the explosion at Mosman, whereby a shop on the Belmont-road was severely damaged. The opinion arrived at is that…

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Police Sergeant Injured. a Port Adelaide Sensation

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

Although for some inexplicable reason the Port Adelaide police endeavored to hush the matter up (reports an Adelaide newspaper), a serious incident occurred…

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44-Hours Week. the Arbitration Court. Yesterday's Sitting. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 2

In the Arbitration Court yesterday afternoon Mr. Justice Higgins mentioned that Mr. Hell had promised to produce certain documentary…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third. Edition, 44-Hours Week. Arbitration Court Proceedings. Wednesday's Sittings. Senator Pearce's Four Days Telegram. A.M.A. Case Closed. Mr. Barnett Still Ill. Engineers Case Opened. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 1

When the Arbitration Court met this morning in the Broken Hill case, Mr. A. J. Hall said that the A.M.A. (Broken Hill) had asked that Mr…

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Australian Soldiers Charged with Theft. Alleged Robbery of Cigarettes. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 2

A lance-corporal and a private of the Australian Army Service Corps were charged in the Uxbridge Police Court yesterday with stealing two cases of…

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Spring Hill Tragedy. Young Woman Charged with Murder. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 3

As a sequel to a stabbing affair at Spring Hill on Wednesday night, Elsie Shaw, aged 26. described as a servant, was charged at the police court to-day,…

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A Victorian Wife Murder. Inquest Opened

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 3

The deputy coroner (Mr. J. Clark) opened an inquest at the courthouse on Monday afternoon (reports the "Argus") on the body of the wife of…

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Temperance Advocate in Court. Fined £2

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 4

At the Central Police Court on Wednesday morning (says a Sydney telegram) an altercation occurred between W. D. B. Creagh, a temperance…

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In Australia. a Soldier's Death. Verdict of Murder Returned. the Curtain of Silence." Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 2

A verdict of murder against someone unknown was returned at the coroner's inquiry yesterday into the death of Private Henry Joseph Brown, who was…

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44-Hours Week. Arbitration Court Proceedings. Yesterday's Sittings. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 2

Continuing his evidence in the Arbitration Court yesterday afternoon, in the plaint of the Amalgamated Engineers' Society,…

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44-Hours Week. Arbitration Court Proceedings. To-day's Sitting. Probable Adjournment for Three Weeks. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 4

In the Arbitration Court last evening, before Mr. Justice Higins, John H. Sweeney said be had been employed at Hummick Hill, and in the…

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44-Hours Week. Arbitration Court Proceedings. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 4

In the Arbitration Court yesterday, Mr. Justice Higgins presiding, during the continued hearing of the plaint lodged by the Broken Hill branch of…

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44-Hours Week. the Arbitration Court. Senator Pearce's Telegram, a Legal Argument

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 8

Before Mr. Justice Higgins, in the Arbitration Court in Melbourne on Wednesday, when the Bro[?]…

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Papuan Natives Arrested Alleged Murderers of Native Police. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Sunday 5 March 1916 · page 2

A report has been received by the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. H. Mahon), from Judge Murray, Lieutenant Governor of Papua, stating that…

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44-Hours Week. the Arbitration Court. Senator Pearce's Telegram. Legal Argument

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 1

Before Mr. Justice Higgins, in the Arbitration [?] in Melbourne on Wednesday, when the Broken H[?] case was called on,…

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Theft at the Crystal Theatre. Stealing From a Dressing Room

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 3

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., George Alfred Humphries, aged 21, was charged with having on March 6, at…

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