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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

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Masked Bandits Brutal Assault On Old Man

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 August 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Detectives are engaged in a widespread search for two armed and masked bandits who attacked Anlo Bavarovich, 70,…

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Auburn St. Thefts Boys Before Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 August 1942 · page 1

Two lads, one of whom is a native of Goulburn, appeared before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M., at the Court of petty Sessions and Children's Court,…

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Murder at Sea Shelling Of Trawler

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 August 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Toiling his story while he maintained a watch by the bedside of his badly wounded brother. Alexander, Captain William Reid., master…

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Trawler Under Fire Tragic Story Murder on the High Sea

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 August 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: "Don't fire! We are only a harmless fishing boat," yelied the skipper of a Sydney-owned trawler as a Japanese submarine…

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Police Reservists at Young

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 3

Eighteen Police Reservists, who for some considerable time now have been receiving special instructions, were sworn in at the Young Police…

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Gunning Failure to Notify Accident to Police

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 4

At Gunning Police Court, before the P.M., on July 28, Neville Peter Lamb, of Goulburn and Harden, was charged with failing to give notice to…

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Berrima Gaol Its Grim History

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 4

The building of Be[?] Ga[?], which was recently gutted by fire, was commenced in 1834 and completed by convict labor…

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Police Ball for Prisoners of War Fund

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 2

The Police of Boorowa and district are organising a Grand Ball, in aid of the Prisoners of War Fund. The will take place on Friday, 21st…

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Gandhi In Gaol Shooting Starts In India

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 10 August 1942 · page 3

LONDON. Sunday: Tear gas and lathis (bamboo poles about six feet long) are being repeatedly used in Bombay to disperse demonstrating…

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Accident Sequel Failed To Inform Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 10 August 1942 · page 1

At the Gunning Police Court, Neville Peter Lamb of Goulburn and Harden was charged with failing to give notice to the Gunning police, of an accident…

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Rents Court Tenant's Appeal

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 1

At the Goulburn Court House yesterday Mrs. A. Love, of Sydney Road, claimed a review of the rental of the house she occupied and which…

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Party Ended Badly Soldiers Before Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 2

An unhappy sequel to a party in which returned soldiers welcomed home from abroad one of their mates was provided at the Goulburn Police…

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Police Effort £630 For "Sydney" And Ambulance

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 August 1942 · page 2

Just on 630 has been raised by the Goulburn Sub-district Police on behalf, of the New H.M.A.S. Sydney Fond and the Goulburn Ambulance…

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Profiteers Cabinet to Consider Gaol Sentences

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1942 · page 4

Imprisonment "without the option" or flagrant breaches of prices regulations will probably be considered at an early…

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Police Ball for Prisoners of War Fund

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 2

The Police of Boorowa and district are organising a Grand Ball, in aid of the Prisoners of War Fund. This will take place on Friday, 21st…

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Theft of Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 August 1942 · page 3

A signalman with an honoured record of 20 years with the Railway Department was fined £2, or four days' at the Orange Court, when he…

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Month's Gaol Failed To Register

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 August 1942 · page 3

One month's imprisonment, with hard labour, together with payment of 8/ court costs, was the penalty imposed by Mr. M. J…

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Man Bound Over Train Theft Sequel

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 August 1942 · page 2

William Charles O'Neill, 43, a militiaman, was before the Goulburn Police Court yesterday on a charge of stealing £9/15/ from James Morris…

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Straying Stock Police Assistance Wanted Binalong Pound

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 20 August 1942 · page 2

Finding difficulty in securing services of an impounding officer, Goodradigbee Shire Council will apply for police…

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Germans Murder and Torture Extracts, Which Make Grim And Terrible Reading From Molotov's Note

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 August 1942 · page 2

When the Germans entered Russia the following order was issued by the Operations Department of the General Staff:— "It is necessary to obtain clothing by any means through compulsory levies on the population oF the occurred regions. First of…

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