High Court Retirement of Sir Charles Powers. Mr M'tiernan Probable Successor
Singleton Argus · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 3
An influential section of the Federal Cabinet favours the elevation of Mr E. A. M'Tiernan to the vacancy on the High Court Bench created by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Beeby Award Hearing of Evidence Concluded. Full Court to Sit on Tuesday. SYDNEY
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5
There was a speedy termination to the High Court proceedings in the coal case to-day. At 10.15, all evidence having been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Case Directed to Full Court. Judgment Expected on January 13th. Sydney
Singleton Argus · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 4
The sitting of the High Court this morning was very brief. His Honor Justice Rich said: “I propose to direct the whole matter,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Shot. Husband Charged with Murder
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 5
Following a domestic souab[?] William Henry Johns a middlec aged man was arrested yesterday morning at his home 18 miles from Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol Escapee
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 3
RECAPTURED AFTER FORTNIGHT The police state that one of the two men arrested by a nightwatchman Edward Gibbons at Campsie,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Old Man Sentenced Attempted Suicide
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 7
There were some unusual features associated with a case heard at the parramatta Police Court when Herbert Kettle aged 65 was changed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Daring Theft. Lorry and Load of Tea
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 8
Taking advantage of the short absence of the driver thieves drove away a motor lorry containing £300 worth of tea from George street…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Escort. Angry Demonstration Owner
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 4
When Lucky Light won the Final Handicap at the Invercargill (N.Z.)race on Friday the crowds on the lawn and outside the enclosures…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Consorting Laws Fears of Victorian Police
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 2
Reports have reached the C.I.B. in Melbourne as a result of the drastic application of new consorting laws in New South Wales numbers of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Consul's Complaint Assaults on Chinese, Police Commissioner's Reply
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 3
Referring to the strongly worded complaint which the Consul General for China Mr. Sung has forwarded to the Prime Minister, Mr. Scullin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Police. Arrivals at Cessnock. Patrolling Streets. Chssnock
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 6
There was an atmosphere of subdued excitement at Cessnock to-day by the presence of additional police patrolling the streets. It is stated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 4
At the West Maitland Police Court to-day, before Mr. D. W. Rood, P.M., Roy Goodwin was charged with driving a motor lorry weighing over two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Assault Charge Against Police Constable. Cross Case of Insulting Words
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 4
Before Mr. D. W. Read, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court to-day, Barry Melville was charged with using insulting words to Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Criminal Assault Police Unable to Locate Woman. Believed to Be Spirited Away. Sydney
Singleton Argus · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2
At the Central Court to-day, Aubrey Cummins, 21, labourer, Guido Collity, 22, dealer, and Sydney Kelly, 29, dealer, were charged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ravensworth Burglary Teacher's Residence Entered. Thief Took. Advantage of Holidays
Singleton Argus · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2
On Boxing night the residence occupied, by Mr F. A. Evans, Schoolteacher of Ravensworth, was broken into and a quantity, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police in Coalfields Hotels
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 4
A deputation from the miners' lodges, in the Kurri Kurri district waited on the domestic servants employed at hotels where police have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Zone System. New Police Methods
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 6
The new zone system under which the detective force of the State is working has already shown benefits, according to officers. The Consorting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Calling the Police New Scheme Formulated
Singleton Argus · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2
A new scheme to increase the efficiency of the police force, and to enable persons in need of assistance to gain it more quickly, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Complain. Talk of Double Pay
Singleton Argus · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2
Police guarding the free labourers at Rothbury are very dissatisfied with the conditions under which they are working, and arrangements have been made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charged with Shooting Constable Five Dock Affair. Accused Refused Bail. Sydney, Monday
Singleton Argus · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2
Michael Patrick O'Sullivan, 27, labourer, was charged at Burwood Court to-day with having shot at Constable Lulham, with intent to murder, at Five…
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