Impossible to Police Food Ticket Plan
MELBOURNE Sat.—Army authorities do not favour the plan[?] the Commonwealth Food Controller Mr. Mutspby that Service…
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Courts & crime, 1944
1,013 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 51
Negro Soldier Charged
BRISBANE Tuesday.—At the City Police Court, Fred Bryson. 21, negro soldier, was charged with having caused grievous…
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NEWCASTLE Tuesday.— Convicted in the police court to-day of theft of a [?] cast K[?] Holmes (41) barmaid was…
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NEWCASTLE Tues.—“Thank you; I hope the Japs will blow your guts out. The quicker tie Japs get through the better”…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day’s Leader: Parliamentarians and War Service 28 Charged With Conspiracy In America
WASHINGTON Jan. 3.—A Federal Grand Jury has Indicted 28 men and two women charged with conspiracy to aid in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →P.m. Dismisses Case at Kurri Court
KURRI Wed.—Before Mr. I. Beavers, PM, at Kurri Kurri Police Court to-day, James Joseph Ferris pleaded not guilty to a…
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LONDON, Jan. S—British and American troops are training in North Africa for the Coming assault across the…
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Phil. McMahon, who was called in the Police Court yesterday afternoon, charged under the Gaming and Betting Act…
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Acting-Inspector J. J. Tracey has been appointed to succeed Inspector N. wland in charge of the Maitland police district. He…
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SYDNEY Saturday.—It is believed the Attorney-General, Dr. Evatt, has ordered an inquiry into the cases of two RAN stokers,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Defied Mr. Curtin’s Coal Appeal Two Men Given Gaol Sentences At Cessnock
CESSNOCK Sat.—Two of the seven men charged at a special sitting of the Cessnock court this morning were given gaol sentences by Mr. R. Atkinson, SM, for absenting themselves from work at Millfield colliery without reasonable…
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Noel Aloysius O’Connor, 22, a soldier, was charged at West Maitland court to-day with having, on December 25, assaulted…
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At a special sitting of the Cessnock Court on Saturday, seven men were charged with absenting themselves from work at Millfield colliery…
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A warning is issued by the Deputy Rationing' Director (Mr Hudson) that people who break rationing regulations will be…
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Keith Chidgey, 16, a soldier, was sentenced, to 21 days imprisonment on each of three charges of stealing by Mr. I. Beavers, PM,…
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A defendant at Cessnock Police Court this morning must have now come to the conclusion that mixing beer…
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At a special sitting of the Cessnock Court on Saturday, seven men wore charged with absenting themselves from work at Millfield colliery without…
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LONDON Jan. 10.— It is announced by the German newsagency that the former Italian Foreign Minister, Count Ciano,…
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NEWCASTLE Tues.—In the Police Court to-day, Raymond Flanagan (32), wharf laboured, pleased guilty to theft of a torch…
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SYDNEY Tuesday.—Cecil John Bowie, 18, William John Thorne, 26, and three boys all under the age of 16 years, were committed…
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