Stolen Coupons Are Worth £2000 Belief of Police
Police believe that the 1500 new clothing coupon cards and 400 food coupon books stolen at Kingsgrove on Saturday could be sold…
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Courts & crime, 1944
1,013 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 51
Collisson Caused Court Case Hearing of Negligent Driving Charge
The collision which occured at the intersection of Bathurst and Harriet Streets, 5th. Singleton, on Sunday afternoon, March 19,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Power to Direct People to War Jobs Mr. Wurth’s Comment On High Court Ruling
SYDNEY Friday—The Director-General of Manpower, Mr. Wurth, referring to the decision of the Full High Court in Melbourne, upholding the validity of the regulation empowering manpower authorities to direct people to work for…
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SYDNEY Sat.—Jack Thomas Purcell 32, motor driver, was charged in Central Police Court with having broken into…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — On a charge of having stolen a betting ticket, valued at £180, at Randwick on Saturday, Herbert…
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A fashionably dressed woman of independent means, Mrs Karen Fisher, of Lexham-gardens. Kensington, found guilty at London…
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NEWCASTLE, Tues.—Pleading guilty in the Police Court to-day to having insufficient lawful means of support, Aldermton…
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There was considerable feeling shown at Cessnock Court this morning when Keith John Henry Shaw made application for exemption on the grounds of…
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The sitting of the Maitland District Court this afternoon was probably the shortest on record. It lasted three minutes…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—There was a brush between Mr. Nelson and the National Service Officer. Mt. Scarlett at Cessnock…
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National Security Regulations empowering Manpower authorities to direct people to work in private industries are valid. This…
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NEWCASTLE Wed.—At 1 a.m. to-day. Raymond Francis Bunt (24), fitter, was in the yard of William Murdoch, at…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— Victor Lindsay Dowling, 19, a soldier, was committed for trial by the Coroner, Mr. Tingate,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Juggling Still Goes on No Finality in Permits Controversy Police Asked to Intervene
After three months of juggling with the question of issue of permits to travel stock, during which time the Pastures…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scone Police Court Sheep Stealing and P. P. Board Cases Assault Charge Withdrawn
Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., had a long sitting at the Scone Police Court on Wednesday last, when a number of cases of district interest were heard. MOTOR TRAFFIC CASES…
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Before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., at the Police Court yesterday, Kenneth Herbert Coles was lined £17/10/- in default 35 days' imprisonment on n charge of…
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In the Court of Petty Sessions, Philip George Burgess charged Lawrence Robert Morgan with assault…
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A case which was of considerable interest was that of Police v. William Harold Watts, who was charged with stealing a sheep…
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It is understood that the trial of King Victor Emanuel and Crown Prince Umberto was discussed by the new Italian Government for complicity with…
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All hotel, Australian wine and spirit merchants' licenses for the Muswellbrook Licensing District were renewed at the Licensing Court…
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