Town's Housing Needs. Government Charged With Muddling
Muswellbrook aldermen on Wednesday alleged that the Federal and State Governments were responsible for the muddle in the…
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Courts & crime, 1945
1,080 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 54
Gaol and £24,000 Fine for Illicit Trade
LONDON, July 13.—A fine of £24,000. and two years' imprison-ment was imposed on a 31-year old Army deserter. Isaac Jack…
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Special arrangements have been made to co-ordinate the 'bus trans-port so that it will take patrons to the ground and return on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wollombi Road Billiard Room Raid. Police Case Finished
The hearing was continued at Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday afternoon, before Mr. I. Beavers, P.M., of the case in…
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MANILA, July 14—Haruo Ito, a Formosan, and former civilian employee of the Japanese. Army, who was captured on Mindanao, told interrogators a grim story of 40 Japanese women and children committing mass murder and suicide…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cruelty to a Cat Gaol for Three Months
Edward William Houlton, of Chippendale, was sentenced to gaol for three months with hard labour by Mr. Hardwiek, S.M., in the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death Of a W.A.A.A.F. Police Extend Inquiries
Police inquiries into the death of Corporal Verna Matilda Wiper (23), of Adelaide, and a member of the W.A.A.A.F's., whose body was found…
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After a retirement of half an hour, a jury at the Maitland Quarter Sessions yesterday afternoon returned with a verdict of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Criminal Assault. Well-known Showmen Charged. SYDNEY
Lance Skuthorpe (30) and Tex Morton (30), described on the charge sheet as showmen, were remanded at the Central Court on a charge of having…
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SYDNEY Tuesday—Over 38,000 ci[?] a large, quantity of chocolates have been stolen from a Royal Naval camp near…
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William George Edward Mead labourer was sentenced to 12 months” hard labour by Judge Nield at the Maitland Quarter…
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SYDNEY Tuesday — Lance Skuthorpe (30) and Tex Morton (30),' described on the charge sheet as showmen, were…
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Herbert H. Wilkinson, butcher, of Cessnock, was changed at Cessnock Police Court this morning by the Commonwealth with…
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NEWCASTLE Monday. — William James Jackson (37), -hotel licensee, was. charged in the police court to-day with having in…
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Mr. Hodgson, P.M., and Mr. V. R. Jenkins, C.P.S., had two very busy days at the Police Court. The sitting commenced at 10 a.m. on…
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Rennie Weir was fined £25 at Cessnock Police Court this morning, by Mr. I Beavers, P.M., on a charge of betting in the yard of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Fleet Joins in Attacks on Japan Sea Assault Against Tokio Area. (A. A. P. Messages). GUAM
Augmented by a British task force, including' the battleship King George Fifth, the United States Third Fleet has launched new attacks in "great…
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SYDNEY, Wed— Burglars stole tobacco and cigarettes worth £92 from a shop owned by Mrs. Ellen Shaw in Coogee yesterday. This…
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SYDNEY Wed.—Convicted of an act which constituted black marketing. Jack Mandel, a garage proprietor and second-hand,…
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KURRI KURRI Wed —Before Mr. I. Beavers, PM. at Kurri Police Court to-day. William Lalcham was charged with stealing…
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