A.w.u. Men Go to Court
SYDNEY, Wed.—Seven former officials of the Australian Workers’ Union asked Judge Kelly in the Arbitration Court to annul their…
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Courts & crime, 1947
1,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 58
Four Boys Found of Murder
LONDON, March 13. —At the conclusion of the trial of the boys who were charged with murdering an [?]master at the…
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Police are seeking Information as the whereabouts of a man believed to be A. B. Cooksey, who has been missing from a camp near…
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SYDNEY, Friday,—After a Jury last night Had found Edward Garland, 34, and Antonio Martini, 32, guilty of charge of having…
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SYDNEY, Friday —The appeal by .Frederick Lincoln McDermott (38), labourer, to the Pull Coutr of criminal Appeal Against the death…
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The Windsor District Coroner committed for trial James O'Sullivan, 27, on a charge of having murdered a 61-year-old bagman, Harry Frith, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mysterious Cattle Stabbing Periodically for 12 Years. Puzzles Police
The Brookfield cattle-stabbing mystery has baffled detectives for years. It started some 12 years ago and in the intervening years about 30 head…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Full High Court decided to-day unanimously that the acting Chief Judge of the Federal Arbitration Court did not have power to decide how the basic wage inquiry and the 40-hour week inquiry should be…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Lieutenant William Behran Simms, RAN, was charged before a court martial aboard HMA8 Hobart to-day…
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Agricultural and pastoral returns were despatched this afternoon by the local police to landholders in the district. These must be…
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Donald Henry, 20, labourer, and Reginald Leslie, Dasey, 25, machinist, were each fined £1 at West Maitland Court to-day for having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.a.n. Officer on Court Martial Charge Charges Proved; Severe Reprimand
Lieut. William Behran Simms, R.A.N., was charged before a court martial aboard the H.M.A.S. Hobart to-day with…
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SYDNEY; Saturday.—Australian soldiers in Lae, New Guinea, have identified and arrested a Japanese officer suspected of…
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A charge against Kenneth Withers, of Farley, of having assaulted Arthur George Armstrong, also of Farley, was dismissed at West…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Judge Markell, In the Quarter Sessions, to-day sentenced Russell Tharnthwalts (23) to ten years’…
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On a charge of having attempted to steal 1/ worth of Lucerne hay, the property of Walter John Hollingsworth, at West Maitland,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Well-known Publican Charged Allowed Betting on Premises
At Cessnock Police Court this morning, before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, P.M; Thomas Gilmore was charged with…
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Rupert George Marshall pleaded "not guilty" to a charge of begging alms in Vincent Street, when he…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Eita Agnes Stratford (37), fainted in the vestibule at the Control Police Court to-day, as friends…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Police on Track of a Startling Scandal Minister Says Political Refugees Hidden In Monasteries
PARIS, March 18.—Police investigation of the activities of Joseph Joanovici, known as `Monsieur Joseph, are stated to have revealed that he cleared a profit variously estimated at £20,000.000 to £80,000,000 by acting as a shipping agent for both the French…
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