Balts in Brawl at Nelson Bay Man Before Court
A brawl at Nelson Bay on Saturday night, involving a number of Baltic migrants and Australians resulted in a horsebreaker being fined £5 in…
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Courts & crime, 1949
1,232 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 62
More Miner's Officials In Court To Day One Says Not Prepared to Obey Order
Mr. Justice Foster of the Arbitration Court was told by Industrial Registrar Taylor this morning that the Western Miners' district had not paid £4,500 into Court as ordered by him yesterday…
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At the Police Court held at Raymond Terrace on the 1st July, before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., the Port Stephens Shire Council proceeded against Daniel Ridgeway of…
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A fracas at Nelson Bay, on Saturday had its aftermath in the Newcastle Police Court, on Tuesday, when Kevin Thomas Stokes 19, horsebreaker, wag charged with…
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SINGAPORE, July 13. — Eight police were killed and two wounded when a routine jungle patrol was ambushed by terrorists near…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Judge Comments On Man’s Police Record
Sentencing Francis James Duggan, 26, to 18 months’ imprisonment on three counts of breaking, entering and stealing at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Southern Miners’ Leaders Sent to Gaol for Contempt Strike Action Betrayal of 200,000 Workers
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Justice Foster in the Arbitration Court to-day sentenced William Parkinson, president of the Southern District of the Miners’ Federation, and Morris Michael Fitzgibbon, secretary, to 12 months’ light labour at Long Bay gaol,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Case Against Communist Party Opened in Sydney Order To Pay £1000 Into Court Not Obeyed
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Outlining the ease against the Communist Party and 23 Communist trade union officials, Mr. Dovey, K.C., in the Arbitration Court to-day said it would be proved that the strike did not result from any…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Army Man Charged with Huge Theft
An Army Warrant Officer was this week charged by police with the theft of £10,000 worth of equipment from Wallgrove…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), July 14. —For the first time in New Zealand, a woman was charged with deserting her ship. She and her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' New Leaders to Replace Gaol Men
The Central Council of the Miners' Federation has elected a Communist and two militant unionists as temporary leaders…
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Maitland Police and Citizens’ Boys’ Club last night decided to refrain from pursuing the proposal to establish temporary club premises…
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Sir.-Last evening we were privileged to see a large body of police moving convey fashion through our coalfields' [?]…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — Mr. Justice Foster in the Arbitration Court to-day told the General Secretary of the Australian Communist Party, Laurence Louis Sharkey, he could have the National Emergency (Coal Strike) Act repealed by Monday if he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Courts Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., occupied the Bench at Scone Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last
Police v. Francis Walter R. Roberta,, on a charge of driving a vehicle in a negligent manner, adjourned from the last sitting of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Power Cut Charges First Action in Court
Two cafe proprietors were on Wednesday charged with breaches of the power restrictions in prosecutions brought by the Sydney County…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arbitration Court Surprise Government Challenges Reds' Cheques
There was a surprise development in the Arbitration Court proceedings today when E. J. Hooke, Counsel for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Groupers Disrupted Communist Meeting Police Had To Stop Fights
NEWCASTLE, Monday.—Although A.L.P. supporters made no attempt to interfere with the big miners’ demonstration on Saturday, a large band of “Industrial Groupers” disrupted a Communist Party meeting at Birdwood Park…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal at Grass on Way to Sydney Police Protect Loaders
Coal at grass on the northern fields is being brought to Sydney today. The decision to move the coal came as a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eyes Of The World Upon British Murder Trial "Acid Bath" Case Commenced To-day
Crowds poured into the sleepy little town of Lewes, Sussex (Eng.) for the "Acid Bath" murder trial which opened to-day. Central figure is good-looking 39-years-old John…
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