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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Theft of £425 From Kurri Co-op. Store Thieves Never Found

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 6

Thieves who stole £436 from the till of the Kurri Kurri Co-operative Store at Kurri Kurri, on December 9,…

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Police Check On Death Of Woman

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 1

NOWRA: Sydney CIB and Wallongong detectives are Investigating the death of a 30-yearold women whose body…

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They Had a "Murder" Scare at Weston Mystery Of The Human Arm

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 2

At the conclusion of the 1914-18 War, the Government inaugurated the scheme of soldier settlement, and one such settlement, designed as a series of poultry farms, was situateS at Weston…

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"Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here," Is Not the Case To-day Maitland Gaol Governor's Address To Rotary Club

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 1

Years ago, the motto of gaols was, "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here," but to-day that was all changed, Mr. Roy Weathers, Governor of the Maitland Gaol, said in an address to the last meeting of…

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May Have New Clues On Links Murder

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: Detectives questioned naval rating regarding the Wollongong golf links murder mystery after a…

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Polish Secret Police Officer Granted Asylum in America Solution To Disappearance Of Three U.S. Citizens May Be Found

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 1

WASHINGTON: A former high-ranking official of Poland’s secret police has defected to the West, and has been, granted asylum in the United States. He is Josef Swiatlow, 39, former deputy chief of “Department 10” of the Polish Ministry of Public Security in Warsaw…

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Lost Property Sale By Police

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 1

Prices ranged front 1/ to £8 at an auction sale yesterday of lost property [?] at [?] Maitland Police…

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Wild Police Car Chase, Shots Fired

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Shots were fired, and a patrol car dangerously locked mudguards with another car during a wild 70…

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Police Transfers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 1

Constable F. Logan, of Muswellbrook, has received notice of his transfer to Hiliston, where he will take up the duties of…

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Tribute to police

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 1

The Mayor (Ald. C. M. Bourke) who welcomed Mr. Snowden, paid tribute to Sgt. W. E. Young and Singleton…

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Heddon Greta Man Awarded £2,500 Claim at Newcastle Supreme Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 1

Ronald William Bristow, of Adam Street, Heddon Greto, was awarded £2,500 at the Newcastle Supreme Court…

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Police Sergeant Talks with Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 2 October 1954 · page 2

A very welcome visitor to last Tuesday night's meeting of Dungog Municipal Council was Sergeant E. N. Southwell, officer-in-charge of Dungog Police…

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Knew Police Were Chasing

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 3

A motorist in a letter to Maitland Court to-day said he had passed the last house in a built-up area and was…

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The Dides Affair Fourth man charged with treason PARIS

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 1

Andre Baranes, Communist journalist and police informer yesterday became the fourth man charged with treason in the "Dides affair" involving…

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Former Police Chief Charged

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 1

MEXICO CITY: A former Guatemalan secret police chief, Jaime Rosenberg, has been arrested here for…

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Two Sent to Gaol

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 3

Two young men were sentenced to terms of imprisonment when they pleaded guilty to separate charges…

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Gaol For Illegal Use Of Motor Cycles

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Mr. F. R. Wood, S. M when the two at, Cessnock Court today sentenced two young men for illegally…

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Indiscipline In Unions Before Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE: The Commonwealth Arbitration Court had to decide whether the trade movement as a…

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Man Charged with Intent to Murder Melbourne, Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 2

Police have charged a 26-year-old man with wounding a woman with intent to murder at…

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Police Sought Child “Kept In”

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Police, aided by dogs and volunteers, searched the Croydon area in Surrey for 12 hours overnight…

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