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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

954 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 48

More Judges For Valuation Court

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 5

N.S.W. Cabinet decided yesterday to amend the law to more judges to be appointed to the Land and…

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Court Rules Margins Case To Continue

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE: All application by employers for the margins bearing to be adjourned was disallowed by…

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Communists In Japan Are Gaining Strength Police Report On Moves Since 1952(By Sydney Brookes, Reuter)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 6

TOKYO: Japan’s Communists are gaining strength, developing infiltration tactics, and taking advantage of Communist China’s successes in Korea and Indo-China. These views sum up a Japanese…

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Police Cordon For Escaped Youths

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE: A police cordon was thrown around the Toowoomba area early to-day after three youths escaped…

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Police Charge Man with Golf Club Theft

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 1

Prompt action by Singleton Police on Wednesday night led to the arrest of a man alleged to have broken into the local golf club. Police detained the man…

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Defendant Warned By Magistrate

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 5

The Magist[?]a at Kurri Kurri Court yesterday told a man he should regard himself[?]s very [?]nate that…

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Drivers Suffer From "Paralysis," Says Magistrate

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 5

In dismissing the information against a man who pleaded not guilty to a charge of negligent driving, at Kurri…

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Court of Petty Sessions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 6

Before Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., at the Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, John William Bennett pleaded guilty to…

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£2,200 For Police Boys' Club

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 5

Two cheques to a [?]tal value of £2,220 were presented to the Superintendent of the Cessnock Police and Citizens'…

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£2220 For Cessnock Police Boys’ Club

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 2

CESSNOCK: .Mr. Harold Lett, at a meeting, of Cessnock Rotary Club last night, presented the superintendent…

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End of Junior Soccer Season Under 12 Final To Police Boys

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 6

The South Maitland Soccer Association's under 12 years competition was won on Saturday by Police Boys, who…

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Charged With Lamb Stealing

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 1

PARRAMATTA: A torch light search by detectives among large flocks of sheep on a property at prospect,…

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Six Fined For Stealing Lambs

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 3

Six men pleaded guilty in Parramatta Court this morning to having stolen lambs from a property at prospect…

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Charge Of Stealing From Golf Club

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 2

A man arrested by Singleton police is alleged to have broken into the Golf Club premises situated on Howe Park…

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Former Persian Foreign Minister sentenced to death TEHERAN

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 1

TEHRAN, Monday (AAP)- Dr. Hussein Fatemi, the former Persian Foreign Minister, was sentenced to death by an army court last night…

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Police Seek Escapee

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Police to-day cordoned off the Healesville area after a criminal, believed to be wounded, escaped…

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New Turn In Golf Links Murder

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 1

WOLLONGONG: Investigations into the Wollongong Golf Links murder took a new twist to-day when detectives…

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Won £175,000; Sought Police Protection

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 6

ROME: Nickola Sacdnni, a wealthy Turin cafe owner, called in police to protect him yesterday after he had won the…

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1952 Race Recalled in Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: There was “nothing unusual” about Buccaneer when the race horse won the Second Novice…

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Concert at Police Boys' Club To-night

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 1

Finalists and winners of championships at the Abermain Eisteddfod will give items at a concert to be held at the…

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