Court Shorts
In Wollongong Court yesterday: John Paul Philpot pleaded guilty to two charges…
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"£1,500 To Rectify Building Defects." Expert Tells Court
Defects in a house, recently built by Keira Constructions, would cost about £1500 to rectify and it would be a better proposition to rebuild, a building expert…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man with Fine War Record in Court
A man who was said to have a "very fine war record" after volunteering for active service at the age of 16 years, came before Kiama…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Consulting Engineer Gives View in Court on Cracks in Wall
Cracks in the walls of a recently erected house could have been caused by a settlement in the foundation, a Consulting Engineer said in the District Court at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Four Months Gaol For Vagrant
AN elderly man was sentenced to four months hard labour when he appeared at Wollongong Court last week…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Bulli Police Boys' Club Rooms to Be "As Good As W'gong's"
About a dozen youngsters in the Bulli Police Boys' Club had police records before they joined, but none have been on any charge since then. One of them is now an assistant instructor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Months' Gaol for Illegally Using Car
A labourer was sentenced to four Months' hard labour when he appeared in the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on a charge of illegally…
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LONDON, Mon.—Police will make a foot by foot search of Westminster Abbey before Queen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tennis Court For Mount Kembla
The Joint Coal Board has promised the Mount Kembla Tennis Club £ for £ for the construction of a tennis…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Palings Waved at Crowd Court Told
Two men, who had been seen waging palings of a fence at a crowd, were each fined £2 when they…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—A Polish migrant in Court today had been identified as a man seen hurrying along a Waverton street about the time Shirley Butler died…
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£7 in money ans a quantity of liquor has been stolen from the Woonona Bowling Club premises…
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A 31 year old labourer was at the the Wollongong Court on Monday sentenced to four mouths hard labour for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Doyle Forged C. Evatt's Name, Court Told
SYDNEY, Wed.—Reginald Aubrey Doyle had forged the name of New South Wales Housing Minister (Mr. Clive Evatt) to a document, Mr. H. Snelling…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Greyhound Board Has No Power To "Warn Off," Court Rules
SYDNEY, Wed. — The Greyhound Racing Control Board had no power under its rules to "warn off "any person, Chief Justice (Hon. K. W. Street), said…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Threat to Assault Alleged
In Wollongong Court yesterday, Claude Sidney Laughlin, of Horne St., Port Kembla, was given a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →No Rent Paid Since August, Court Told
A man alleged in Wollongong Court yesterday a tenant of a room he owned had paid no rent since…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Struck Man in Mouth with Fist, Court Told
Const. Grant, of Wollongong Police, told Wollongong Court yesterday he saw Neville Francis Preston, 27, labourer, of Hercules St., Wollongong, strike Frank…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →High Court Ruling on Wages Case: Even Three Judges Could Proceed
MELBOURNE, Thurs.—The wages-hours case could lawfully proceed before the Arbitration Court, whether or not Mr. Justice Foster returned to the Bench,…
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SYDNEY, Fri.—Roy Dennison, 49-years-old stationhand, was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice…
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