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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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Police Chased Racing Motor Cyclists, Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1953 · page 9

It was related in the Wollongong Court that a traffic constable had to chase racing motor cyclists at 60 m.p.h. on the highway at Unanderra…

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£12 Fines for theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 24 December 1953 · page 15

Two men were each fined £12 at the Wollongong Court on Monday after they had pleaded guilty to stealing a universal…

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£62,500 Theft From Army Alleged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1953 · page 2

TOKYO, Wed.—An Australian army paymaster had been charged with having embezzled £62,500 in…

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Police Move to New Station

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 24 December 1953 · page 11

Wollongong police on Tuesday transferred to their new £90,000 police station, which is located adjacent to the old…

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Passed Police Van on Incorrect Side

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 24 December 1953 · page 11

A young motor cyclist who overtook a police van and other vehicles on the wrong side of the road in Crown street…

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Police Appeal on Cheques

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 28 December 1953 · page 3

Any persons who cashed a cheque or cheques at the Bulli Family Hotel between December 14 and…

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Bruised Woman Collapses in Court Hearing

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 December 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—A woman collapsed in Paddington Court today as her husband was…

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Jack Hulbert is No. 2 head of Women's Police

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 31 December 1953 · page 2

A meandering programme, where one subject leads into another," is how Wilfrid Thomas describes his Show on…

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