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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,163 stories in Murray's papers · page 59 of 59

Park Lighting Fee "Murder," Says Ald. Farrell

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 December 1949 · page 2

AFTER prolonged discussion last week, the Municipal Council decided to charge £l/lO/- an hour for the hire of the park lighting system. The charge will be reviewed in three months. Ald. Farrell, whose motion, that the charge be at cost price…

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Three in Gaol Break

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 31 December 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.: Three prisoners escaped from the Ballarat Gaol at 3 o’clock this afternoon and the alert alarm which at…

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Police Fire on Workers

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 31 December 1949 · page 3

MILAN, Fri.: Several Italian workers were shot and wounded in fighting between police and demonstrators in Milan today. Five…

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Police Asked to Be “Pleasantly Tolerant”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 31 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: New Year’s Eve celebrations which carried into the early hours of Sunday morning…

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Another Murder in Melbourne Woman’s Blood-stained Body Found in Paddock Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 31 December 1949 · page 1

THE battered and bloodstained body of a 27-year-old woman with her throat cut, was found late this afternoon in a paddock behind the Hume steelworks in Dynon road,…

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Dog Figures in Unique Case in an American Court Long Beach (California)

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 31 December 1949 · page 2

A JUDGE yesterday allowed a dog to decide a case in favor of his blind master, Nick, a German shepherd dog, had been taken away from sightless Frank Herring, who had been convicted of beating…

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