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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

4,154 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 52 of 208

"To Gaol for Food" Unemployed at Casino Question in Parliament Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. H. Knight (Labour Hartley) asked the Deputy Premier (Mr. M. F. Bruxner) whether his attention had been…

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Swords Into Ploughshares In The Police Manner

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 10

THOROUGHBREDS ALL.—Those canine [?]crats are waiting for their master in…

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Sampan Activities Necessity for Launches Police Commonwealth Laws Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 8

Dr. C. Wilburd, of the Commonwealth Health Department, stated to-day that unless the launches suggested by the Federal authorities wore provided they were…

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Police Conference (Continued from Pages 6 and 7) SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 8

Conference discussed a motion by Mr. R. F. Brownette (Newtown), requesting that the Police Regulation Act be amended to provide that when…

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Ovington Court Anchored in Stockton Bight Fireman and Boy Absent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 6

The steamer Ovington Court, which cleared Nobbys at 6.49 last night, dropped anchor shortly afterwards in the Stockton Bight. Its voyage to Japan was…

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Man's Death at Dungog After Visit to Pictures Police Mystified Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 7

Mystified by the death of an unidentified man at Sugarloaf, near Dungog, the local police have forwarded the contents of his stomach to Sydney for…

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Police Force Premier Pays Tribute "High Standard" Association Conference Opens SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 7

"The police as a body occupy a Unique position," said the Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens), when opening the Police Association conference to-day., "It is a…

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"New Era" for the Police Mackay Meets His Superintendents Conference Approval Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 6

"The sign of a new era of efficiency" were the words used by Mr. C. J. Cosgrave (general secretary) to describe the attendance at the annual police…

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Shot Three Times in the Head Police Say Old Man Killed Himself Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 7

Shot three times in the head, William Allen, 76, a German, was to-day found dead in his room in Crown-street, Sydney…

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Rival Unions In Tramway Service Judge Makes Appeal for Unity Position of the Men in Newcastle the Court Will Come Here Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 7

The desirability of a united front by all the unions in negotiations with the Commissoner for Road Transport and Tramways, leading up to a new award, was mentioned by Judge Drake Brockman in the Federal…

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Police Court Assault in Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 9

Frederick Kitchener, 50 a labourer, was charged at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday with assault. Kitchener, pleaded "Guilty," and was…

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Cessnock Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 9

Mr. N. C. L. Sheridan, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. Frank Woodcock was charged with…

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Murder Charge Dropped Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 7

Mrs. Alms Clare Richter, who was charged on March 22 with the murder of her son, who was hacked to death with an axe at his home at Moonee Ponds, is…

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Police Court Tuesday, April 2 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Charge Fails

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 3

Accused was discharged when evidence was completed in the part-heard case against Kenneth Lindsay, 34, a boilermaker, in which it was alleged that he…

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Licensing Court Transfer of Licences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 3

The application was granted when Frederick Francis Goswin Verfurth applied for a transfer of the licence of the Locomotive Hotel, Newcastle West, from the…

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Small Debts Court Negligent Driving Alleged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 3

Robert Tannock, of Nobbys Camp, Newcastle, claimed £42/19/ from John Israel, of Perkin-street, Newcastle, for repairs to a motor-cycle, medical expenses, and…

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Police Officials Conference in Sydney Commissioner Praised Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 9

The General Secretary of the New South Wales Police Association (Mr. C. J. Cosgrove) announced at the conference to-day that country police…

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Blowing Their Trumpets "Windbagging" Makes Police Unhappy Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 8

Windbagging in the Policeman's cabinet—the executive of the N.S.W. Police Association—is becoming so rife that the opportunity of having a quiet…

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Farm Flooded Maitland Council Sued District Court Claim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 5

An ex-parte matter and a case in which a claim for damages is being made against the West Maitland Council is part heard, were dealt with at the sitting of the…

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Stolen Stock Confinement at Lock-up Police Objections Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 8

The Police Association, at its conference to-day, decided to request that the practice of confining stolen stock in country lock-up exercise yards be discontinued,…

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