Police Ban "Movie Jackpots" Games of Chance, They Say Sydney
"Movie Jackpots," conducted from city and suburban picture theatre stages by well-known radio personalities, have been…
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Courts & crime, 1940
2,515 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 126
Arbitration Court Can Function Menzies on Coal Strike Melbourne
"There was no reason why the Arbitration Court should not function." said the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Police Superintendent Began As Wool-classer Deserted Family Tradition for Crime Detection
Like most policemen. Superintendent A. H. C. Jones, who will take over the Northeastern Division from Superintendent J. W. White to-morrow morning, started life…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Change Court; Not Love Game (Dorothy Dix.—Copyright) Dear Dorothy Dix.—
I am a man of 21 and for some years have been a tennis partner of a widow of 38 or so. Having met a player about my own age. I tried to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cyclists Pay £82 in Fines Big Number of Offenders Before Court Variety of Offences
Fines and costs totalling £82 were imposed on 82 cyclists for having committed breaches of the Traffic Act by Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mr. Menzies Will Not Move "Strike Was a Disastrous Error" Miners' Secretary Says Court Cannot Function Sydney
The Federal Ministry's attitude to the coal strike is unchanged. Before he returned to Melbourne to-night the Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) reiterated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Indian Charged with Murder Sauntered Into Court With Hat On LONDON, March 21
Without even bothering to remove his hat, Singh Azar sauntered into Court smilingly, when he faced the charge of having feloniously murdered Sir Michael…
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Baby Burke sat there for a long time. He fiddled with the papers glanced at them again. It wasn't possible. And yet there was that birthmark on his arm…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Auction Sale
A sale of unclaimed property will be conducted to-morrow at West Maitland police station. The goods to be offered include four bicycles, a car wheel, tyre,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Engaged to Three Girls Man Sent to Gaol for Three Years SYDNEY
Alfred Minden, 37, salesman, was at one time engaged to three girls, and was keeping company with a fourth, according to police evidence at the Quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Police Wanted for Toronto Urban Committee' Claim
Claiming that the Toronto police district was understaffed, Mr. G. Field said at a meeting of Toronto Urban Committee that dances were interrupted by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Defied Court in 1929" Miners Charge Owners "Claims Exceptionally Modest"
The statement of the Secretary of the Northern Collieries' Association (Mr. C. F. Mallett), in which he alleged that Communists were behind every move to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Force Not Represented Inquiry Into Promotion System Invitation Refused Sydney
The Chief Secretary (Mr. A. U. Tonking) to-day announced the committee to review the present methods of promotion in the police force, and to submit…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Conspiracy Case Witness Arrested When Leaving for Overseas Police Evidence in Court Sydney
Arrested on Thursday afternoon on a warrant alleging that he was a material witness for the prosecution in the Woolcott Forbes case, Charles Reginald…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Strikes of Other Days When Union Leaders Went to Gaol
There have been strikes in Newcastle almost since the first coal was won. It is on record that there was an entire suspension of production at the pits of the Australian Agricultural Company, which pioneered the industry, but does not…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Thief Specialised in Jewellery Old Offender Back In Gaol LONDON, February 10
Branded years ago as an habitual criminal—the mark most hated by the eviL[?]doer with a record—Walter Robert Powell, 50-year-old steward, recently started five years' penal servitude imposed at Middlesex Sessions for carrying out his old…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dungog Council to Appeal Damages for Erecting Sewer Vent District Court Decision Dungog
At a special meeting last night, Dungog Council decided to appeal against a verdict for £15 damages and costs awarded against it by Judge Nield in the District…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Court Saturday, March 23 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Gaol for Shoplifter
William Noble, 37, a fireman, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for having stolen six tobacco pouches, the property of Selfridges Ltd., on March 21…
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James Williams, alias Ernest George Stedman, 40, a dealer, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for having been found in the dwelling house of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mother and Son Shot on Qld. Farm Father Is Charged Another Son Wounded Brisbane
Charged with the double murder yesterday of his wife, Maria Betha Augusta Martin, 47, and his son, Walter, 20, Gustav…
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