Larrikins Take the Hint Lambton Police Protection
"The larrikins have taken the hint, and since our last meeting there has been very little to complain about," said the President of the Lambton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1940
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Small Debts Court Verdict by Consent
By consent, a verdict for £1/17/6, with 7/ Court costs, was awarded in favour of Cecil Hinks, of Lambton-road. New Lambton against Reginald Clarence Toby,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Give Police Silent Numbers? P.M.G. Will Consider SYDNEY
The Postmaster-General (Mr. Thorby) said to-day he was prepared to consider whether the numbers of telephones used for starting price betting should be made…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Likes Stock-riding Superintendent White Retiring 37 Years in Police Force
Deep down in Superintendent J. White's heart, throughout his 37 years in the Police Force, has lurked the wish to be a North Queensland stock rider…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In The Courts (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Newcastle Police Division Trespassed On Railway
For having trespassed on railway property at Woodville Junction early this morning, Frank Carey, 65, laborer, was fined 10s in default one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Car Crashed Into Girl Cyclist Young Men for Trial "Threw Bottle in Front of Police Car" Sydney
Robert Henry Pratt, 20, labourer, and Leslie Dugdale, 20, labourer, were committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter by the City Coroner (Mr. E…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court at Hospital Operation After Youth Gave Evidence Saw Mother Slain on Easter Sunday Brisbane
How he had seen his mother slain with a shotgun on Easter Sunday was related from a hospital bed to-day by a critically wounded youth. A special Court had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Will Not Use National Security Powers Unions Defying Court, Says Prime Minister Queensland Miners Prepared to Meet Owners
The Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) will not entertain the suggestion that the Commonwealth should use its powers under the National Security Act to fix wages and hours for the coal industry and so end the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sent To Gaol
William Arthur Thompson, 30, hair-dresser, who had pleaded guilty yesterday to having stolen £18 4s 9d, the property of James Brice, at Mayfield,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Assault Charges Fail Sydney
At the Quarter Sessions to-day. Walter Kelso, 26, labourer, and Frederick Anderson, 26, carter, were acquitted of having assaulted Geoffrey Evans,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →District Police Courts Wednesday, March 27. (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Theft by Hairdresser
A plea of "Guilty" was entered by William Arthur Thompson, 30, hairdresser, who was charged with having stolen £18/4/9, the property of James…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Police Wanted for Lambton
Greater Newcastle Council last night decided to support the application by Lambton and District Progress Association to the Police Department for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thefts Reported to Newcastle Police
John Clifton Hadley, of Cooranbong, reported to Newcastle police yesterday that pulley blocks and 80 feet of rope had been stolen from a pumping…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police and Citizens' Band to Be Formed
The Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Ald. J. E. Wiggins) and Superintendent A. H. C. Jones conferred today on the question of forming a Police…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Too Few Traffic Police Dangerous Hazards in Newcastle
Regret that there are not more police to do the class of work embraced in the road safety campaign was expressed by the District Representative of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →More Police for District City Council To Ask Again
The City Council decided last night to make another attempt to secure increased police protection for Newcastle district…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Fire on Mob in Calcutta No Casualties, But Arrests LONDON
For the first time in Calcutta for 10 years police had to use firearms to-day to suppress a riot. THIS occurred when a mob of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Industrial News Leave Arbitration Court A.R.U. Recommendation SYDNEY
Withdrawal from the Arbitration Court and direct negotiations for the betterment of railway workers' wages and conditions were recommended to-day by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →To-day in the Courts Newcastle Police Division (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M.) Illegal Betting
Pleading guilty to having used a place in Roe-street, Mayfield, for the purpose of betting yesterday, Joseph Edward Dobson, 32, clerk, was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Month's Gaol
Sentence of imprisonment for one month was passed on William Arthur Thompson, 30, a hairdresser, on remand, for having stolen, at Mayfield, on March…
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