"Absurd," Says Chief Sec. Report That Police Will Be Miners SYDNEY
"Absurd" and "ridiculous" was how the Chief Secretary (Mr. Tonking), in the Legislative Assembly to-day, described a report in a morning paper…
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Courts & crime, 1940
2,515 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 54 of 126
Clash on Wharf Chinese Refuse to Work Ship Police Arrest 48 After Melee Sydney
A clash between the Chinese crew of an oversea freighter and 20 police occurred at a Sydney wharf to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Small Debts Court (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M.) Claim For Damages
Alleging negligent driving of a motor car by the defendant, George Albert Plovman, of Frith-street. New Lambton, claimed £50 from Adolphus…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Father Sent to Gaol Lismore
"You are the father of five children, all girls. Your trust in life was to look after them. Apparently your idea of the way you should carry out the trust…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Police Court Thursday, May 2 (Before Mr. R. Solling, S.m.) Drunken Driving Alleged
Thomas Benn, 66, a commercial traveller, pleaded "Not guilty" to a charge that, at New Lambton, on March 25, he drove a motor-car along Russell-road…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Two Women Hit by Bullet Man Charged with Shooting SYDNEY
Two women were injured in a shooting, believed to be the culmination of Court proceedings to-day, at Campsie to-night. A man, who later walked into Campsie…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Small Debts Court Claim for Damages
George Albert Plovman, of Frith-street, New Lambton, sought £50 damages from Adolphus H. Wilson, a business manager, of Bull-street, Mayfield West, arising…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Police Fire on Chinese Rioters Singapore, May 2
When Chinese rioters did not heed warning shots the police fired again, killing, two and wounding another. The riot occurred during May Day parades. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Aboriginal Police Force Will Be Established Darwin
A wide sphere of useful service by the proposed Northern Territory aboriginal constabulary is envisaged by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Courts (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. P.m.) West Maitland Alleged Theft Of Fowls
The part-heard case In which Charles Augustus Bailey, 35, faced three charges of stealing fowls was continued…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Elopement Theory of Police in Missing Girl Case Sydney
After 21 days of fruitless searching, the police admit they are no nearer the solution of Lucy Brown Craig's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Native Police for North First Recruits to Begin Training DARWIN
Thirty aborigines, the nucleus of the native constabulary for the Northern Territory, would soon receive technical training at Darwin, said the Director of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Industrial Court (Before Mr. R. Soiling, S.M.) Upholsterers Fined
The Austral Upholstery Pty., Ltd., of Union-lane. Newcastle, did not appear to answer a charge that It had permitted H. Bricklebank to work In…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court (Before Mr. R. Soiling, S.M.) Builder's Claim
A claim for £47 6s 6d for work done on a house, was made by Archibald Mills, a builder, of Jenner-parade, Hamilton, against Mrs. Florenze Jessie…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Now Suspect Murder Man's Body Found in Quarry MELBOURNE
The possibility that Ian Hamilton Brownbill, 24 breadcarter, whose naked body was found in a quarry at Oakleigh, was the victim of an attack, is being…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Confidence Man Sent to Gaol London, May 3
Edward Michael Cavendish, 51, described as a cattle-breeder, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for obtaining £2000 from John William Kerr, by a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Court Friday, May 3 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Summons Division Cyclists Fined
Several cyclists were fined 14/6, with 5/6 costs, in default two days' imprisonment, for breaches of the Traffic Act. Details—…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →"Kept in Gaol All Life" Prisoner's Appeal Fails SYDNEY
Joseph Burgess, 45, who was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, declared an habitual criminal, and ordered to be kept in a reformatory prison during the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Industrial Court Breach of Award
There was no appearance of the defendant company in the case in which the Austral Upholstery Pty. Ltd. was charged with having allowed H…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Police Convoy Lorries Coal Hauled to Ship for Overseas Three Trips Made
Fifteen lorries, convoyed by a strong police escort, Hauled coal from Northern Extended Colhery. Teralba, to an overseas ship in Newcastle harbour…
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