Police Raise £621 for War Effort
SYDNEY, Monday.—The police force to-day gave sums, totalling £621, to assist the war effort. The money was raised at functions in various districts. Gloucester…
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Courts & crime, 1941
1,597 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 80
Police Warning of Spurious 5/- Pieces
Newcastle police have received no complaints of counterfeit 5s pieces having been passed in the district, but two of the coins were passed in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Boom" in Stealing of Bicycles
Newcastle police are contending with a wave of bicycle stealing. Thefts of bicycles have become so prevalent in the last three months that a special permanent staff of four plainclothes men are now engaged on the work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Guinea Murder Suspect Discharged
CAIRNS, Wednesday.—Stating that a native, suspected of the murder of a white woman had cross-examined. witnesses with skill, the equal of which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Ball on September 4
—A meeting of the Newcastle branch of the Police Association last night decided to hold the annual police ball in the Club Ballroom on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C.G. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Stealing Charge
Francis Henry Williams, [?] miner, and William Francis Harvey, 36, laborer, were charged with having stolen five rolls of material, valued at £8 6s 11d, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Newcastle (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
SOLDIER FINED.—"This kind of conduct must be restrained," said tine Magistrate fining Thomas Darby Brown, 41, soldier, £5 for having behaved offensively in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chinese Before Court
Some of the Chinese members of a steamer who were charged in Newcastle yesterday with having wilfuly disobeyed a command by the captain in Port Hunter. They were remanded…
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Members of the Newcastle Police and Citizens' Boys' Club will meet students of the Tighe's Hill Technical High School in a boxing tournament at the club rooms to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →42 Chinese in Court Ship Held Up at Newcastle
Charged with having wilfully disobeyed a command by the captain of a steamer in Port Hunter on July 30, they being lawfully engaged seamen, 42 Chinese members…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
REMANDED.—William Francis Harvey 36, a labourer, and Francis Henry Williams 50, a miner, were remanded to Wednesday on a charge of having stolen material, valued…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gaol Interview with Chinese Crew of Vessel
In an endeavor to settle the shipping dispute, as a result of which 42 Chinese members of the crew are in gaol, the secretary of the Seamen's…
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The Women's Auxiliary of the Police War Fund entertained about 100 guests at a bridge party yesterday afternoon in the supper room at the City Hall. Proceeds,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Judge Piper Now Head of Federal Arbitration Court
SYDNEY, Friday.—Chief Judge H. B. Piper to-day took his sent as the now head of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court. He succeeds Sir George…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
DISCHARGED.—The police had no evidence to offer in the remanded case in which christopher Coady, 52, a clerk, was charged with having been in a street, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Interview in Gaol Chinese Crew Firm
The Secretary of Newcastle branch of the Seamen's Union (Mr. R. Franklin) and Secretary of the Trades Hall Council (Mr. U. Bass) went to Maitland Gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chase Through Streets Police Car and Fugitive
SYDNEY, Friday.—A chase through five miles of winding Redfern streets in which a detective, a small boy, and several women narrowly missed being run…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Irishman Is to Be Executed for Shooting at Police
LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.).—A military court in Dublin has sentenced to death by shooting Richard Goss, a 26…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Could Not Eat Gaol Food Chinese Seamen Were Hungry
The 42 Chinese from a ship in Newcastle who are in Maitland Gaol for disobeying a command of their captain were hungry in the gaol last week, the Secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wife's Present Led to Court
LONDON June 29. (Air Mail).— When Mrs Nadia Schalit. of Henstridge-place, London, was summoned lately for non-payment of rates…
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