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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

1,866 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 38 of 94

Police Promotions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 2

The following police promotions in the North-eastern Division have been announced:— Sergeants 3rd Class to be Sergeants…

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Police Court Newcastle (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 6

REMANDED.—Charged by warran[?] with having stolen spanners and other articles, valued about £1, the property of John Swoon, at Newcastle. Edward…

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Police Theories on Cliff Tragedy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Two aspects of the car crash over Dover Heights cliff on Saturday night, in which Mrs. Dorice Retallack and Hedley…

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Police Looking for Missing Piano

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 7

SYDNEY.—A grand piano owned by the American Red Cross has teen lost. The piano was on the first floor…

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Police Chase Car, Man Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A man was wounded by a police bullet after a three-mile chase of a stolen car by the wireless patrol…

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Bunnerong Men's Claims in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Bunnerong powerhouse men's claim for a 25 per cent. increase in overtime rates for doing chift work came…

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Police Club Boy Wins State Boxing Title

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the intermediate championships of the interstate amateur boxing series, held at the Sydney Stadium. C. Ward,…

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High Court Rules Travel Ban Invalid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday—The Full High Court unanimously held that the restriction of interstate transport order made tinder the…

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Hotelkeeper in Court Wounding Charge at Teralba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 8

In the Teralba Police Court yesterday Mr. L. Beavers, S.M. heard an [?]tion that on May 11, Roy Allan Ferguson, 31, licensee of the Royal…

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Arbitration Court Applications for Annual Sick Leave

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 3

After making inspections yesterday at the works of Rylands Bros. (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. and the Australian Wire Rope Works,…

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Bus Driver Charged at Special Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 5

In an accident in Pacific Highway, Belmont, on Tuesday night, Kevin Neil Harman, 15, of Belmont, suffered facial lacerations and head…

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Wharfman Gaoled for Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Searched after leaving No. 2 wharf last night, Thomas Henry Slater, 33. Wharf labourer, was found to have 12 pairs…

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"Flatness" In Nat. Fitness Body Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 5

Allegations that the Youth and Adult Committee of the National Fitness Organisation was already "flat," and had failed to achieve…

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Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.) Summons Division

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 6

HAD NO PERMIT.—For having engaged all employee without a permit. Theo Raftopoulos, of Hunter-street. Newcastle, was fined £3. with £2/10/ costs…

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Court Officials Farewelled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 5

Mr. J. A. Letts, who has been promoted to Clerk of Petty Sessions at Quirindi, after eight years' service at Newcastle Courthouse, was…

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Air Ace Reduced by Court-martial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Australian air ace, Wing Commander R H. Gibbes. D.S.O., D.F.C., bans been reduced to the rank of Squadron…

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Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1945 · page 6

SAILORS FINED.—Four charges were preferred against Erie Conroy Scudds, 22, sailor. For having behaved offensively in Pacific-street. Scudds was…

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Manpower at Fault Magistrate on Man's Release

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1945 · page 11

"This man applies for a release, and is refused. He comes to this board with an appeal, and it is rejected. Yet, six months later, for…

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Mr. Justice Reed's Report Assault on Soldier at Grovely Camp

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday.—It would be flying in the face of probabilities to hold that there was never any will-treatment by the staff of…

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Civilians On Trial For Murder Of U. S. Flier

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 June 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Friday: The first war crime trial of civilians has been opened at Ahrweiler, where three men have been charged with having murdered an American airman, who was shot and clubbed…

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