Charged with Theft 6446 Radio Valves
MELBOURNE.—In the City Court today, Donald Speed, 37, manager of Autoterms Ltd., was ordered to appear at Darwin…
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Courts & crime, 1948
2,001 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 101
Not Drunk Enough, Says Magistrate
SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Bryant, S.M., held in Balmain Court to-day that evidence that a tramdriver was "three-parts drunk" and "more…
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SYDNEY: A man who was stabbed to death last night was to have come before the Central Court to- day on a charge of stealing a typewriter. Instead, John Robert Christie…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—There was no suggestion that a police officer would be sent to England and Scotland to obtain recruits for the New…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—The President of the Queensland branch of the Australian Railways Union (Mr. M. O'Brien) was refused a hearing in the Full Industrial Court to-day…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Metal Trades Employers' Association asked the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day to intervene in the…
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STOLE FROM CLUB.—Leslie Alfred Sams, 33. cleaner, admitted having stolen a quantity of crockery, knives and forks, from Newcastle Tattersall's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District Court at Newcastle (Before Judge Nield) Claim for Damages
Alleging negligent driving, Roy Allan Ferguson, taxi proprietor, sought £60 damages from William Sibley, of New Lambton. A verdict…
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MELBOURNE: A section-by-section attack on the Bank Bill was made by Mr. Berwick, K.C. (for the Bank of N.S.W.) when the hearing was continued before the Full High Court today. Challenging the Act Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court at Newcastle Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Unlicensed Pistol
When Sergt. J. Downie saw a bulge in the hip pocket of Parrell Charles Campbell, 18, laborer, who was with Tour other men near the Terminus…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Crown Law Department has summoned F. Oswald Barnett, the Victorian Housing Commission's…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Donald Speed, 37, manager of Auto-terms Ltd. of Melbourne, was ordered in the Third Court to-day…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At Central Court to-day, John Robert Christie. 32, seaman, and Alfred Michael Laffy, 25, were remanded on a…
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CASINO, Tuesday.—Police are investigating the sudden death of Tennifer Exton, 7. an aboriginal, in an aboriginal reserve near Casino…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.)
BREACH OF BUND.—The Magistrate decided to take no action in a case in which John Patrick Boyne, 10, labourer, was charged with…
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MELBOURNE: Controls and powers exercised by the Commonwealth Bank in relation to Australian trading banks were described in a 42-page affidavit by the Chief Economic Adviser to the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Trespassed on Railways
John Smythe, 68, pensioner, was lined £10 or 20 days' imprisonment for trespassing on railway premises at Newcastle. Constable Irwin said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Gaol for Vagrant
Sam Jones, 50, laborer, was found in a drunken sleep in King-st. last night, by Constable Irwin. Charged, with vagrancy, he was sentenced to…
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Victor Frost, of Catherine Hill Bay, was committed for trial at Newcastle Quarter Sessions on April 5, on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.Z. Gaol Trouble "Brought To Head"
AUCKLAND, Wednesday.—Eight warders are reported to have resigned at Auckland Prison. Recent disturbances by…
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