Police, Chinese Clash In Hongkong
HONGKONG, Jan. 12.— Police and Chinese squatters in the former walled city of Kowloon fought a pitched battle for half an hour this…
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Courts & crime, 1948
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Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.)
DISCHARGED.—When police offered no evidence against Kennett games Leighton, 23, driver, on a charge of having driven a motor bus…
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HOBART, Tuesday.—While he was working in the woodyard at Hobart gaol this afternoon, a prisoner, Frank Cubitt, 31, escaped…
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SINGLETON, Tuesday.—During the lunch hour to-day thieves climbed on to the roof of a jeweller's shop, cut a hole in the roof…
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WEST WYALONG: Lloyd Fleming, laborer, West Wyalong, appeared before Messrs. L. C. Luff and L. J. McCann, Justices of the Peace, today, charged with having on Jan. 3 murdered Hugh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →40-Hour Disputes For Court
Disputes concerning the working of the 40-hour week under Federal awards at the Newcastle works of Stewarts and Lloyds and the Commonwealth Steel Company have been referred to the Federal Arbitration Court. Men affected at the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Police in country areas had been instructed to grant assistance to people who suffered injury or damage during…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Summons Division
DISCHARGED.—Leonard James Scholes, driver, of Brickyards, Adamstown, was discharged after evidence had been heard on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Breach of Award
Katina Tarafos, shopkeeper, Bruce-st., Cook's Hill, pleaded guilty in the Industrial Court to falling to pay Daphne G. Steer, a shop…
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SYDNEY.—Neville James Murphy, 25, poulterer, was charged at Campsie Court today with having raped a young…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Frank Munro, 59, electrical engineer, was arrested on a provisional warrant when he left Long Bay Gaol this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Women Paid "Lion Men" For Murder "Herald" Service
LONDON, Jan. 14.—Three native women in Tanganvika hired a "lion man" to kill a man they disliked and watched him…
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The verandah of Belmont Court-house was crammed yesterday with people sheltering from the rain until their cases were called…
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The disputes over rosters at Commonwealth Steel and Stewarts and Lloyds will be heard by the Federal Arbitration Court in Melbourne…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Police investigations are being made in Sydney and New South Wales country centres in an attempt to break…
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BAD LANGUAGE.—Ernest Joseph Smith 23, horse trainer, of the Adamstown Hotel, Adamstown, was fined £3 for indecent language in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Court (Before Mr. C. Avery, S.m.) Milk Fat Deficiency
When John Brooks was charged with selling adulterated milt on Nov. 26, Inspector Robinson, of the Greater Newcastle Council, said that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Assaulted Wife
Patrick William Welsh came from some bushes as his wife was approaching her mother's house at Merewether, at midnight on Dec. 29…
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When Gordon Paul, 33, labourer, was committed for trial on two charges of breaking, entering and stealing from hotels in Wallsend on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.)
SUSPENDED SENTENCE.—Donald Burt, 21, labourer, was given a suspended sentence of six months' imprisonment with hard labour and…
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