Communists Charged Some Actions Withdrawn
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Several of the 23 union officials charged with the Communist Party on the withdrawal of money allegedly to help striking miners will be discharged…
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Courts & crime, 1949
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Six Charged With Unlawful Use
Six more cases alleging the use of electricity contrary to the regulations, came before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.M., in…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—Ellen Fredericks Palmer, 48, was charged in Brisbane Court to-day with the attempted murder of John Robert…
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BRISBANE: A Chinese named Tai Shek has arrived in Suva under escort of three Brisbane detectives. He is…
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Police reinforements from several parts of New South Wales arrive at Cessnock. Above: Police disembark on arrival at Cessnock…
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The police convoy on its way to the Coalfields yesterday. Top: The convoy stopped for a brief period between…
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A start will be made at daylight to-day to move the first trainload of coal standing in trucks in the Cessnock-Weston area. It is believed that the work will be continued throughout the day…
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REMANDED.—William Henry [?], 27, labourer, was charged by warrant with having stolen a motor-cycle valued at £70 the property…
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MELBOURNE: Armed police and warders are searching the bush near Cobden for William Henry George Dean (30), who…
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WALLA WALLA (Washington), Fri. (A.A.P.): Death on the gallows today ended the career of Jake Bird, a negro who had confessed to committing or having knowledge of 44 murders. He was hanged specifically…
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NEW YORK, July 15.—Thrice widowed Mrs. Catherine Peterson, 71, of Rockford (Illinois), faces a sentence of upwards of…
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A policeman leans over the rails of the guard's van of a coal train leaving Aberdare colliery for East Greta Junction…
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Security police visited the offices of the Northern District of the Miners' Federation at Federation House yesterday morning…
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From August 2, Courts will be held at Wallsend on the Wednesday after the first and third Mondays each month, and at Teralba…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—Squads of police will protect voluntary workers who offer to unload 6700 tons of Indian coal from the…
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UNLICENSED PISTOLS.—Kenneth John Adams, 31, regalia manufacturer, was fined £3 on each of two charges of having had unlicensed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Old Men's Home Inmates Angry Over Police Trapping S.P. Agent
MELBOURNE: Inmates of the Mount Royal Home for old men at Royal Park are indignant over the methods they allege gaming police adopted to trap starting price bookmakers at the home. They claim the police…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—At Glebe police station last night an 18-year-old youth was charged with shooting with intent to do grievous…
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AT COALFIELDS.—Tea is welcomed by these policemen after a turn at keeping a strict watch on all sidings during the State Government's full-scale coal lift from the northern fields at the week-end…
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LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.): Special police were sent to the County Hall at Lewes (Sussex) last night to disperse gangs of London "Spivs" who crashed the queue of all-night sitters for the trial of John Haigh…
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