Labour May Go to Court Speaker Holds 4 Jobs Illegal
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Federal Parliamentary Labour Party may move in the High Court to have the seats of four sitting Government Members declared vacant…
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Courts & crime, 1952
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Stir Over Under-Secretaries Labor Men Press For Approach To Court
CANBERRA.—A section of Labor M's.H.R., believing that four by-elections would shake the Government, is pressing for an appeal to the High Court on the…
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No action was taken against Robert Charles Palmer, 21, laborer, who appeared on a charge of breach of bond. Palmer was…
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THE HAGUE, May 23. A.A.P.—Two men with pistols attacked the Indonesian Military Attache at The Hague…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Unscrupulous estate agents were "human vampires," Judge Redshaw said at the Quarter…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—William John O'Meally, 28, was sentenced to death to-night for the murder of Constable George Howell at Caulfield on the night…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union (Mr. T Dougherty) said to-night that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Ruling On Ban To-day
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Full High Court announced to-day that it would give a decision to-morrow on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Branxton Court Before Mr. F. R. WOOD, S.M.
BETTING OFFENCE.—For illegal betting at Greta William Edward Hanna, 41, labourer, of Nelson-street, Greta, was fined…
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NO ACTION.—The Magistrate ordered that no action be taken when Robert Charles Palmer, 21, labourer, appeared on a charge…
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A Commonwealth Steel Company special investigator told Newcastle Court today that, after a check early this year, he found that nickel worth nearly £13,000 was missing from…
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PARIS, May 25. A.A.P.—French police to-day arrested Andre S[?]ji news editor of the French Communist Party…
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Sergeant H. W. Meredith, of Newcastle, chased three men for nearly 400 yards on Saturday afternoon when it was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Supt. Knows Of Sly Grog Sales
SYDNEY: The Metropolitan Police Superintendent (Mr. W. C. S. Thompson) said today that he had known for years that unlicensed places sold sly grog, hut he did not know of breaches to the extent revealed at the Liquor Royal Commission…
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NEW DELHI: The Ruler of Dhrol, who is now in detention at Thana Gaol, will be the only elector in the…
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BRISBANE.—More than a dozen police are engaged today in a canvass of every house and business in the…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—Residents of the Byron Bay area have been asked to keep watch for a large cornsack floating in the water…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The 30ft. police launch Typhon sank in Sydney Harbour to-night after striking an…
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Rev. sansom, of the Lambton Church of England, last night supported the move for a permanent…
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SYDNEY: Two men who sailed from Australia in August. 1951, had used passports fraudulently obtained, police alleged in Central Court today…
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