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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 117

Court Ballot To Moderates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —Moderate candidates defeated militants for two positions in the Australian Railways…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S. M.) Manslaughter Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 4

Chorge Milanovic. 30, steelworker, was remanded until June 4 on a charge of having feloniously slain James…

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Gaol for Sex Offender

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 10

SYDNEY, Thursday. — A former paratrooper who was sentenced at the Quarter Sessions to-day to two years' gaol…

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6st. Assault On 6ft. Policeman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, May 14. A.A.P.—Lola Dewitt Stewart. 25, who is 5ft. tall and weighs only 6 stone, will be…

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Abattoir Strike For Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 1

The Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) has referred to the Federal Arbitration Court a dispute at Newcastle Abattoir over the manning scale for the boiler plant. Members of the Federated…

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Court Allegation Church's Piano 'Sold By Youth'

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 3

An 18-year-old youth had posed as a Sunday School superintendent and sold a church piano for £47 10s, it was alleged in Newcastle Court today…

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A.E.U. Plea For Court Ballot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — About 2000 members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union have petitioned the…

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Miners' Council Told To Attend At Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day ordered the Miners' Federation Central Council to attend a…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 11

REMANDED.—Chorge Milanovic, 30, steelworker, was further remanded till June 4, the date of the inquest, on charges of…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Youth Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 9

Kennrth Sidney Perry, 19, laborer, was remanded to appear at Livepool Court on May 21 off a charge of having…

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Church Piano Sold, Police Say

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1953 · page 6

Maurice David Hurst, 18 milkman, was committed for trial by Mr. J. Lake, S.M. at Newcastle Court yesterday,…

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Tarien Appeal Case Police Powers "Limited"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1953 · page 13

SYDNEY, Friday. —The A.J.C. Committee considered there was a growing tendency to substitute a police inquiry for a steward's inquiry, Mr. Justice…

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Court Grants Custody To Doctor's Wife

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mrs. Carol Basto, wife of Dr. Robert Alexander de Castro Basto, was granted custody of their…

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John Darling Talk Failure Court Rule Obeyed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—A round table conference to-day failed to settle the seven week old strike at John Darling colliery…

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Court Story By Forbes Big Cash Loan 'On Trust'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.— John Woolcott Forbes said to-day that a Sydney bookmaker had lent him £6000 in 1948 without a receipt "on trust."…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1953 · page 6

REMANDED.—Kenneth Sidney Perry, 19, labourer, was remanded to Liverpool Court on Thursday on charges that at…

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Court Is Told Woman Will Die

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY. — A who was struck on the head with a tomahawk on Saturday would not live…

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Stop Press Court to Probe Air Collision

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 12

SYDNEY. — A Court of Inquiry to investigate an air collision as a result of which an R.A.N. pilot was killed at Wagga yesterday would be…

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Employers Ask High Court To Order Judge To Return

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Mr. Justice Foster announced today that he would not voluntarily resume his seat on the Arbitration Court bench to continue hearing the wages-hours case. He said he disclosed his…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke S.m.) Indecent Behavior

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 9

On charges of indecent behavior, Arthur Thomas Chalmers, 24, seaman, was fined £2, Mahommed Eazel, 40, seaman…

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