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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1917

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 20. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.s.m.) a New Zealand Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 4

A further remand until March 26 was granted in the case of William Ennis, a seaman, who is charged with a breach of the New Zealand War Precautions Act…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 21. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1917 · page 7

Two first offenders were fined is, or five minutes' detention, for drunkenness. A Sore Horse Worked. John Heffernan, 77, admitted that he had…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 22. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 2

Richard Pearce (46) carter, was fined 20s, in default seven days' imprisonment, for drunkenness. The Man in the Moon…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, March 22. (Before Messrs. F. G. Adrian and C. H. Gale, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 2

Annie White, licensee of the National Hotel Wallsend (assessment £156, fee £25) applied for a reassessment. She said her rent had been reduced by…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 23. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) "Peculiar Circumstances."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 9

A remand for a week was granted in the case of Orville Dawn, 20, described as a musician who was charged with being idle and disorderly without sufficient…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, March 26. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 3

Inspector Cunningham proceeded against the following for permitting stock to stray in the municipality of Wallsend on the 8th instant: Michael Hope, Robert…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 29. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 7

For drunkenness William J. Harding, 58, labourer, was fined 20s, or seven days; and the bond of Edward O'Neill was forfeited. Deserting Seamen…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, March 29. (Before Messrs. C. H. Gale and C. Hibble, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 7

Whitfield Pryor was permitted to transfer the license of the Wallarah Hotel, Catherine Hill, Bay, to Charles M'Vay. Alexander Stewart, licensee of the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 2. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 7

For drunkenness, William Herbert Stacey, 34, labourer, was fined 5s, or 10 minutes' detention, and the bonds of seven first offenders were forfeited…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 3. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 4

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, in default, five minutes' imprisonment. The bail bonds of another who did not appear were ordered to…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 4. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 7

For drunkenness, a first offender was fined 2s 6d, or five minutes' detention, and Frederick A. Heidebrecht, 42 seaman, 5s, or 15 minutes…

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Small Debts Division. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 2

Verdicts, with costs, were given for plaintiffs in the following cases:—Matthew Clark, storekeeper, of Islington, v. Robert Penfold, of Kurri Kurri, £5 3s 9d;…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, April 5. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 2

On charges of drunkenness, the bonds of two first offenders were forfeited. Robert Bell, 44, labourer, was fined 10s, or three days' imprisonment, for having been…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, April 5. (Before Messrs. C. H. Gale and C. Hibble, L.Ms.) Reductions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 2

John G. Williams, Tattersall's Hotel, West Wallsend, was granted redactions from £150 (assessment) and £25 (license fee) to £113 and £20…

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The Weather. Gales and Heavy Seas

Northern Times · Saturday 7 April 1917 · page 5

The 9 a.m. weather reports to-day showed fine, but windy, conditions on the coast. The sea was rough in the Straits, around Tasmania, in the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 16. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 7

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, in default five minutes' imprisonment, and the ball bonds of another, who did not appear, were…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 17. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 5

For drunkenness, Annie Dilton, 61, married, was fined 6s, or 24 hours' detention. Absent Without Leave…

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Storm in City

Northern Times · Thursday 19 April 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday. — A violent thunderstorm passed over the city at an early hour this morning, during which torrential rain fell…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 18. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1917 · page 2

For having been drunk and disorderly, Charles Davis (48), labourer, and Thomas Miller (50), labourer, were each fined 5s, or six hours' imprisonment…

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Heavy Rain. More Coastal Showers

Northern Times · Saturday 21 April 1917 · page 5

The monsoonal dip is still hovering off the coast of New south Wales. [?] to 9 a.m. to-day the rainfall at Newcastle for the past 24 hours was 216 points…

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