Heavy Rain in Sydney. Floods in Suburbs. Predicament of Travellers
SYDNEY. Saturday.—Heavy rain fell throughout the night and continued all this morning. The Randwick racecourse was flooded and…
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Floods & storms, 1917
160 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 8
Newcastle Police Court. Friday, April 20. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness Etc
Three first offenders were fined 2s 6d, or five minutes, for drunkenness. John Brennan (47), bootmaker, was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment for vagrancy…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—During the past 23 days twelve inches of rain have fallen in Sydney. Over £1,000 worth of damage has, been done to low-lying…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend and Plattsburg. Heavy Rain Floods Streets
Very heavy rain has fallen at Wallsend during the last few days, the records being 18th instant, 8 points; 19th. 115 points, 20th, 19 points, 21st, 2.15 points, 22nd. 217…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, April 21. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness
One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Aliens' Registration Act…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, April 23. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, S.M.)
Henry Williams was charged that being a person against whom a prohibition order is in force, he was found upon the licensed premises of the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Prevent Fighting
PETROGRAD. Monday.—Inundations on the Riga front separate the adversaries and fighting is impossible. Heavy German concentrations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M., and Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.)
Redactions of assessment and license fees were granted to G Hyde, licensee of the Criterion Hotel, Newcastle, and F. Garnham, licensee of the Newmarket…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 30. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Improper Language
James Smith, 29, fireman, was fined 40s, in default 14 days' imprisonment, for having used improper language. Seamen in Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 1. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness
John Briggs (48), horse-trainer, was fined 10s, in default, 48 hours' imprisonment, for being drunk and disorderly. Aliens Fined…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dutch Town Bombed Rousing British Admiralty Marshal Joffre at Congress Anglo-French Attacks. Lull Before Next Storm
LONDON, Tuesday.—Except for the new French thrust east of Rheims there is a comparative lull in the western battle. This, however, is merely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 2. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
William Street (48), bricklayer, for drunkenness, was fined 5s, or six hours' imprisonment. John Applegate (64), cook, for improper language, was fined 10s, or…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. F. G. Adrian, and C. H. Gale, L.Ms.)
Booth licenses for the Newcastle races, an May 12 and 16, were granted to Thomas Dalton, for the Leger stand, and to Alexander Frew, for the grandstand. A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 3. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Remanded to Sydney
George Gilchrist, seaman, was charged by warrant with being absent without leave and sufficient reason, from the vessel Wincombe Park, at Port Jackson…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, May 4. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale D.S.M.) Drunk and Language
James Adair (45), bricklayer, was charged with being drunk in King-street, and with having used improper language to Constable Bishop in Hunter-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, May 7. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Seaman in Court
Attichulla Nombulla (23), fireman, a native of Calcutta, was charged with being in Newcastle, contrary to the provisions of the Immigration Restriction Act…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 8. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, S.M.) Drunkenness
Alfred Cunningham (23), chauffeur, for being drunk while in charge of a taxi cab, was fined 10s, in default 24 hours. The magistrate warned defendant of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Ht Wednesday, May 9. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, S.M.) Unprovoked Assault
Edward Them, 51, clerk, was charged with unlawfully assaulting James Miller, a schoolboy. Evidence for the prosecution showed that on Monday afternoon Miller…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.)
James Colteros claimed from P. W. Taylor the sum of £1 13s, as being due to him for board. Defendant did not appear but sent a letter in which he stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 10. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness
Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes detention. Blind and Vagrant…
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