"Moree Workers Willing To Go To Gaol!" Solid Stand Against National Register. "Germany's Methods Not Wanted in Australia." Meeting Decides to Support Trades Unions
North West Champion · Monday 17 July 1939 · page 1
Considering it to be undemocratic, the Moree Branch of the A.L.P. decided at a meeting on Friday night to boycott the National Register. It was stated that any advice on such a big issue…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charges of Stealing. Two Women Before Court
Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 5
Two women pleaded guilty at the Moree Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr S. A. Thornton, P.M., to charges of stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Stealing. Defendant Pleads Guilty
Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 2
At the local Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Thornton, P.M., Ernest Clifford Arien was proceeded against on two charges, one of having stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Would Have Been Remarkable Coincidence" Says Magistrate; Dispute About Commission Ends in Court
North West Champion · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 1
In the case before the Magistrate's Court, in which Cousins and Co., agents, of Moree, claimed £42/10/- commission for the sale of a £1,200…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police and Ambulance Ball. Charity Function Big Success
North West Champion · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 1
The Police and Ambulance Ball, held in the Memorial Hall last night, was a great success, and when contributions from the country districts have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police-ambulance Ball. Delightful Social Function. £100 Profit Expected)
Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 2
The annual Police-Ambulance Ball was held in the Memorial Hall last night and war, a delightful social function, as well as giving a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Infatuated Admirer Steals Groceries for Moree Woman Will Go to Gaol If Seen with Her Again. Bogus Station Manager Given "One Last Chance."
North West Champion · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 2
Thought by the Court to have become infatuated with a local woman, whose influence on him to a certain extent makes him commit foolish crimes, Ernest Clifford Allan, of Moree, will go to gaol if he is seen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heffron Attacks Sergeant Robson For Alleged Staring Man. Heffron Reads Letter From Moree Man on Floor of House. Patient Makes Statement From Sick Bed. Says He Was Starving and Turned Away From Police Station. Members Hear Dole Question Discussed This Afternoon. SYDNEY, Thursday Afternoon
North West Champion · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 1
In the House of Parliament this afternoon, Mr. Heffron, Leader of the Labor Party, made an attack upon what he described as "the brutal treatment by' police officers in'some country towns of N.S.W. to men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Police Brutality
North West Champion · Monday 24 July 1939 · page 2
Allegations made in Parliament that a senior Sergeant of Police of Moree turned a starving man away from the Police Station when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →85 M.P.H. Chase. Police Fire on Fugitive. Sydney
North West Champion · Monday 24 July 1939 · page 6
Detectives this morning took part in sensational chase at Stanmore after a car which was previously reported as having been stole from Homebush…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Fiends at Work Attempt to Burn Cummins and Wallace's Premises. Mystery of Destroyed Motor Cycle. Police Investigating
North West Champion · Monday 24 July 1939 · page 1
Two mysterious outbreaks of fire occurred in Moree on Saturday night. An attempt was made to burn down the premises of Cummins and Wallace, Accountants, in Heber…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sergeant Robson Denies McKinnon's Brutality Charge. i n nan's Brutality Charge. Denies Ever Having Seen McKINNON. No Deserving Cases Turned Down. Police Question Sick Man in Hospital
North West Champion · Monday 24 July 1939 · page 1
Serious allegations made by Robert McKinnon, aged 60, a patient in the Moree District Hospital, against Senior Sergeant Robson, of Moree, are denied by that police officer, who states that he never saw McKinnon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Moree Police Court. Allegations of Food Relief Imposition
Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 31 July 1939 · page 2
When Thomas Clifton (6), Robert Clarkson (57), and Leslie Burrows (46), appeared before Mr. E. J. Gibson. J.P., at Moree Police court, Sergeant W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riot in Gaol. Outbreak at Goulburn. Prisoners Fling Away Food. Night Turned Into Bedlam
North West Champion · Monday 31 July 1939 · page 4
"Trouble among the 7th Class prisoners at the Goulburn Reformatory reached a climax recently, when the men refused to go to their cells for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charge of Murder. Awaiting Trial on Two Other Like Indictments. Dubbo
North West Champion · Monday 31 July 1939 · page 1
In the Price Court to-day, Albert Andrew Moss, aged 61, was charged with having murdered William Henry Bartley at Narromine, between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Famous K.C. Condemns Attitude of Police Dr. Evatt Says Typical Example of Ill Treatment Was Man at Moree. Parliament Told of Police Inquiry During Censure Motion. Impartial Statewide Investigation Demanded. Sydney
North West Champion · Thursday 3 August 1939 · page 1
During the Censure motion in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon Dr. Evatt, K.C. (Independent Labor, Hurstville) condemned the way men on the dole were treated in country towns…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government Defeated 43-41 On Censure Motion. Moree Dole Inquiry. Should Me Held in Open. Closed-door Investigation Will Harm Town. High Police Official Sees McKINNON in Hospital
North West Champion · Thursday 3 August 1939 · page 1
A private police inquiry, behind closed doors, into allegations against Senior Sergeant Robson in respect to the administration of the Dole in Moree, will not suffice…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →53 EXECUTED To Avenge Spanish Murder MADRID
The North Western Courier · Monday 7 August 1939 · page 1
It is officially announced that fifty-three have been executed for complicity in conspiracy which resulted in the murder of a prominent Franco…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Station-Hand Missing. Police Make Search. Garah Incident
Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 7 August 1939 · page 3
A middle-aged station worker, known as "Scott" Cook, was reported missing from Welbondongah station this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Report Will Go To Police Commissioner Sergeant Robson and the Dole. Open Inquiry Widely Demanded. Moree People Being Given Food
North West Champion · Monday 7 August 1939 · page 2
The Superintendent of Police, who has been here inquiring into allegations against Senior Sergeant Robson made by Robert McKinnon, has returned to Tamworth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →