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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

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No Arrest Yet in Assault Case Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 23 June 1947 · page 1

Police have not yet charged anyone with the rape of the 10 year-old girl at Caringbah on Saturday morning…

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Railways; Police Make 4O Hour Week Demands SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 1

The Australian Railways' Union employed at the parcels Office at Central will hold a stop work meeting at 2 p.m. to-morrow to decide on what action will be taken if the Railways Department refuses to grant a…

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Aircraft Stowaway Sought by Police Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 30 June 1947 · page 1

Detective Phil May will fly to Singapore tomorrow to escort back to Sydney a man who is alleged to have stowed away on…

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Two Natives Break Gaol Darwin

The North Western Courier · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 1

Two natives awaiting trial on charges of robbery with violence last night escaped from Fanny Bay Gaol by jumping the wire fence around the…

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Drover Fined for Assault

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 4

The defendant did not appear at the resumption of the hearing of a police court hearing in which L. O'Brien was charged with assaulting…

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Idle Police Land Sought

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 July 1947 · page 1

Council is to request the Police Department to make available portion of the area fronting Barwan Street, at the…

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Tennis Court Lighting

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 July 1947 · page 8

The Electrical Engineer, Mr. D. A. Shields, who had been, asked to submit a report on lighting of the town Tennis Courts, informed Council on…

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Gun Victim Will Not Talk to Police Melbourne

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 July 1947 · page 1

Keith Kitchener Hull 30, of. St. Kilda, was shot twice while sitting in a cabin of a parked truck in a Laneway near his home yesterday…

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Magistrate Gives Ruling on Rabbit Destruction

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 2

A ruling that, unless the methods used by a landholder to destroy rabbits resulted in their full suppression and destruction the effort was not…

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District Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 August 1947 · page 1

Very brief sitting sufficed for [?]ge Storkey to dispose of business [?]he District Court today. [?]erdicts for the plaintiff were…

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Police Seek Assailant of Aged Woman Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 August 1947 · page 1

Detectives from the C.I.B. have been rushed by car to Goulburn to investigate the brutal assault on a 72 year-old woman, Hannah…

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Twelve Shots Fired in Police Roundup Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 21 August 1947 · page 1

Twelve shots were fired by detectives as they chased three men through the dense scrub at Herne Bay at dawn today…

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Arrest Follows Murder of Jockey SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 1

Noel Ernest Masters (30), lorry driver, was remanded at the Central Police Court today until September 8 on a charge of having murdered Neil…

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Man Charged for North Sydney Assault Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 September 1947 · page 4

Charged at the North Sydney Court today with rape and wounding and causing grievous bodily harm, Leslie Wilfred…

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Woman Charged with Murder of a Girl

North West Champion · Monday 8 September 1947 · page 1

King on investigation [?] woman was arrested by [?] Friday night in connection [?] the death of Nolene. May [?]…

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More Traffic Police Welcomed

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 September 1947 · page 6

"Best safety news for a long time" is the reaction of the N.R.M.A. towards, the announcement that 40 additional traffic patrols have been…

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More Court Sittings. Special Committees to Investigate

North West Champion · Monday 8 September 1947 · page 4

A special committee had been set up to examine the working of the Petty Sessions branch of the Department of Justice with a view…

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40 Hour Week From January Arbitration Court Judgment Melbourne

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 September 1947 · page 1

The full A[?]tration Court today granted a 40-hour week through[?] Australia to operate from the first pay period in January, 1948. Judges Drake Brockman Foster and Sugarman were unanimous in their judgment…

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Court To-Day Trants Aust. 40. Hour Week [?]rative From [?]nuary MELBOURNE

North West Champion · Monday 8 September 1947 · page 1

The full Arbitration court to-day granted a 40-hour week throughout Australia, to sperate from the first pay period in January 1948. Judges Drake Brockman, Foster and Sugarman were…

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Court Decision Favours Local Government

The North Western Courier · Monday 15 September 1947 · page 2

The recent Judgment of the High Court that the Rural Bank when mortgagee in possession is liable for Council rates has been received with…

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