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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

1,388 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 70

Alleged Murder of Her Baby

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Ida Lillian Higgins (20), domestic servant, was committed for trial in the Coroner's Court today on a…

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For Trial for Wife's Murder

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Arthur Redvers Hayne, 48, telegraphist, was to-day committed for trial on a charge of having murdered his wife,…

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Broke Into Female Section of Gaol

Northern Star · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.— Various charges in planning neglect of duty will be made against two officials at Stewart Gaol near…

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Pay Rise for Police

Northern Star · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — A new agreement on pay and conditions for police other than commissioned officers was announced to-day by the…

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No Police Officer for Rappville

Northern Star · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 6

The Rappville District Progress Association has received a reply from the Police Department concerning further representations made for…

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Lismore Theatres Star Court

Northern Star · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 2

"THE STRANGE LOVE OP MARTHA IVERS" will be presented for the last time at the Star Court Theatre tonight. Starring Barbara Stanwyck,…

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Transport Issue to Go Before Industrial Court

Tweed Daily · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 2

The dispute between the Amalgamated Transport Worlcers' Union and a Murwillumbah transport organisation was further…

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Mullumbimby Court Information Dismissed; Charged Proved

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 5

At Mullumbimby Police Court on Wednesday, Albert Roy Nelson, banana grower, of Stoker's Siding, appeared on a charge of…

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Gaol Term for Forging, Uttering

Northern Star · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 4

MULLUMBIMBY, Thursday.—At Mullumbimby Court, on each of three charges of forging and uttering, Harold Laurie Gardiner was…

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Cold-Blooded Murder Of Aboriginal

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 1

DARWIN, Thursday: A coldbloooded aboriginal murder in Arnheim Land has been uncovered by Patrol Officer S. Little…

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Assaulted and Robbed: Report to Police

Northern Star · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 4

A man reported to Lismore police yesterday that he had been assaulted and robbed of a sum of money running into…

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Lismore Theatres the Star Court

Northern Star · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 2

"SPIRAL STAIRCASE": An Ingenious plot, and the work of a superb cast lend distinction to "The Spiral Staircase," the newest screen mystery…

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Chalk Pit Murder Evidence by Alleged Mistress

Northern Star · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (AAP).—An elderly woman, who had allegedly been his mistress for the last 16 years, gave evidence…

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Failure to Police Govt Regulations

Northern Star · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.— The Deputy Leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Harrison) to-day claimed that recent meat price increases had…

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Australian Pots San Francisco Police in Uproar

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 1

SAN FRANCISCO, Friday:— Christopher George Campbell, son of a Melbourne physician, faces deportation and has…

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Four Killed in Indian Riots when Police Fire

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: Four people were killed when the police were compelled to open fire to quell rioting associated with renewed communal disturbances in India…

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Hospital Dispute Court to Sit at Mur-bah

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 2

The Senior Conciliation Commissioner (Mr E. J. Kilpatrick) will preside at a sitting of the Arbitration…

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Lismore Theatres Star Court Theatre

Northern Star · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 4

"THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE" will receive its final presentation at the Star Court Theatre tonight.' It stars Dorothy McGulre, George Brent and…

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Evidence Monday in Murder Charge

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.— A charge of wilful murder against 49-year-old accountant Reginald Wingfield Benson Brown will be heard in the…

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Theft of £26,000 From French Post Office

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 4

PARIS, Monday: Police are searching for men who in the early hours of yesterday entered the most office at Biel. bound an…

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