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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

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Entrance Fee To Be Charged

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 6

Nominal admission charges will be made to spectators at the Upper Richmond Tennis Tournament, which will be conducted by…

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3 Acid Murder Victims Missing Since 1946

Northern Star · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—A doctor and his wife, and another married couple and their 18-year-old son are now the subject of an intensive search by detectives investigating the discovery this week in a Sussex…

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Security Police Will "Work Quietly"

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: It was hoped that there would be no gaps in the strengthened Security…

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Lismore Theatres Star Court

Northern Star · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 2

"THEY PASSED THIS WAY." — The dynamic Western drama "They Passed This Way" opens tonight at the Star Court Theatre. Joel McCrea, Frances…

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Charged With Theft Of £22,000

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: Police today arrested a 36-year-old accountant, William Thopson, of Balwayn, on charges of having…

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£23,000 Theft Suspected in Melbourne

Northern Star · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A young man who is suspected of having robbed his employers of £23,000 in the last few years is being sought…

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Suicide In Police Cell

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: A postmortem examination held today on Kenneth Adrian Norris, 21, who committed suicide in a…

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Took Poison in Police Cell

Northern Star · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Kenneth Adrian Norris (21), of Camperdown, who poisoned himself in a cell at Regent Street police station last…

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High Court Test on Petrol Rationing

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday: The full High Court will be asked to test the validity of the regulations governing petrol rationing by the Commonwealth when it sits next in Sydney…

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High Court "Looking At" Shipping Bill?

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA. Friday: It seemed that the High Court might be "having a look" at the Government's Shipping Bill, Mr…

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Quick Arrest After Assault

Northern Star · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Alleged, to. have assaulted and robbed a woman of £20 at Surry Hills late last night, a man was arrested by…

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Gaol for 14 Accomplices of Cardinal

Northern Star · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 5

BUDAPEST, Sunday (A.A.P.).—Fourteen accomplices of Cardinal Mindszenty were sentenced to from one to eight years' imprisonment…

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Mercy Killing Not Murder

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 3

VIENNA, Sunday: A woman who killed her husband because he was in terrible pain through an incurable cancer, was found not…

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Girl On Murder Charge

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Ruth Cherie Lothian, 17, will appear at Lithgow Police Court tomorrow on a charge of having murdered her…

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Secrets Theft Charge Soviet Demand for Release of Suspect

Northern Star · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Sunday (AAP).—The Soviet Ambassador (Mr. j Alexan[?]Panyuslikin) yesterday demanded that the United States order the release of Valentine Gubitchev, a Russian.employee of the United Nations, who was arrested in New York on Friday night on a charge of…

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Police Warn On Building Swindles

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Sydney police have warned housekeepers against slick confidence men and women who are operating…

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Girl Charged with Murder

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: A 17-year-old girl appeared in Lithgow Children's Court today charged with the murder of her…

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Charged With Murder Of Woman

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Clarence Henry French, timber worker, 42, appeared before Mr. Justice Clancy in the Central Criminal…

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Girl Remanded on Murder Charge

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 5

LITHGOW, Monday.—Charged with the murder of her stepmother, a 17-years-old girl was to-day, in the Children's Court, remanded until…

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Lismore Theatres Star Court

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 2

"HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO."—Brightness and gaiety are the keynotes of the attraction "Hello, Frisco, Hello", which opens tonight at the Star Court…

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