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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

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Reporter Charged, Over Alleged Unauthorised Story

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A summons was served to-day on John Harold William Farland, journalist, charging him with being a party to the commission of an offence under Section 70 of the Commonwealth…

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Paris Police Move on Strikers

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 3

PARIS. Monday: Police went into action early today to clear sit-down strikers from the Paris motorcar works at…

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Boy Charged with Murder

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — A 16-year-old boy will appear before the Children's Court on January 27, charged with the murder of a war…

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Canadian Boxers Warned Against Theft by Aust

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 5

VANCOUVER, Tuesday (AAP).— Canadian boxing promoters were warned yesterday against the possible talent stealing by Australia…

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400 Police Watch Conspiracy Trial

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tuesday: Four hundred police stood by today when the trial of 12 leading United States Communists on charges of working to overthrow the Government opened here…

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Three Sentenced For Vagrancy

Northern Star · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday.—Three men who were arrested yesterday today pleaded guilty at Casino Court of Petty Sessions to charges of…

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E.c.a. Officer Who Charged U.k. Resigns

Tweed Daily · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: Mr Howard Bruce, Deputy Economic Co-operation Administrator, has submitted his resignation to…

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Police to Remain At Trials Of American Reds

Northern Star · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 5

NEW YORK, Wednesday (AAP).—Further attempts by defence counsel to secure the removal of the big police guard at the trial of the 12 top Communist leaders were overruled yesterday by Judge…

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Russian Link in Austrian Murder

Northern Star · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 5

VIENNA, Thursday (AAP).— British and Austrian police investigating the murder of a young Austrian on Tuesday night picked…

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Woman Charged with Abducting Baby from Hospital

Tweed Daily · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Charged today with the abduction of a six-day-old baby girl from the Crown Street Hospital last night, a 21-year-old married woman is alleged to have told the police that she had taken the infant because she was unable to bear children herself…

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Police Warn of Gas Danger

Northern Star · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 4

A warning was given yesterday by Lismore police that a refrigeration cylinder containing poisonous gas was lost from a lorry in the…

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Lismore Theatres Star Court

Northern Star · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 2

"CHEYENNE."—Dennis Morgan and Jane Wyman are the featured players in the dramatic western "Cheyenne," which opens at the Star Court to-night…

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Rent Reduced by Court Order

Northern Star · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 5

CASINO, Thursday.—The rental of a house, which was described as being in "a bad state," was reduced from 24s to 17s 6d by Mr. E. I…

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Police Allege: Childless Woman Stole Baby Girl

Northern Star · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A six-day-old baby girl kidnapped from the bedside of a 17-year-old sleeping mother at Crown Street Hospital about midnight last night was found at Punchbowl by detectives this…

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Farm Neighbours In Court: Bond Ordered

Northern Star · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 7

CASINO, Thursday.—Two Whiporie farmers, who, according to counsel, had been "at loggerheads for months," had the story of…

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Mullumbimby Court Fined for Failing to Stop

Tweed Daily · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 5

For failing to stop after an accident in which another car was involved, Thomas Gordon Tyrell Riley was fined £4 plus…

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Letters to the Editor (Letters to the Editor should no exceed 250 words). Police Appreciation of Help in Flood

Northern Star · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 7

Sir,—Following the disastrous floods in the North Coast districts of New South Wales in June last, it was brought to my notice that a…

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£20 Fine for Assault on Hotel Licensee

Tweed Daily · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 6

At Coolangatta Summons Court yesterday, before Mr Warwick McKenna, S. M., David Reginald Kitching, of Bundamba, was convicted and fined £20 after he had pleaded guilty to a…

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Police to Pay for Damage By Football Fans

Northern Star · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (AAP). — A andlord whose house was overrun and damaged by spectators watching the Moscow Dyanmos…

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70 Charged with Spying for U.s

Northern Star · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 5

PRAGUE, Sunday (AAP).—It is officially announced that 70 persons have been arrested on charges of operating an espionage network in…

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