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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime
15 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers
The first body of Mounted Police in Australia was formed by Governor Brisbane as early as 1825 in New South Wales. The members of this force were recruited mainly from the infantry regiments serving in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Public Works Department will shortly begin the restoration of the historic Walgett court House at an estimated cost of $327,200. Details of the project were announced today by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The 100,000th visitor to Old Dubbo Gaol passed through the prison gates on Christmas, Eve last. Mrs Robin Burns, of Grays Point (Sydney),…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five juveniles have been charged and to appear in Bourke Court on 24th May in connection with attempted break and enter at Hales on 28th April, causing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General repair work is to be carried out by the Department of Public Works at the Bourke Police Residence, at an estimated cost of $26,980…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At about midnight on Monday, 27th a plate glass window at Randalls Newsagency was smashed and a quantity of cigarettes stolen. The police were on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A first for Bourke is the visit of the personnel of the Crime Prevention Section of the Police Department who have undertaken a tour of Nyngan, Cobar…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late on Saturday night a Holden utility which was being driven in Mitchell Street, collided with a Holden Torana parked in the gutter. The Torana which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The State Government has begun work on a new police station and. residence at Enngonia at a cost of $272,000. Details of the project were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Country police have had two high speed chases along the highways recently…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →At the last meeting of the Bourke Shire Council considerable discussion place on ways and means of controlling the towns litter problem…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At about 3 p.m. on Saturday, 20th August Mrs. Cecilia Atkins looked out of her residence at 85 Anson Street to see 1962 Panel Van being driven away…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A major tourist attraction in the Orana Region recently won the Australian National Travel Association Tourist Enter prize Award as the best tourist attraction in N.S.W for a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Clr. Trev Randall, President of the Bourke Shire, has advised the press that he is most concerned that persons have been illegally removing trees and shrubs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seven aboriginal juveniles, from Bourke, have been detained by Lithgow police following the theft of a vehicle from Bourke on Saturday night…
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