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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

6 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Saturday and Monday His Butler's Sister and Quiet Please, Murder His Butler's Sister

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 3

Deanna Durbin's latest, "His Butler's Sister," is entertainment plus for her legion of sentimental admirers. Set against a pre-war…

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More Tree Murder

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 June 1944 · page 2

UNLESS that section of the community that enjoys the works of Nature and loves trees takes resolute action, there is…

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Mysterious Theft

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 2

Early on Sunday morning a thief entered the home of Mr. Munro, president of the Scottish Association, and removed a case containing the…

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Berrima Gaol Repairs New Use in View

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 September 1944 · page 2

Berrima gaol, which has not been used for that purpose for 35 years, has been re proclaimed as a prison under the Prisons Act…

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Naughty Boys "He Double-thumbed Me and Called Me Names" Leading Mittagong Men in Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 October 1944 · page 2

At Bowral Police Court on Friday, Mr. Donaldson, P.M., had before him a case of the type in which two perfect ladies, having exchanged…

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Police Withdrawals From Country

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 October 1944 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly the Leader of the Country Party protested against the withdrawal of police from the…

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