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Courts & crime, 1930

11,639 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

They Built Well in the Old Days Problem for Police and for a Workman

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 4

If it takes a man a day and a half to make an 8-inch hole in a 2ft. thick wall, how long will it take him to make…

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'Impotence' of Fed. Court. Bavin Jubilant Asks Sacrifice by Miners Legal Farce

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 1

"IT all shows the unreality and impotence of the Federal arbitration system." This view of the High Court's…

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Miners' Log in Court Legal Quibbles Same Old Story Getting Nowhere Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 5

IN the Federal Arbitration Court this afternoon, before Judge Beeby, arguments were heard regarding the dispute caused by the serving of the…

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Sensational Arrests of Miners' Lodge Officials ! Seven Charged at Kurri with Intimidation More Moves Are Expected Under Amended Crimes Act Ammunition Search Goes on

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 2

KURRI KURRI, Wednesday. -- A sensation was caused at Weston to-day when seven men -- prominent officials of the Hebburn miners' lodges -- were arrested by local and plainclothes police…

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Police and Y.m.c.a. Out Club's to Be Eight Rugby Union's Move Badge Prices

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 1

AT last night's meeting of the New South Wales Rugby Union Council it was decided to recommend to the annual…

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Police and Y.M.C.A. Out Rugby Union Decides Axe Falls on Y.M.C.A. Club

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 27

Y.M.C.A., a Rugby Union club which has produced famous representative players in Woods, Tarleton, Gordon, Greatorex,…

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Beeby Award Invalid. High Court Judgment. No Interstate Dispute in Existence. Intervention Without Jurisdiction. Mr. Justice Isaacs Dissents From Majority

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 11

The High Court, sitting in Melbourne, yesterday declared the interim award for the coal-mining industry made by Judge Beeby in December to be invalid. Four of the judges held that no interstate dispute had existed or…

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Coal Crisis High Court's "No" to Interim Coal Award Four Judges to One Hold That Dispute Was a Single State Affair

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 6

NOT MORE than a few minutes were occupied yesterday day by the Full…

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Judge Beeby's New Bombshell in Coal Dispute Interim Order at Old Rates and Conditions "Open the Mines" Sequel to High Court Verdict Hearing, Feb. 18 MELBOURNE

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 1

AFTER having heard argument in the Federal Arbitration Court, in connection with the new log of wages and conditions served on the coalowners and proprietors of New South Wales. Victoria, Queensland…

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High Court Declares Beeby Award Null and Void Four Judges Against One "Dispute Did Not Extend Beyond N.s.w." Mr. Justice Isaacs Declares There Was Manifest Urgency to Restore Working Conditions "I Entirely Agree with Judge Beeby" Case Demanded Intervention Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 5

THE High Court, by a majority of four to one, decided that Judge Beeby's interim award was null and void. Mr. Justice Isaacs, who was the only dissenting justice, held a totally different opinion…

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Two Men Charged with Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 17

GOULBURN, Thursday. -- James Owen Miles, who on Monday alleged that he had been assaulted and robbed by two men, was taken ill…

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Liverpool Police Court

The Biz · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 5

This Thursday morning at Liverpool police Court, the following cases were [?]ea[?] with:-S.[?]. BETTING…

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Kogarah Police Court. Tuesday, January 21. Before Mr. Shepherd, S.M. Theft of Timber

The Propeller · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

Stanley Rhodon was charged with stealing a quantity of Baltic flooring and two hags of cement, valued at 35- the property of Albert Henry Charles…

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Five Months Gaol for Communist "Inciting to Murder" Maitland

The Sun · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 12

Details of an alleged revolutionary speech were given in the Matland Court to-day, when Joseph Shelley, a Gorman, was charged with having, at…

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Theft of Vegetables

The Propeller · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

Herbert Oswald Berry, Charles Arthur Berry, and Neville Henry Jackson, were charged with stealing a quantity of vegetable marrows and pumpkins…

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Charge of Theft

The Propeller · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

James Gordon Gray (36), was charged with stealing a number of planks at Hurstville on January 14th. Sergeant Hale gave evidence that on…

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Assault Charge Fails

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 5

"I am very dubious if this man had a razor at all," remarked Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., at Central Police Court yesterday. in dismissing a charge of assault…

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Gaol for Forgery

The Sun · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 8

By forging the Dame of J. S. Garden on four cheques, Joseph Fearnley, aged 40, a wharf laborer, obtained money from shopkeepers in Petersham,…

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Gaol for Laidlaw

The Sun · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 12

Two charges of having used inciting words were preferred against William Laidlaw, another Communist, who was arrested at a meeting at Kurri on…

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Mrs. Langsford. Released From Gaol. Affecting Scene Near Court London, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 12

At the Old Bailey, which was packed out for the continuation of the Hatry trial, directly Mr. Justice Avory was seated, Mrs. Langsford, formerly of Adelaide, who was recently…

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