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Courts & crime, 1930

11,639 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

All Leave Off Police at Rothbury

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 1

AS result of the extremely acute situation at Rothbury, all leave to the police has been cancelled…

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Pilfering Rampant on Vessels Police Comment

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 6

SERGEANT LAVELLE told Mr. Perry, S.M., at the Central Court to-day, that thieving from wharves and steamers, more…

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Six Months' Gaol for Ex-business Man Smashed Furniture and Then Shot Himself

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 7

When Constable Stewart went to arrest Herbert Gerald Kettle (65), laborer, and formerly a Parramatta business man, on November 18, for…

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Industrial Court Busy Variation of Awards

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 10

The State Industrial Registrar, Mr. A. M. Webb, had a busy few hours yesterday hearing applications to vary awards pursuant to the living wage declaration of…

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Hidden Arms Big Seizures by Police in Palestine

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 2

Big seizures of hidden arms have been made by the police, telegraphs the special correspondent of the "Daily Mail" at Jerusalem…

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Samoan Unrest Police Use Machine Gun Against Rioters

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 2

Accompanied by Mr. Hall Skelton, an Auckland barrister, a resident of Suva, Mr. A. G. Symthe, who had been deported, returned to Apia (Samon) on Sunday…

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Protection of Chinese "Treated Like Everyone Else"--Police "Chief"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 7

Answering a complaint of the Chinese Consul (Mr. Sung), the V Acting Police Commissioner (Mr. Childs) said yesterday that "the…

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Detection of Crime. Police Kiosk System. LONDON, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 15

The Police "pill-box," or kiosk, has been adopted with remarkable speed in all the big cities of England. The authorities are introducing them wholesale, displacing the more…

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Police Bravery Thrilling Tales of Service in India CALCUTTA

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 4

Many thrilling tales of devotion to duty are narrated in the Government "Gazette" chronicling the award of the King's Police…

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No Vendetta. Against Chinese. Police Chief's Statement. Prompt Action Follows Assaults

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 16

Referring to the strongly-worded complaint which the Consul-General for China, Mr. Sung, had forwarded to the Prime Minister, Mr. Scullin, deploring recent "dastardly…

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Reduction of Basic Wage Railmen Ask Court for Order Nisi

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.--An application was made to Judge Lukin in Chambers to-day by Mr. C. E. Mundy, for the Amalgamated Engineering…

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1 TO 3000 Police Bravery in India King's Medal Winners Calcutta

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 1

Many thrilling tales of devotion to duty are narrated in the Government "Gazette." in chronicling the awarding of the King's Police Medal to three…

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Angry Demonstration. At Invercargill Races. Police Escort for Owner. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 16

When Lucky Light won the Final Handicap at the Invercargill races to-day, the crowds on the lawn and outside the enclosures commenced a hostile demonstration against…

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At the Tram Stop --Deft Fingers Pickpockets?--Police Watch From Park--Two Arrests

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 3

With the arrest of two women yesterday, detectives believe they have put an end to the work of two brazen pick-pockets…

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"He Kicked the Bucket!" Battle with Paste George Marlow in Court

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 6

"Slap dash, slap dash, Up against the brick wall: Slap dash all day long, We put more paste upon…

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Full Steam on Coal Case High Court Decision on Monday Week?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 5

The first chapter of the High Court coal case ended suddenly yesterday morning, when the last of the involved preliminary…

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Beeby Award. High Court Appeal. Preliminary Hearing Ends. Premier's Minute Read

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 15

The preliminary proceedings before Mr. Justice Rich in the High Court, relative to the validity or otherwise of Judge Beeby's interim award in the coal…

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Seven Quit Rothbury More to Follow Blacklegs Escorted by Police Weaver's Lies Branxton

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 1

WHILE only one blacking arrived at Rothbury to-day, seven drew their pay and resigned. The malcontents were…

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Volunteers May Quit Rothbury Fiasco Police Fed Up Grave Emergency in North "Unholy Post"

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 1

Within the course of a few days, the volunteer miners at Rothbury will be withdrawn. SUCH was the expression of…

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"STEPHEN McKENNA" Upjohn Tells Another Tale Memories of "Ace of Cads" Who is Still Bluffing Police

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 10

THE London "Sunday Chronicle" is exactly a year late with its disclosures of alleged harsh treatment by the United States prison authorities of British subjects who enter the land of the free in violation of its migration restriction law…

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