10,000 Police on Guard in London New Bombings by I.R.A. Dramatic Moves To Stop Hangings Appeal to P.M. LONDON
The Sun · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 1
Nearly 10,000 police are on duty in London to-night as a precaution against bombing outrages by the Irish Republican Army in reprisal for the execution of…
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Nepean Times · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 2
ABOUT another half hour was given at Penrith Police Court on Thursday to the hearing of the case in which Aub William Rees,…
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Nepean Times · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 7
The following matters were dealt with by Mr C. Pickup, P.M., at Penrith Police Court on Friday:- Exceeding 30 M.P.H…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 14
On a charge of having criminally assaulted a 14-year-old girl, Kenneth Roy Langby, 16, was sentenced in the Orange Quarter Sessions to-day to detention in an institution for 21…
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Daily News · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 7
JOHNNY DAVIS (Dennis Moore), young, frightened and bitter, is sent to prison for forging…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 7
Louis Hart, 50, cabinetmaker, was yesterday sentenced to four years' jail by Judge Holt at Quarter Sessions. He pleaded guilty to six charges of…
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Liverpool News · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 4
Also in The Biz
Kenneth F. Tunbridge was called upon, at Liverpool Police Court on Monday, to answer a charge of having stolen blankets, leggings, etc., the property of…
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The Propeller · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 3
Inspector G.B. Howard, officer-incharge of the St. George Police Division, has been promoted to the rank of second-class inspector. Before…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 24
The Police Golf Club will hold its monthly outing at the New South Wales Club today. Members of the Professional Golfers' Association and visitors…
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Daily News · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 6
Following is the final voting list in the recent queen competition conducted in aid of the N.S.W. Police Boys' Clubs' Art Union:…
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The Sun · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 3
Sydney Charles Sutton (47), charged with having escaped from Fremantle gaol, told the Court today that he had sat up in a…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 1
AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--A mysterious explosion in a Wellington tramcar today caused extensive damage. The motorman and passengers were…
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Daily News · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 6
The Executive Council yesterday appointed Mr. Justice Roper, of the Land and Valuation Court, to act as a judge of the Supreme Court in all…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Night Swims Police Took Honors
Daily News · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 9
Police swimmers took the honors at Clovelly Life Saving Club's third annual carnival last night…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 10
WITNESS (at Parramatta Court) accused of speeding: I wanted to hurry home to my wife. I hadn't been home for…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 11
When John Fox, 26, came before him in the Orange Quarter Sessions to-day, Judge Shortland disagreed with the report of a psychiatrist that Fox was…
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The Propeller · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 8
The Hurstville Evening Continuation School, which re-opens on Monday, 26th instant, will have a class in operation preparing candidates for…
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Liverpool News · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 2
A large party of Liverpool golfers, organised by Mr. Jack Prince, hit the white pill with gusto last week. The pills on this occasion were tennis ball, which…
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Nepean Times · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 1
Business at Penrith Court House in 1939 broke many records, the volume of work being much in excess of that of the prevous year. Public revenue…
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