Local Appeals Valuation of Land Court
At the sitting of the Valuation Court in Sydney on Tuesday, two local cases were set down for hearing. One was an appeal by John Hunter and…
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Lack Of Court Manners Bromwich Lectured
FOR his court manners --or lack of them-- John Bromwich has been lectured by both the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →State Jurisdiction. Supreme Court. Term List
In the Banco Court.âAt 10 a.m.âNew trial motion[?] Sohneider v Robertson and others (part heard). At 2 p.m. stated case[?] Australian Gaslight Co. v the Valuer-General…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Russians Are Suspect Police Watch Embassy PARIS
The Soviet Embassy in Paris has been placed under a special police watch despite the fact that it enjoys the usual diplomatic immunity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Dispute. Craft Workers. Court Varies Awards
The Chief Judge in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, Sir George Beeby, yesterday, in a reserved judgment, granted an application by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Recapture Germans. Men From Internment Camp. BRISBANE
Hugo Hilderbrandt and Hubert Carl Wunck, who escaped from Brisbane internment camp on January 2, have been recaptured by police. Wunck was found at Urangan and…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Exit Place-Card Betting Police Active: One Operator Still Defiant
Police have started a drive against a recurrence of race place-card betting systems. Despite police action, one firm has notified its clients that cards will be distributed as usual this weekend…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Escapee. Wife Ill Police in Wait Lest Fugitive Risked Visit
THE escaped internee, Tritz Yackels, alias Joseph Schmidt, did not visit Balmain Hospital yesterdays when his wife was placed under an anaesthetic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"I Saw Red" Husband Tells Court Hit Wife with Chair
When he "saw red" at their home in Pemberton Street, Parramatta on January 31, Alexander Simula hit his wife (Mary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Insane Killer Flees From W.A. Prison Farm Gave Weird Evidence at Murder Trial Perth
POLICE are conducting a wide man-hunt for a certified Prison killer, who last night broke out Pardelup The escapee is George…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court. (Before Acting Judge Badham and juries.) Verdict for Defendant
The jury, after a brief retirement, returned a verdict for the defendant in the action in which Cyril Dwyer claimed damages against Hugh Foreman McCahon for alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Law Notices. Wednesday, February 14, 1940. Commonwealth Jurisdiction. High Court of Australia
At the Court House, Darlinghurst.—Before Mr. Justice Evatt, in Chambers.—At 12 noon: Green v Rutledge; Perpetual Trustee Co., Ltd., v Tindal and others…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Increases Granted in Wages on Ships Risks in War Considered Arbitration Court Judgment
Members of the seagoing sections of maritime unions serving under Australian articles were granted increased allowance of pay because of war risks, by Chief Judge Beeby in the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before the Judge in Divorce, Mr. Justice Boyce.) Decrees Absolute
Decrees nisi, which had been granted in the following suits, were pronounced absolute and the respective marriages dissolved:- Robert Snedden v Gladys Lilian Snedden,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Device to 'Beat Torpedo' Amazing Story in Court "Sold To Admiralty For £280,000" Wellington (N.z.)
A patent torpedo deflector, which, it was claimed, had been sold for £280,000 to the British Admiralty to make British ships invulnerable to torpedo attacks figured in a conspiracy case, which opened in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New South Wales Branch. Union Gains Further Important Successes for Members Workers' Compensation Court Wool Presser's Widow Gains Verdict
ONE of the most important cases the Union has ever fought was won by the Organisation on Friday, February 9, 1940, when…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →National Works, Roads, Bridges and Dams Neglected. Whilst Government Uses Rates for Private Individuals. Abolish Fair Rents Court and Let Building Be Resumed
Richardson & Wrench Limited, at its annual meeting of shareholders, pointed out that the Fair Rents Act operated diametrically against Real Estate interests…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accused Sentenced
At Parromatta Quarter Sessions on Monday, Henry Matthew Glew, 18. laborer, pleaded guilty to breaking into the home of Francis Claude Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Assault on Child
MOREE, Wed.--At the Police Court this morning Albert Gordon Sruhan 21, was charged with having…
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