Police Promotions. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Your correspondent considers an injustice has been done by the action of the Chief Secretary in refusing to sanction the promotion of certain police officials who are…
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Fictitious Car Buyers. Evidence in Bankruptcy Court
Evidence that non-existent persons, with fictitious addresses purchased motor cars worth many thousands of pounds, was given in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday by Douglas…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Supreme Court. Causes In. No. 3 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Maxwell and jury.) Verdict for £525
William George Cooper, who sued Rosetta Mitchell and Bert Harold Mitchell for injuries he received in a head-on collision between two motor cars on the Hume Highway near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eyes Now Fixed on Court Coal Parley Hopes
Whether the Federal Arbitration Court will exercise its powers and call a compulsory conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Dispute. Court May Act. Convening Compulsory Conference
Moves which may lead to the convening of a compulsory conference in the coal dispute were made yesterday. It was reported last night that Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Quick to Protect U.A.P. Meetings Sydney, Mar. 6
Police are reported to have taken immediate action against two soldiers who interjected when Mr. Menzies was speaking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Law Notices. Friday, March 8, 1940. Commonwealth Jurisdiction. Bankruptcy Court
Before the Registrar in Bankruptcy. 7th floor. Commonwealth Bank Building, 112 Pitt Street. Sydney.—At 10.30 a.m.—Examination under Sections 68 and 80: Re John Wesley Alexander Moorcroft…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court's Eleventh Hour Action In Coal Dispute May Summon Compulsory Conference
The Chief Judge of the Federal Arbitration Court (Sir George Beeby) agreed yesterday to intervene in the coal dispute if requested by either party…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Causes in No. 4 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Street and jury.) Foundry Employee Awarded £750
James McConnell sued Andrew Thomson and Scougall Pty. Ltd. to recover damages for injuries he received while in the defendant's employ on September 9, 1937. when he came…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Issues on the Coalfields Continuation of 1938 Strike. Authority of Court at Stake. by an Industrial Correspondent
Indications are that the Combined Mining Unions' Executive, hoping against hope for Government intervention, will to-day take steps towards implementing the strike authority conferred on it by the colliery workers' aggregate meetings on Wednesday and yesterday, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murder Charge
BRISBANE, Friday.--Thedeath of an elderly Chinese fruiterer, Go Lum, at Cloncurry last Anzac Day had a sequel at Cloncurry Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Assault Charge Finding MELBOURNE
A jury today found William Edward Bentick, 32, not guilty of a charge of having assaulted Miss Ruth Janis Peet, 22, with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Many Go Back to Gaol
Of the 1460 prisoners received in 1938-39 at N.S.W. gaols, 76 per cent. had been previously convicted. This was stated in the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Denies Police Penalised
THE Chief Secretary, Mr. Tonking, said last night that no police constable who displayed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Stop Lorry
Police yesterday visited the offices of the Australian Railways Union and informed officials that the collection by shop delegates of a voluntary levy to…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Pensions Fund Dissatisfied Police
A move towards breaking away from the State superannuation scheme has been initiated in the police force…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victimisation of Police Denied
The Chief Secretary (Mr. Tonking) last night denied that any ulterior motive lay behind the transfer to other centres of prominent members of the Police…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Chase Through House
The occupants of a house in Ivy Street, Redfern, were startled yesterday when a man, pursued by a detective…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Believe Escapees Aided
Police believe that two young men who escaped from Leeton lock-up on Wednesday have been given assistance. They have made a wide search of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Silence in the Court
PROSECUTOR, to woman witness at Central: What was in front of the house? Was there a cart and horse?…
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