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Courts & crime, 1941

6,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

BUCK—CANNEL Police Inspector's Daughter Weds

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 5

At St. John's Church, Parramatta, last Wednesday, Miss Mollie Cannell, elder daughter of Police Inspector H. Cannell and Mrs. Cannell, of…

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500 Women Want to Join Police Force

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 11

Nearly 5OO women in New South Wales have applied for six positions which Cabinet recently created to increase the strength of the women police to 14…

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Pyjama Girl Case. Police to File Declaration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 12

Police intend filing a declaration setting out reasons why the body of the unidentified woman, known as the Pyjama Girl, should not be removed from the formalin bath in…

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First Aid As Cause Of Court Charge

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 3

Evidence that a woman after reading over another's shoulder in a suburban train of loss of the…

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R.a.a.f Court Martial Delay

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 2

PERTH, Tuesday.--An Air Force court martial which was to be held at Pearce, R.A.A.F. station today, did not take place because the order convening…

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Roster System Upheld. Munitions Work. Arbitration Court Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 13

Mr. Justice O'Mara, in a reserved judgment in the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday, said that the demands of the Munitions Department made it…

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Boy Chained to Keep Him Home, Court Told Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 5

Adelaide's Children's Court was told today how an eight-year-old boy was chained to a chair to keep him home. The boy was before the Court…

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Tobruk Falls to Swift Assault Australian Division In Dawn Attack Prisoner Toll Runs to Thousands Bombers Pave Way With Avalanche Of Metal

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 1

Australian Army Headquarters was advised early this afternoon that Tobruk, the Italian naval base 70 miles inside Libya, had fallen to an assault launched yesterday by British, Australian and other Imperial troops…

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Attack on Tobruk Begins. Early Morning Assault. "Proceeding Satisfactorily." R.A.F.'s Hammer Blows at the Italians. London. January 21. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 11

General Wavell's Imperial Army of the Nile has begun its assault on the Italian Libyan stronghold of Tobruk. To-day's communique from General Headquarters in Cairo, announcing that the attack commenced early this morning,…

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Army and Iron Guard Fight in Rumania Conditions of Anarchy Police Offices Are Besieged LONDON

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 3

Severe fighting between the Rumanian Army and the Fascist Iron Guard spread tonight to many parts of the country, according to diplomatic advices which…

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Police Court

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 7

Mr N. L. Sheridan, P.M., dealt with the following matters at Penrith Police Court on Thursday:- Appeal Against Conviction…

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Alleged Assault on W. T. FRANKLIN. Two Women Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 11

An alleged assault by two women on William Thomas rianklin, a prominent punter, and his wife, Ettie Franklin, at their home in Brighton Boulevard, Bondi, on January…

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Military Officer Charged

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 5

At the Central Police Court yesterday Carlton John Waugh, 43, described as a military officer, was remanded until February 5, on a charge that,…

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War Collection Fraud Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 5

Detective James yesterday arrested a man in a King Street, City, hotel. Later a man, aged 63, was charged at Central Police station with having…

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Alleged Assault On Racing Man

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 7

A girl and her mother broke into the Bondi home of William Thomas (Bulla) Franklin and beat him up, it was alleged…

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Brother Accused of Murder. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 11

Harold Woodier, 19, was charged at Nyah West Police Court to-day with having murdered his sister, Violet Woodier, 14, on Sunday. He was remanded to appear at the City…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 14

POLICE Prosecutor (to witness in Central Police Court): Where was the defendant at the time?…

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Why Girl Wants Police Force Job

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 5

One of the 500 women who have applied for six jobs as policewomen is the daughter of a Presbyterian clergyman…

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Daring Australian Attack Ships, Planes In Assault On Tottering Tobruk LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 1

Army Headquarters at Cairo announced today that the Britishh Imperial Forces were still advancing after having pierced the outer and…

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Police Boys' Clubs. Their Influence for Good

The Propeller · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 1

In three years juvenile crime has been almost halved in the areas in which Police-Citizens Boys' Clubs have been established. About 7,000…

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