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Courts & crime, 1941

6,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250

Women Police Squad Bigger

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 5

State Cabinet agreed yesterday to appoint six more women police, as recommended by the Police Commissioner (Mr. MacKay)…

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Silencein the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 8

DEFENDANT (to witness in Central Court): Did your brother have anything to say after the brawl…

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Not Nurse in Court Case

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 5

Mrs. Alice N. Thompson, a nurse, of Young Street, Cremorne, states she is not the nurse mentioned in the case heard at the Central Police Court this…

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State May Police Crop Plan Canberra

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 11

Implementation of Federal Government proposals for stabilisation of the wheat industry will be…

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Dogs and Police Search for Man Katoomba

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 15

More than 50 civilians and police, including members of the Bush Rescue Club, the bloodhound Disraeli and the Alsatian Zoe, are searching…

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More Women Police. Force to be Increased to Fourteen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 8

The Premier, Mr. Mair, announced yesterday that the Cabinet had agreed to the appointment to the police force of six more policewomen, to increase the number to 14…

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Court's "End Strike" Order Shorter Week Until War Needs Assessed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 7

Mr. Justice O'Mara, in the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday, directed 1100 strikers at the Commonwealth Steel Co.'s works to resume work immediately in a…

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Alleged Theft of Valuable Property

The St George Call · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 2

Before Mr. Arnold, S.M., at Kogarah Court on Tuesday, Leo Graham Johnston, 35, poultry farmer, was charged with having stolen between January and July,…

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Murder Charge Dropped

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 6

A charge of murder against Arthur Edward Holley, 28, labourer, was dropped at the Central Police Court on Wednesday. Holley had been charged with…

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Police Strong

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 16

Police will be strongly represented in the Stole 500 metres teams swimming championship at Manly Baths…

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Polish Jews Sentenced for Killing German Airman

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 12

ZURICH, Nov. 8. Two Jews have been condemned to death by the Koenigsberg Military Court on the charge of having killed a German airman in…

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Man for Trial on £7000 Theft Charge

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 3

Charged with the theft of bonds, jewellery and stamps worth £7000, Leo Graham Johnston (35), poultry farmer, of Menal, at Kogarah Court…

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Alleged Theft of Bonds. Telegrams About 'Ducks' and 'Poultry.'

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 11

Evidence of the sale of bonds alleged to have been supplied by Leo Johnston, 35, poultry farmer, was given in the Kogarah Police Court yesterday, when…

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Rush Women Police Jobs

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 5

More than 20 women applied personally or by letter yesterday for jobs as women police. This was in response to the…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 6

WITNESS (in Central Police Court): I was the secretary of the A.W.L. for several months before the outbreak of…

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Ants On Tennis Court

The Land · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 12

"P.Y."—With regard to the ants which are taking possession of your tennis court, the Chief Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, advises: It is necessary to deal…

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Govt. Clerk In Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 5

Letters written in German had been found in the room of a clerk employed by the Department of Munitions,…

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Police Dog Finds Body. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 9

The body of Michael Meehan, 24, who had been missing from Boddington Convalescent Home, Wentworth Falls, since early on Wednesday morning, was found to-day in the…

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No Jews in French State Police

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 12

VICHY, Nov. 12th. A new decree passed by the French Council of Ministers, under the presidency of Marshall Petain, excludes all Jews from member…

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Closing in on Tobruk Infantry And Tanks Assemble For Assault LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 1

The British forces in Libya are closing in on the isolated Italian stronghold of Tobruk. As before the attack on Bardia heavy guns…

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