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Courts & crime, 1942

6,754 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

Police Warning

The St George Call · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 2

Superintendent Matthews, Chief of the C.I.B. in Sydney, has issued a warning auctioneers, stock and station agents,, and real estate agents throughout the…

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Soldier for Murder Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Evidence that a soldier had admitted shooting his best friend on Christmas Day was Riven at Landsborough Police Court…

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Sought By Police

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

Police are trying to trace Ida Davis, or Faulder, who has been missing from Good Hope, Yass, since November…

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Divorce Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

Decrees have been made as follows:— Mr. Justice Edwards.—Decree nisi, Susan Kathleen Reynolds v William Thomas Reynolds…

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Man for Trial on Murder Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 9

BRISBANE, Thursday.—Matthew Peter Morton Higgins, 43, a corporal in a garrison battalion, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of…

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Police Baffled By Disappearance

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

Police are puzzled by the disappearance of Ida Davis or Faulder (38), of Goodhope, Yass, who vanished on…

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Police Baffled By Disappearance

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

Police are puzzled by the disappearance of Ida Davis or Faulder (38), of Goodhope, Yass, who vanished on…

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Police Warning to Agents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 9

Superintendent Matthews, Chief of the C.I.B. in Sydney, issued a warning yesterday to the 7,000 auctioneers, stock, and station agents, and real…

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Govt. to Control Coal Mines Curtin Invokes War Laws Gaol Threat to Strikers

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.-- The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) has invoked National Security regulations placing the coal mining industry under Government control…

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Govt. to Control Coal Mines Curtin Invokes War Laws Gaol Threat to Strikers

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.-- The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin), has invoked National Security regulations placing the coal mining industry under Government control…

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Govt. to Control Coal Mines Curtin Invokes War Laws Gaol Threat to Strikers

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.-- The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) has invoked National Security regulations placing the coal mining industry under Government control…

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Govt. to Control Coal Mines Curtin Invokes War Laws Gaol Threat to Strikers

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.-- The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) has invoked National Security regulations placing the coal mining industry under Government control…

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Have You Seen This Woman? Police Baffled By Disappearance

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

Police are puzzled by the disappearance of Ida Davis or Faulder (38), of Goodhope, Yass, who vanished on…

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Costly Gaol-breaker

The World's News · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 29

Britwain's notorious gaol-breaker, Thurston, was at liberty for 152 days after his last escape from Dartmoor. That was his fifth "break" from prison,…

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Medals Awarded To Gaol Governors

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. --The Imperial Service Medal has been awarded to Mr. Ernest…

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Medals Awarded To Gaol Governors

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. --The Imperial Service Medal has been awarded to Mr. Ernest…

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Medals Awarded To Gaol Governors

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. -- The Imperial Service Medal has been awarded to Mr…

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Medals Awarded To Gaol Governors

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. -- The Imperial Service Medal has been awarded to Mr. Ernest…

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Mass Murder of Internees

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Friday. -- Two French soldiers who are alleged to have murdered 21 civilian internees on May 21, 1940--before the collapse of France--…

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Woman's Death; Murder Charge Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 3

Married only six months ago, Mrs. Eileen Waddell (29) was shot dead at her home on a farm beside the Nicholson River…

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