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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

7,258 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Enlistment Ban on Police Commissioner Seeks Removal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 6

Information has reached the Police Association that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. McKay, intends to take steps to have the…

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Police Fall in Over Antiblitz Water Tanks

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 7

LONDON. -- "Emergency water tanks have added considerably to the anxieties of policemen, especially as many officers are unable to swim."…

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Employment of Women Court's Powers Argued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— Whether or not the Arbitration Court has power to decide which women employees should come…

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New Year's Day Absentees Men Bound Over by Court

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 1

At the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Saturday, charges were heard against 99 men of having absented themselves from work on…

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Gaol for Absentee

The Sun · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 3

Norman Jones, 27, of Carr- street, Coogee, who last night preferred to go to gaol for 14 days than enter into a £20 bond,…

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Railwayman Fined for Stealing Tools

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 4

JAMES HUGH GARDNER (58), boilermaker, 19 Charles Street, Enmore, with 20 years' good railway service, was fined £5 at Central Court…

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Theft of 420,000 Cigarettes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 9

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Thieves who entered an Army warehouse in Townsville on Monday night stole 42 cases of cigarettes, containing…

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Us. Gaol Was "Just College"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 3

"Sing Sing Prison, In America, is a college compared with the tough going at Parramatta gaol. I know, because I have been in…

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Radio Renegades To Be Charged

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Thrusday. -- The U.S. Justice Department is arranging the indictment on charge of treason, of six…

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Radio Renegades To Be Charged

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Thursday. -- The U.S. Justice Department is arranging the indictment, on charges of treason, of six…

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U.s. Gaol Was "Just College"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 4

"Sing Sing Prison, in America, is a college compared with the tough going at Parramatta gaol. I know, because I have been in…

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U.s. Gaol Was "Just College"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 4

"Sing Sing Prison, in America, is a college compared with the tough going at Parramatta gaol. I know, because I have been in…

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Refused to Take Oath. Six Months' Gaol

The Biz · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 3

Charged with refusal to take the cath of enlistment, Robert T. C. Twining was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, by Mr. Collins. P.M., at Liverpool Police…

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Pictures Taken in Action of Assault on Buna

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 8

Australian-manned General Stuart tanks successfully blasted the Japanese pillboxes in the final assault on Buna. Top left: Australians open fire on 25 Japanese who are fleeing from a wrecked pillbox 150 yards away. These pictures were taken during the actual fighting after the tank had wrecked the pillbox. Top right: An infantry commander warns the tank crew of another Japanese pillbox at the right. In the foreground an nfantryrnan advancing with the…

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Absenteeism Charges Man Elects to Go to Gaol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 9

Norman Jones, one of the 44 war workers who pleaded guilty in the Central Summons Court last night to charges of having…

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Fears Defiant Police Force

The Sun · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 2

It would be impossible to control the police force efficiently if the Manpower Dept. interfered in its administration, declared a high officer today…

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Stop Press Police Enlistments

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 12

The Commonwealth Mapnower Director (Mr. Wurth) today explained the regulations regarding employees in protected industries…

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Ban On Police Enlistments

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 2

The reported intention of the Police Commissioner (Mr. MacKay) to have the ban on police enlistments lifted has…

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At the Court

The Propeller · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 6

Counsel: "Now, where did he kiss you ?" Plaintiff: ''On the lips, sir." Counsel: "No, no; you don't…

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Flynn to Be Charged with Acting for Jap Interests

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--Republican Senator Styles Bridges announced today that in the Senate tomorrow he will charge Mr. Edward J. Flynn, who has been nominated as Minister to Australia and President Roosevelt's "personal representative with the rank of ambassador," with having acted as counsel…

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