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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1961

107 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 6

Court Action over LS Leave

Tribune · Tuesday 28 March 1961 · page 3

SYDNEY: Shipowners have applied to the High Court to declare invalid legislation introduced by the…

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Watersiders will not abdicate strike right Fine follows warning to court

Tribune · Wednesday 12 April 1961 · page 12

SYDNEY: The penal law threat to trade union rights was highlighted again last week when the Waterside Workers' Federation was fined £500 for contempt by the Industrial Court. IT was fined because of a…

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Court Directs Boys To Join Club

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 April 1961 · page 6

Children's Court authorities thought so highly of the Penrith Rugby League Boys' Club that they had directed boys appearing before the court to become some of the 400 club members…

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Police Try to Break Up Yes Meeting

Tribune · Wednesday 19 April 1961 · page 12

SYDNEY: Two cases of New South Wales State police action against campaign meetings, occurred last week…

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Mayor Wants More Police Protection for Municipality

The Biz · Wednesday 19 April 1961 · page 1

The question of inadequate police protection in the Fairfield District was discussed at the meeting of Fairfield Municipal Council last week. At the meeting, correspondence was received from the Cabramatta…

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"We Want More Dough" Novel demonstration in Arbitration court

Tribune · Wednesday 19 April 1961 · page 11

MELBOURNE: Railway workers gave the Arbitration Commission an unusual reminder of the Australia-wide insistence on the need for a substantial rise in wages when 15 of them, sitting quietly in the public seats during the basic wage review on Friday, suddenly pinned black letters on…

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Court Competent to Try Eichmann

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 21 April 1961 · page 1

No anti-Semitic manifestations have so far been recorded in Syd[?]ey as a result of the Eichmann [?]rial, now being held in Jerusalem…

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Police tee off

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 26 April 1961 · page 9

About 50 players took part in Parramatta Police Golf Club's annual Angus and…

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50 Years Ago Rowdy Referendum Day Taxed Police Force

Nepean Times · Thursday 27 April 1961 · page 4

Disorderly conduct caused by the large influx of workers from the Glenbrook railway deviation for referendum day on Wednesday, April 26, 1911, taxed the Penrith police force to the…

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Police Girls' Club in Parramatta?

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 3 May 1961 · page 5

Parramatta may soon have a Girls' Police Club — conducted on similar lines to the world famous Police Boys' Clubs — Police Commissioner, Mr. C. J…

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Quiet Anzac day for police, ambulancemen

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 3 May 1961 · page 2

Parramatta police and ambulancemen handled a spate of minor accidents on Anzac Day. However, they…

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New Documents Show Eichmann-murder Link

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 12 May 1961 · page 1

Although two former Nazi stormtroop leaders have been given immunity if they enter Israel to testify for the defence in the Eichinann trial…

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New Court Sought for Squash

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 12 May 1961 · page 12

To cater for almost unexpected popularity Jasa Squash Club is negotiating for…

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Brutal Murder of Captain's Flat

Tribune · Wednesday 17 May 1961 · page 6

CAPTAIN'S FLAT -- a pretty little town, nestled snugly in a valley just thirty miles from…

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Marconi dub raises £200 for police boys

The Biz · Wednesday 17 May 1961 · page 2

The Marconi Club has presented a cheque for £200 to No. 22 Division Police Boys' Club. The cheque was received…

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Police injured

The Biz · Wednesday 24 May 1961 · page 11

Two Fairfield policemen were injured at Bass Hill last week when their patrol…

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Auction 'Riot' Fizzles Police warnings heeded

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 24 May 1961 · page 1

Eleventh-hour police warnings put a sudden dampener on Saturday morning picket-line plans by a group of Granville housewives and turned a threatening ugly demonstration info a good humoured incident. The housewives had…

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Food Trade 'Murder'

Tribune · Wednesday 31 May 1961 · page 10

SYDNEY: "This isn't competition --it's murder!" a corner-store grocer said, displaying, a list of special food "bargains" offered by a…

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Plan for hotel rejected by court

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 31 May 1961 · page 17

Transfer of a liquor licence for establishment of a new hotel at Rydalmere has been refused by the Licensing Court. Licence application refused…

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Parking Police Persecute Pedestrian Poor

Tharunka · Thursday 1 June 1961 · page 2

Perforce it has come to the perception of your perceptors of the existence of these public protectors of…

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