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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1964

57 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 3

Mass murder trial "Auschwitz was for re-education'—Mulka

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 17 January 1964 · page 3

Frankfort (J.C.N.S.) — A former assistant commandant of Auschwitz death camp claimed he had never seen a gas chamber in Auschwitz. He is Robert Mulka, 68, one of the 22 men accused of mass…

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Police equipped for all searches

The Biz · Wednesday 22 January 1964 · page 5

Fairfield Police last week claimed its officers were specially equipped to handle a search for a lost child. They said if a child becomes lost and some…

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District May Have New Police Control

The Biz · Wednesday 22 January 1964 · page 1

A survey is at present being held to determine if an additional police division is desirable and its most suitable location…

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Police "tough" on minor offenders

The Biz · Wednesday 12 February 1964 · page 5

Southern Districts police this week urged that laws for minor offences should carry heavier penalties. Police said the maximum fine for…

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Facts behind the Court case

Tribune · Wednesday 12 February 1964 · page 1

Rejection by the organised trade union movement of proposals by employers which include some general increases in wages has quickened interest in the unions' basic wage claims. This supplement is an attempt to provide some information on:…

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BHP branded in Court "arrogant boss"!

Tribune · Wednesday 4 March 1964 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Broken Hill Pty. Ltd., Australia's giant steel monopoly, was branded in a Sydney courtroom last…

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Not "police" but workers state

Tribune · Wednesday 11 March 1964 · page 11

I HAVE just been re-reading "Two Worlds in Europe--the Old and the New," by Gerald Peel, published by Current Book Distributors in…

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Charged As Terrorists

Tribune · Wednesday 18 March 1964 · page 11

Last week-end it was reported that nine former migrants to Australia, arrested last year back in Yugoslavia, have now been charged…

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Police Ban

The Biz · Wednesday 18 March 1964 · page 5

Charitable organisations in the Fairfield Municipality may be affected by a recent decision by the…

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MP's challenge over secret police chief

Tribune · Tuesday 24 March 1964 · page 6

CANBERRA: A Labor MP has challenged the Menzies Government over a report that Brigadier Spry, chief of the secret political police, instigated attacks through the Melbourne press against Australian doctors who had visited the…

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Chamber's Appeal to Council More Police Protection Overall Strength

The Biz · Wednesday 25 March 1964 · page 1

Fairfield Chamber of Commerce this week decided to press for more police officers to be stationed in the Fairfield Municipality. The chamber will ask Fairfield Council to…

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Will ask for police division

The Biz · Wednesday 15 April 1964 · page 1

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. N. Allan, will be asked to give serious consideration to the formation of a new police, division at Fairfield. This action by the…

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Slow murder of a timber town by British monopoly

Tribune · Wednesday 15 April 1964 · page 9

PERTH Hawker- Siddeley, giant British company which is slowly murdering the timber town of Pemberton, West Australia, is buying equipment in America that will make about half of the present…

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Hundreds March On Wage Court

Tribune · Wednesday 6 May 1964 · page 1

SYDNEY: Hundreds of workers downed tools yesterday (Tuesday) and marched through city streets in an almost constant wave to the Commonwealth Arbitration Commission hearing of the basic wage case…

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Murder in the Cathedral

Tharunka · Thursday 7 May 1964 · page 4

The Drama Society will present T. S. Eliot's “Murder in the Cathedral” on the last four…

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How police assaulted orderly demonstration

Tribune · Wednesday 13 May 1964 · page 3

Above: Police bodily hurling a young demonstrator into a patrol waggon. RIGHT: Massed vans which rushed police…

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Letter to the Editor Police safety patrol needed

The Biz · Wednesday 13 May 1964 · page 2

Sir, Mr. Bill Pardy, the selected Liberal Party candidate for Bass Hill at the next State elections, has stated in a local newspaper that the police safety patrols on Woodville Road could be given something better to do than spend their time booking speeding motorists…

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Opera House workers march to the court

Tribune · Wednesday 13 May 1964 · page 12

Recent incidents at the Sydney Opera House site have led to job action by the workers and demands for a public inquiry. Last week after a lunch hour…

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Court Prefers Camera to Police Evidence What's in these police files?

Tribune · Wednesday 3 June 1964 · page 3

The New South Wales Premier, Mr. Renshaw (Minister in charge of the police) has refused to comply with a subpoena requiring certain documents to be presented to a Queanbeyan Court. A solicitor for the accused in…

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Official — new police division at Merrylands

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 16 June 1964 · page 2

The new No. 26 Division police headquarters at Merrylands would greatly assist in reducing crime in the district the Premier, Mr. J. B. Renshaw said this week…

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