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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1968

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

STATES of the Nation Pizzey: From Police Dept. to Premiership

Tribune · Wednesday 17 January 1968 · page 4

As Queensland Minister simultaneously adminstering both the State Education…

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Jordan's wife sentenced

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 January 1968 · page 5

Francoise Jordan, former wife of British Nazi Party leader Colin Jordan, was jailed for 18 months this week…

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“Look at Halacho” says Supreme Court

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 February 1968 · page 3

(JGNS) The Israeli Supreme Court has urged the rabbinical authorities to strive “through the halacha” to And a means…

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Security Police Drove Scab Vans

Tribune · Wednesday 7 February 1968 · page 12

At least some of the "volunteer" mail drivers, on the first day of introduction of scab labor in the recent postal strike, were members of the Security (ASIO) police and the Commonwealth Police…

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Union Gloves Are Off Over Court Penalties

Tribune · Wednesday 14 February 1968 · page 1

NATIONAL UNIONS of the metal industry, backed by a new wave of strike actions for wage rights, last week united in new moves to resist the employers' resort to heavy court fines on unions. At the same time a Melbourne union official warned that employers were preparing an…

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Police Locate Missing Girls in Melbourne

The Biz · Thursday 15 February 1968 · page 1

Two migrant girls, missing from their home in Bligh Street, Villa wood, since Tuesday, January 31, have been located by police in Melbourne. The girls are 16-year-old…

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Vic. Big Stick Wont Stop Viet Protests Queensland police play it cool But Victoria's Mr. Rylah hots it up

Tribune · Wednesday 21 February 1968 · page 1

WHILE Queensland police last week notably responded to democratic protests by refraining from violent attacks on peace demonstrators, the Victorian Government and some of its police were…

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Tennis court plan for Lawson Square

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 27 February 1968 · page 7

A six-man committee of Holroyd aldermen is to confer with district tennis leaders over a plan to provide eight new tennis courts on Lawson Square. The committee,…

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Letters to the Editor No Hope of Charity From Court of Pain

Tribune · Wednesday 28 February 1968 · page 11

Recent events make it clear that the Arbitration Court is not a, place where workers can hope to have justice bestowed. On the contrary, the…

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Viet War Protester Freed After Five Days' Gaol Term

Tribune · Wednesday 6 March 1968 · page 12

SYDNEY Mr. Mick Tubbs, executive member of Sydney's Action Committee and a well-known member of the Communist Party of Australia last week served a five-day jail term for demonstrating against the war in Vietnam…

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Case of youth u police

Tribune · Wednesday 6 March 1968 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Assault and brutal actions by police were alleged by Mr. M. Crowley, a student charged…

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No Police State, Say Melb. Marchers

Tribune · Wednesday 20 March 1968 · page 12

MELBOURNE:At midday last Tuesday, 2000 Melbourne workers, including many new migrants, marched ten abreast along Bourke Street to Parliament House in protest against the Bolte Government's move to amend the Essential Services Act…

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White Collars and the Court

Tribune · Wednesday 20 March 1968 · page 10

THE PUNITIVE processes of Arbitration know no discrimination on grounds of color of collar: they descend on unions of professional men as well as unions of tradesmen and…

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Did the USA acquiesce in the murder of the Jews?

Tribune · Wednesday 27 March 1968 · page 5

SEVERAL MONTHS from now a sensational book will be published. It is a shocking report based on documents which have been suppressed by the American State Department for the past 25 years…

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STATES of the Nation Pressure Grows on Police: Cairns

Tribune · Wednesday 27 March 1968 · page 4

MELBOURNE: Recent actions of police and magistrates in connection with Mr. Gorton's meeting at the…

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$5000 Theft

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 9 April 1968 · page 3

Merrylands detectives are investigating the robbery of specialised laboratory equipment worth $5000 from a district blue metal factory recently…

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Police Seek Witnesses of Accident

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 9 April 1968 · page 3

A nine-year-old girl was rushed to Fairfield District Hospital after being hit by a car in Orchleigh Street, Guildford, last week. Police said the girl,…

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Ministerial Rap for W.a. Gaol Chief

Tribune · Wednesday 10 April 1968 · page 4

PERTH: W.A. Comptroller-General of Prisons Mr. C. Campbell, has been publicly rebuked by Justice Minister Griffith for a statement he made on W.A. goals and laws The proportion of prisoners…

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Is the Israeli Police Different

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 11 April 1968 · page 4

“Criminally speaking, Israeli cities are the safest in comparison with similar-size cities in Europe or America,” Commander Prag said recently in an interview…

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Police seek recruits

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 30 April 1968 · page 3

Improved pay and conditions generally has steadily changed police work from a normal everyday job to a career opportunity. Inspector A. B. Cameron said last week…

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