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Courts & crime, 1973

48 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 3

Police Attack Blacks

Tribune · Tuesday 24 July 1973 · page 2

SYDNEY: Fifty Aborigines, including Black builders' laborers from the Redfern Aboriginal housing project, demonstrated inside the bar of the Clifton Hotel, Redfern,…

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Maccabi Tennis to Build Extra Court

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 July 1973 · page 23

NSW Maccabi Tennis Club has decided to construct a sixth court on its property in Wellington Street, Bondi. To build the additional court…

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Cpa Election Candidate in Court

Tribune · Tuesday 31 July 1973 · page 12

MELBOURNE: During the recent Victorian State elections, Communist candidate for Brunswick East, George Zangalis, and three supporters were arrested on various charges…

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Power Workers' Court Protest

Tribune · Tuesday 14 August 1973 · page 4

SYDNEY: The NSW Industrial Commission began the re-hearing of the 35-hour case for power workers last Friday. The case is to be heard by the same three judges (Beattie,…

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Four Pet Dogs Killed—merry Land S Police Search for Bait Thrower

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 14 August 1973 · page 6

Merrylands residents are again living in fear that their children may pick up poisonous baits left for dogs. This follows the discovery of four dead pets in Clarence Street. In December last year…

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Police Special Branch Closed

Tribune · Tuesday 4 September 1973 · page 12

CANBERRA: Decision of the Attorney-General (Senator Murphy) to disband the Special Branch of the Northern Territory Police on grounds of its political "Big Brother" role has…

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Police Hold Five on Shooting in Merrylands

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 4 September 1973 · page 1

Police expect to charge five with the shooting of a young man whose body was found in Arcadia Street. Merrylands. last week. The dead man, 24-year-old Angeluos…

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Police Attack Portuguese Demo

Tribune · Tuesday 18 September 1973 · page 12

SYDNEY: Two hundred demonstrators last Monday night protested against the Portuguese trade delegation now visiting Australia. The demonstration took place outside the…

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New Judge of Supreme Court

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 20 September 1973 · page 1

A former member of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has been appointed judge of the NSW Supreme Court. Mr Harold Hyam Glass QC took up his new post…

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Police Evict Pensioner

Tribune · Tuesday 25 September 1973 · page 8

SYDNEY: Forty police last Monday used brute force to evict Janet Woo and her sister from a flat at 133 Macleay Street, Kings Cross. Young members of the Tenants' Union…

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Police Branch Plans Anger Council Alderman Forecasts Big Traffic Problems

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 25 September 1973 · page 1

Aid. K. Grieve of Merrylands Ward believes Merrylands shopping centre, already facing severe traffic congestion, will become “one unholy mess" following instructions from the Police Traffic Branch…

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Nazi Style of Police to Evict Invalid Rupert Nice Guy But?

Tharunka · Thursday 4 October 1973 · page 16

Monday, 24th September, saw a new low in police behaviour in this State. At the behest of fat cat businessman, owner of Properties…

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Power Chaos Hits Holroyd Police Offer Stern Words

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 9 October 1973 · page 1

Like dozens of other suburbs throughout Sydney, Merrylands has been hard-hit by the current wave of strikes threatening to choke the country to a standstill. Last week a…

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New anti-terror border police in West Germany

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 18 October 1973 · page 11

BONN: The commander of Bonn's new anti-terrorist unit says if his group had existed during last year's Munich Olympics the Black September massacre of…

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Police Racism Risks Explosion

Tribune · Tuesday 23 October 1973 · page 3

SYDNEY: 21 Division riot squad police arbitrarily arrested 60 Aborigines at the Empress Hotel in Redfern last Saturday night in one of the worst examples of racist police…

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Tennis Club's Green Light for New Court

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 October 1973 · page 24

Moccabi Tennis Club has decided to go ahead with plans to build an extra court and new spectator accommodation…

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Iraqis Murder 23 Jews in One Year

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 November 1973 · page 10

PARIS: At least 23 Jews were murdered by the Iraqi regime during the past year, according to a report issued by the American Jewish Committee’s European office. The report — on Jews in Middle East Arab countries — said that 15 Jewish men and three women arrested by the Iraqi authorities during the eight months…

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Moordzaok nu naar "High Court of Australia"

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 2 November 1973 · page 2

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UN Forces face dilemma Soldiers or Police? Greer Fay Cashman reports from the West Bank of the Suez.Canal

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 November 1973 · page 11

JERUSALEM: United Nations Forces stationed in the Suez Area are receiving all their supplies, including trucks, from Egypt…

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