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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1974

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

Police Crack Down on Drinking Driver Motorcycle kills passenger

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 8 January 1974 · page 2

Thieves had a relatively quiet time in Holroyd over the Christmas period, but alcohol-drinking drivers were again force…

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Kings Cross Police, Thugs

Tribune · Tuesday 15 January 1974 · page 6

The extraordinary planned assault on January 3 against Victoria Street, King's Cross, residents by a private army of club-swinging thugs backed by armed state police will have…

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Png Army, Police Clash Highlights Tension

Tribune · Tuesday 15 January 1974 · page 12

The four-hour clash early last Friday morning between Papua-New Guinea police and army troops is one of a series of events that signify a difficult and dangerous period ahead…

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Court Demo

Tribune · Tuesday 29 January 1974 · page 12

Newcastle: Fifty people demonstrated in protest today(Tuesday) outside the Newcastle Court, where the trial of Kevin Gilbert was about to begin. The tiny…

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Police Harass Women

Tribune · Tuesday 5 March 1974 · page 12

SYDNEY: A number of women who had been given legal terminations of pregnancy by a Sydney doctor, Dr. Smolling, have complained that they were…

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Cpa Pre -- Congress Forum Police State

Tribune · Tuesday 12 March 1974 · page 8

Please save us from any more arguments about whether the USSR is socialist or socialist-based - let us deal with facts not phrases, politics not semantics…

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Police on the move

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 19 March 1974 · page 1

Merrylands Traffic Police and Special Traffic Patrol Police are moving house…

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Just Another Monday.... in Court

Tharunka · Wednesday 27 March 1974 · page 7

Just another Monday in court, I thought as I woke up and turned on my bedside transistor to catch some 2SMusic and the time. Didn’t feel too well, too much coffee the night before and the thought of going to court for any…

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France Trente jours en France Trente jours Moins D’heures Pour La Police

Le Courrier Australien · Wednesday 1 May 1974 · page 5

Une réduction d'unp demi-heure la durée hebdomadaire du travail fonctionnaires de la police a décidée par le ministre de l'Intérieur,…

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Plus de 2000 documents racontant presde quatre siecles de la vie de Paris constituent le musee de la police francaise

Le Courrier Australien · Wednesday 1 May 1974 · page 4

P qui décida de Louis Lépine, Préfet de de la police. Son à 1912, eut lieu en 1909 dans quatre pièces mansardées, aménagées les combles du Palais de Justice de Paris. "C'est un choix provisoire", avait affirmé le Préfet. En fait, il n'a pas bougé depuis…

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Purge in Iranian Secret Police

Tharunka · Wednesday 8 May 1974 · page 11

Frankfurt, April 20 (PNS) Informations-Dienst, the German alternative news service, has reported that, according to news smuggled from inside Iran to the…

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Wa Police Hit Marchers

Tribune · Tuesday 21 May 1974 · page 12

PERTH: The newly-elected Court Liberal government and the West Australian police provocatively harassed protesters against the American base at North-West Cape…

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Bathurst Riot Court Farce

Tharunka · Wednesday 29 May 1974 · page 9

The aftermath of the Bathurst prison revolt came to light last week when 19 prisoners faced a number of charges in Central Court. These cases are proceeding in spite of strong criticism from the Prison Action Group (P.A.G.) that…

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News Briefs Indians Beaten Up in Court of Sioux Falls

Tharunka · Wednesday 29 May 1974 · page 16

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, May 11 (PNS) Riot police attacked the courtroom audience, mainly Indians, when they refused to stand for the judge at the trial of…

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The second murder of Czech Jewry

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 June 1974 · page 12

In an effort to ward off opposition to their rule, the Communist authorities in Prague have been running a campaign designed to identify Jews — and Zionists — as enemies of Czechoslovakia. A major aspect of this campaign, writes ERICH KULKA, is the denial of Jewish suffering under the Nazis and the…

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The Expedition (With Police Escort) Advances on Stage 3

Tharunka · Wednesday 12 June 1974 · page 8

Well friends, a pearl of literary wisdom awaits you this week — a tale of adventure, disaster, horror and mystery. Above all, of courage and exploratory zeal…

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Court Case Unresolved

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 June 1974 · page 5

Although the court case between Wolper Jewish Hospital and the Woollahra Council ended last week, it will still be some weeks before a final dcision is…

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Car Club Plans Police Proposal

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 25 June 1974 · page 20

Parramatta Police Boys’ Club is planning to build a $100,000 motoring academy for its members 1975. To help tinance the…

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Soccer Riot Culprits Punished by Court, Fa

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 June 1974 · page 20

TEL AVIV: Jerusalem Betar will not play any football matches in Jerusalem throughout the first half of next season, was fined I£3000 ($500) and officially lost its return State Cup semi-final match against Petah Tikva Hapoel 2-0…

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Leyland Spain: Police Repression

Tribune · Tuesday 2 July 1974 · page 2

Leyland is not only sacking workers in Australia, In Spain, the fascist police have been used to attempt to crush a strike at Leyland's subsidiary Authi plant in the…

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