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Courts & crime, 1975

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

Law Triumphs Again Police side cricketers far too good

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 7 January 1975 · page 8

The long arm of the law was again too strong when Merry lands police side met members of Merry lands Bowling Club for a social cricket game at Merrylands Oval on…

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Police Take Shtern's Son

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 January 1975 · page 9

MOSCOW: The son of Mikhail Shtern, said last week that police took him off a Moscow-bound…

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Argentine police chief declares war on Jewry

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 January 1975 · page 10

BUENOS AIRES: An order of the day, announcing "war against Jews, Freemasons and Communists so as to disrupt their diabolical plans", has been issued to all police stations in Rio Negro province some 400 miles south-west of Buenos Aires…

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Drivers ‘Lucky’ Stern police warning

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 28 January 1975 · page 1

Motorists in the Holroyd district had one of their safest Christmas-New Year holiday periods on record, but 30 per cent more than in 1973-74 were…

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Beware of Burglars Police Warning

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 28 January 1975 · page 3

A number of people have been charged in Blacktown in connection with four burglaries in Greystanes last year…

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W.a. Police Brutality Against Blacks Claimed

Tribune · Tuesday 4 February 1975 · page 12

PERTH: Brutality towards Aborigines by racist white police in West Australia has again raised its ugly head. In the latest incidents at Laverton, police…

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Letters Readers are reminded that there is a limit of 300-350 words on letters. Letters which exceed this length may be cut. Police Brutality Charge

Tribune · Tuesday 4 February 1975 · page 11

The events at Laverton have important broader political implications. At the beginning of January the West Australian published an inflammatory first page report of…

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Police Harass Meat Workers for Picketing Last Year

Tribune · Tuesday 11 March 1975 · page 4

MELBOURNE: Geelong police have been harassing meat workers who took part in the picketing of the "Codan" last year. The vessel Codan…

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Moscow protesters detained by police

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 March 1975 · page 10

MOSCOW: Six Moscow Jewish demonstrators calling for the release of Jewish prioners-of-conscience and the emigration of more Jews to Israel were detained by the…

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Railway Union Agrees to Court Ballot in Election

Tribune · Tuesday 18 March 1975 · page 4

MELBOURNE: A decision to allow their elections to be conducted by the Arbitration Commission was made recently by the Victorian State…

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Were police behind attack on Judge hearing Bathurst jail case?

Tribune · Tuesday 18 March 1975 · page 7

SYDNEY: Who attacked Bathurst prison revolt Judge Goran in his chambers on March 4? District Court Judge Goran was attacked…

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International Chile Commission exposes torture, murder CIA support for junta crimes

Tribune · Tuesday 1 April 1975 · page 7

The Third Session of the Commission was held in Mexico City on February 18-21, and was acclaimed by all present as the most successful…

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Police Close Moscow Shule

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 April 1975 · page 1

MOSCOW: Police drove several hundred Jews from the street outside the City's only synagogue after the first day Pesach service. Reports also confirmed that policemen entered the synagogue ordering people to leave and for the first time in many years closed the Moscow Synagogue…

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"Abolish Secret Police": Call at Inquiry

Tribune · Tuesday 15 April 1975 · page 12

MELBOURNE: The Royal Commission on Security and Intelligence heard submissions from the Committee for the Abolition of…

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Suprem Court Judge Retires

The Australian Jewish Times · Wednesday 16 April 1975 · page 5

After a brilliant legal career spanning nearly 50 years, Mr. Justice Simon Isaacs retired from the Supreme Court last week…

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Film Review of Murder on the Orient Express

Tharunka · Wednesday 16 April 1975 · page 16

Agatha Christie may not have considered Margaret Rutherford as her ideal Miss Marple but she would surely swoon before Sidney Lumet’s production…

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Police Charge Against Black Dismissed As "Trivial"

Tribune · Tuesday 22 April 1975 · page 12

DARWIN: A police charge against Mr. James Yunupingu, Town Clerk of the Aboriginal Yirrkala township on the edge of the site of the huge Nabalco…

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Gaol- Is There Another Way?

Tharunka · Wednesday 30 April 1975 · page 11

Prisons are the institutions of the correctional service that deal with the problem of the offender in the community. Broadly stated, the function of prisons is…

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Blacks Harassed by Redfern Police

Tribune · Tuesday 13 May 1975 · page 12

SYDNEY: The Aboriginal Legal Service last week alleged police harassment of its field officers and members throughout NSW…

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The Entertainment Scene in Sydney FILMS ‘Murder on the Orient Express’

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 May 1975 · page 15

Style, above all, was the [?]bvious aim of director [?]umet, in filming this Agatha Christie classic…

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