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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 19, 1977
Page
2
Perth judge sentences 25 year old Victoria woman Gayle Bowne to seven years’ jail for smuggling about 170000 dollars worth of heroin into Fremantle. Bowne pleaded guilty on December 7 to offences involving supplying heroin. the case highlights the heavy penalties in Western Australia.
Four men including a carpenter and a steelworker were arrested yesterday on charges linked to a crime in Weston Me. They appeared before Mr Price with bonds set and potential sentences noted. Names and exact addresses appear in the court report with details of their professions and alleged involvement.
London reports the Privy Council committee refused special leave to appeal a NSW Licensing Court ruling. Gary Cook, aiming to relocate his Wollongong pub, challenged the court’s jurisdiction, arguing licensing power limits and alterations to premises. The decision upheld the Licensing Court and denied costs.
A petition by Progress and Properties Pink et Sydnick to compel payment of 134,360 to an injured worker was rejected by the Pri Court committee in Tandon yesterday. Plumber Coln Teas Calta of Symes, injured August 8, 1965 at Dasling Pool during hoist operation, suffered severe injuries when a construction hoist failed. The company argued the incident involved illegal hoist use and no compensation was payable.
A 21 year old man, Peter Marrs of Mokean Place, pleaded guilty to impersonating a Commonwealth Police officer on August 24 last year. The magistrate found the offence proved but did not convict, placing him on an $850 six month good behaviour bond. He was also charged with driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.170, to which he pleaded guilty and was fined $150 with the fine suspended for six months.
Mr Puer Graham, 43, a winery equipment manufacturer on Yass Road Queanbeyan, was committed for trial in the ACT Supreme Court before Mc Nicholl SM at Canberra Penny Sessions. He is charged with driving a vehicle while under the influence on a November 12 incident and related offences. Mr Patrick Mulley was fined $500 with similar circumstances noted in the same proceeding.
A 29-year-old man, Peter Davis of Giles Street, Kempston, appeared at Canberra Penal Sessions yesterday on seven charges of false pretences. He allegedly passed cheques between November 28 1478 and December 4 last year with insufficient funds. The court found the offenses proved after he pleaded not guilty. Davis was remanded for sentence pending a welfare report.
The ACT Milk Authority plans to have the Belconnen milk depot ready for operation by year end. Acting chairman Warren Porter said costs would exceed the original 21 000 estimate due to inflation and installing advanced bulk milk handling machinery. The facility, using a New Zealand style bulk milk movement process, could be operated by a single person and was approved by the National Capital Development Commission.
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