Court bans TV millionaire series in Melbourne
In Melbourne, Supreme Court Justice Harris barred General Television Corporation Pty Ltd from airing a series on millionaires on Channel 9. The judge ruled the concept used was confidential material supplied by Melbourne producer Robert Geoffrey Talbot, who had sought an injunction after the first segment aired despite an earlier restraining order.
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Supreme Court
General Television Corporation Pty Ltd
Channel 9
Robert Geoffrey Talbot
Malvern
Sydney
Talbot
Peter Meakin
Man Sentenced for Throwing Bottle at Castlemaine Market
An 18 year old man, Colin Wayne Heastip of Castlemaine, was sentenced to 14 days in jail on each of two charges after pleading guilty in Castlemaine Court to throwing a missile to the danger of the public and littering in a public place on March 4 at a historic market noted as one of Australia’s most distinguished buildings.
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Castlemaine
Caven
Colin Wayne Heastip
Australia
Heaslip
Youth is jailed for life for taxi driver murder
Melbourne. An eighteen year old labourer, Trevor Raymond Flight of Newport, was sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury found him guilty of murdering taxi driver Carmelo Mario Sapona of North Altona during a robbery attempt on October 5 last year. Flight allegedly slit Sapona’s throat and said Your money or your life before Sapona staggered from his cab seeking help and died. Flight claimed he intended only to scare Sapona.
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Melbourne
Trevor Raymond Flight
Newport
Sapona
Flight
Witness testifies he tried to dispose of evidence
In Sydney a former car theft gang member told the District Criminal Court he had attempted to dispose of evidence linked to the disappearance of another gang member. Paul Hos, 32, now in Western Australia, testified in the trial of ex police officer Walter Gaffney, 48, and Raymond Beaufoy Merlin, 37, who plead not guilty to conspiring to pervert the course of justice between May 1, 1971 and May 31, 1972. The Crown alleges Gaffney and Beaufoy Merlin aided a car stealing racket run by Reginald Varley. Hos said Burton had been moved and removed clothing and belongings at Varley's instruction, and that he sought to hide evidence that could reveal the crime. Burton was killed. Varley serves a long sentence for manslaughter. Hos denied knowledge of any involvement in Burton's disappearance. Adjournment set for Monday.
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District Criminal Court
Paul Hos
Western Australia
Walter David Gaffney
Raymond Beaufoy- Merlin
Gaffney
North Ryde
Beaufoy-Merlin
Belrose
Reginald John Varley
Alan David Burton
Crown
Varley
Hos
Burton
Mr Burton
Four Newcastle men face conspiracy charges over drugging racehorses
In Sydney a week in November was set to hear charges against four Newcastle men Rodney Stanislaw Finley 43 hairdresser Charlestown Rodney John Finley 23 hairdresser Charlestown Peter John Francis 37 unemployed Belmont North and Gregory John McNamara 26 unemployed Charlestown alleged to have conspired to drug a racehorse on or about April 22 in Sydney. They are also charged with possessing a breaking implement a screwdriver and in one case with possessing 22450 suspected of being stolen and with an unlicensed pistol. The defense requested time and the case was adjourned to November 14 with bail continued.
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Newcastle
Rodney Stanislaw Finley
Charlestown
Rodney John Finley
Peter John Francis
Belmont North
Gregory John McNamara
Pees
Oan
Central Court
D. Baker
Lewer
Miss Pamela Whitney Charged With Forgery in Canberra Sessions
Miss Pamela Elizabeth Whitney of Baringa Gardens Melba appeared before Mr Dobson SM in Canberra Petty Sessions yesterday charged with 12 counts of forgery with intent to defraud and related offenses. She was remanded to June 3 on $500 bail after prosecutors alleged she received about 2500 dollars worth of goods between April 2 and May 7. No plea was entered.
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Pamela Elizabeth Whitney
Baringa Gardens
Melba
Dobson
Canberra
Whitney
Son charged over father's murder in Stawell case
A 15 year old labourer appeared in a special court in Melbourne yesterday on a charge of murdering his father, Stanley Walter Smith, of Stawell. The body of Thomas Stanley Smith, 49, was found shot in bush near Great Western on Thursday after he and his son failed to return from a rabbiting trip. The son was remanded in custody to appear in Melbourne Magistrate's Court on Monday.
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Melbourne
Stanley Walter Smith
Stawell
Thomas Stanley Smith
Bush
Great Western
Melbourne brief on McDonalds boycott over Ballarat buildings
The Builders Labourers Federation bans McDonalds in Melbourne area citing plans to demolish historic Ballarat buildings for a restaurant and pizza shop. A Canberra spokesman said the ban does not apply there since there are no construction sites in Canberra.
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The
Builders Labourers Federation
McDonalds
Ballarat
Canberra
Peter O'Dea
Macdonalds
Government scraps Newcastle aid plan in shift to lure industry
Canberra officials say the plan to spend about 10 million dollars for relief projects in Newcastle and Whyalla is abandoned. Instead the government favors attracting new industry, with Senator Cotton eager to visit Newcastle. Unemployment figures show 7,177 jobless in Newcastle and 12,947 in the Hunter region.
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Whyalla
Canberra
Industry and Commerce
Cotton
Cotton Ha
Newmathess
Hithyalla
Japan
Australia
Nsw
South Australian
Commonwealth Employment Service
Hunter
Peacock to visit Romania and India this year
Diplomatic sources in Canberra say Mr Peacock the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs may visit Romania and India later this year. He is expected to attend the UN General Assembly in New York in October and then travel to Bucharest marking a first Australian ministerial visit. He also hopes talks with India's new regime after Mrs Gandhi's downfall. A Seoul stop is considered but unlikely this year.
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Romania
India
Canberra
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Bucharest
Gandhi
Seoul
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