Court orders six month hold in port adelaide boy case
At the Port Adelaide Police Court Stephen Arthur Carter was ordered to send his son Gerald Gordon Carter to the Boys Probationary School at Wistow for six months after habitual absenteeism from Port Adelaide Central School. The boy, seven years old, had only 19 percent attendance over nine months. The defendant did not appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Adelaide
G. W. Halcombe
S.M
Stephen Arthur Carter
Edward Street
Ottaway
Gerald Gordon Carter
Port Adelaide Central School
W. H. Wilke
Education Department
Wilke
Wistow
Landlord Wins Case Over Lease Debts at Port Adelaide
Judgment given in Port Adelaide Local Court finds landlord owed £45 1/3 after deducting £2 10 for cementing washhouse £4 10 for cleaning septic tank and £15 for sand filling from initial £52 16/5 claim. Richard Owen Evans sued Robert Alfred Bileechmore over August 7 1919 lease for deep drainage. Defendants denied indebtedness and were represented by R N Finlayson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Adelaide
Messrs
G. W. Halcombe
J. Anderson
E.A. Badcock
Richard Owen Evans
Fincon
Robert Alfred Bileechmore
Wondergraph Cafe
Semaphore
K. F. W. Sanderson
R. N. Finlayson
S.M
Pillion Riding Case In Alberton Motor Cycle Charge
John Lee of New Street Queens town was fined 5 with 10 costs after pleading guilty to letting Frank Walker ride on his motor cycle at Port Road Alberton on October 7 under the Motor Vehicles Act 1921. Walker admitted unlawfully riding as a passenger but said he rode only about 100 yards and was then helped home after spraining an ankle. The magistrate upheld convictions without penalties for both men in differing terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lee
New Street
Queenstown
J. E. Noblet
Frank Walker
Port Road
Alberton
Hugh Street
Naval Trainees Penalized for Missed Drills at Port Adelaide
At Port Adelaide Police Court on Tuesday naval trainees faced charges for failing to attend compulsory drills. Kenneth W. Meyer of Birkenhead was sent to two days detention and paid £1 court fees. Leonard Knoblauch of Birkenhead received a similar penalty. Sean Demetrius George of Dockville was given one day detention and £1 costs. All were ordered to make up drills at the Birkenhead naval depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Halcombe
Port Adelaide
G. E. Carter
Kenneth W. Meyer
Hargrave Street
Birkenhead
Leonard Knoblauch
Wilson Street
Sean Demetrius George
Bedford Street
Dockville
Naval Depot
Port Adelaide Rail Offence Case At Alberton Court
At Port Adelaide Police Court Walter Phillips of Rosewater pleaded guilty to trespassing on railway property at Alberton Station by leaving the platform end onto the permanent way after alighting from the 5.35 Adelaide train. He admitted seeing a notice forbidding such exit. fined 5 shillings with costs or three days imprisonment. Co-defendant William Hodgson of Rosewater admitted a similar offence and forfeited 5 shillings with costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Adelaide
G. W. Halcombe
S.M
Walter Phillips
Junction Road
Rosewater
Herbert Gordon Henderson
Alberton
Henderson
Adelaide
William Hodgson
Lincoln Street
Indecent behaviour fines at Port Adelaide court
At Port Adelaide Police Court George Hoare was fined 15 with three days imprisonment for drunkenness and penalized 16 and 15 costs for indecent behaviour in Queenstown on October 17. P Allan, laborer, faced a similar charge in Divett Street Port Adelaide with the same penalty. occurrences reported around 6 15 pm with women and children nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Adelaide
G. W. Halcombe
George Hoare
Long Street
Queenstown
P. J. Hansberry
P. Allan
Divett Street
G. Smith
Neglected Education Attendances Hearings In Largs Area
Public school absence cases in Largs, Port Adelaide and Rosewater led to fines and short imprisonments. Madeline de le Hoyde faced 5 shillings and costs for her child’s absence. William James and Mona Duffy faced similar penalties.
Workman's Death Sparks Arbitration Act Case at Port Adelaide
An application for apportionment under the Arbitration Act was heard at the Port Adelaide Local Court before Mr. G. W. Halcombe. The widow Rhoda Walton and three children claim compensation from Wa jarog Mount Lyell Fertilisers Ltd and Eva Lupton Walton after the death of bricklayer Joseph Arthur Walton from injuries sustained August 15 at the Birkenhead works. The Mr. Halcombe apportioned £600 to dependents: £400 to the widow, £75 to be paid now, rest to be managed by the Public Trustee. £125 to Allen Lupton Walton with weekly disbursements. £50 to Hannah Hainsworth Walton until 21. £25 to George Mainsworth Walton via the widow at £7 weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Adelaide
G. W. Halcombe
Rhoda Walton
Mead Street
Exeter
Hannah Hainsworth Walton
George Hainsworth Walton
Allen Lupton Walton
Wa Jarog Mount Lyell Fertilisers Ltd
Eva Lupton Walton
W. V. Ray
Hannah Stainsworth Walton
George Mainsworth Walton
Wiow
Seaman Seeks More Compensation After Lime Injury
An arbitration under the Workmen's Compensation Act heard by Mr G W Halcombe dealt with John Frederick Nordlund of Kingscote and Coast Steamships Ltd. His injury on March 5 1924 at Wool Bay fractured his right ankle and damaged his back while loading lime on the Karatta. The court refused further compensation beyond £114 already paid and costs, noting neck of evidence supported full recovery was unlikely but damages capped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Halcombe
Port Adelaide
John Frederick ‘Nordlund
Kingscote, KI
Coast Steamships Ltd
Karatta
Wool Bay
Yorke's Peninsula
J. R. McCabe
Eric Millouse
Millhouse
H. Newland
Strangeways Terrace
North Adelaide
Noreland
Adelaide
L. O. Betts
Mecahe
le Messurier
Coast Steamships Ltr
Ile
McCabe
Kier
Ieaf
Stowaways Guarded by Sympathy of Officers
Two young stowaways Joseph Burns and Thomas Peabody were brought before Mr G W Halcombe for secret boarding the steamer Westmoreland on September 5. They pleaded guilty and faced Navigation Act action. The captain asked for no fine, court fees only. a constable later found employment for them in Kilkenny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Halcombe
Port Adelaide
Joseph Burns
Thomas Peabody
Herbert L. Upton
Westmoreland
W. V. Ray
England
Australia
Ray
5.M
Kilkenny
Marriage A Luxury At Port Adelaide Local Court
A motor body painter facing a judgment summons for non payment of debt admitted he had recently married and was paying 1s per week rent. The magistrate criticized the financial choice and ordered payments of 7s 6d weekly toward the debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Adelaide
G. W. Halcombe
S.M
Alberton Church United Football Club Annual Dinner
The Alberton Church United Football Club held its annual dinner at the Oddfellows Hall Port Adelaide with guests including Angus McDonnell and Captain Fearon. Attendees praised the club’s premiership and the Port Adelaide District Association, while toasts honored the club, association officers, and junior football efforts. Dancing followed the formalities into the late hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberton Church United Football Club
Port Adelaide
Oddfellows Hall
Angus McDonnell
Fearon
Williamstown
Victoria
Mr. McDonnell
Captain Fearon
Geo. Carr
Melbourne
McDonnell
Port Adelaide Association
Clarre Lambe
Port Adelaide District Football Association
Messrs. Othen
Gorden U
Whelan
Carr l
A. Whicker
Alberton United Football Club
A. W. Gordon
Mr. Carr
Association
E. Currie
F. Watson
G. Beasley
Westgarth
Rosatala
Ken
Gower
Ethelton
F. Carr
Woortville
Boy 14 breaks arm at Exeter plaster works
Henry Gotch aged 14 of Semaphore fell at Swan Terrace Exeter while working at Kitson and Thompson fibrous plaster works on Monday morning and sustained a fracture to his left arm. He was given treatment at Port Adelaide Casualty Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Kitson and Thompson
Swan Terrace
Exeter
Henry Gotch
Semaphore
Port Adelaide
Thefts From Rifle Ranges Lead Court Appearance
In Port Adelaide four Rosewater youths faced Chil dren's Court charges after admitting larceny at the Port Adelaide Rifle Ranges storeroom. They stole a pair of scissors a whistle 12/9 in money and later 30 target patches valued at 10/ from the same room. They were ordered to pay costs and damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Adelaide
Donnellan
Gill
Rosewater
G. W. Halcombe
Children's Court
T. KF. Hannon
Window Blinds Lace and Insertion Advertisement
Classified notice for blind materials featuring Lace and Insertion in widths 3 to 6 inches with Tid patterns and 1 1/3 1/9 and 2/3 yard options. Combination Lace and Insertion offers widths to 9 inches deep with 2/4 2/6 and retrofit yard options.
Curtain Linens and Rods Headline Listing
Antique curtain rods for pavement windows extend 40 inches with fittings. Cream fadeless linen sold by yard widths 30 to 60 inches with various yardage. Minor notes show pricing and measurements for linings and conduit fittings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ark
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Madeline de le Hoyde
Largs
John Patrick A. de le Hoyde
Walwin H. Wilke Athoo
William John James
Torrens Road
Glacys Irelyx James
Lawrence Duffy
Mona Veronica M. Duffy
Verdict For Shipping Company
Ays
Johnnie
Port
Second Avenue
Alberton East
Fricker Bros. Builders and Contractors
Trivate
F. W. Brooks
Champion Cycle
Brooks
K Champion
Richard T. Searles
Motor Boat and Yacht Builder
Waverley Street
Largs Bay
Lino
Sneyds
Wile
Berltram
Kirehos
Calatiers
Snfyns
Correteim Art
Ne Ponset Art Squires
Royms
Cormeta
Lancaster Holland
Green
Lancaster Halland
Duchess
Wie
Art Serge Curtain
Lancaster
Holland
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