Neglect case shocks Williamstown court over infant safety act
At Williamstown Police Court David Warner and Lilian Warner faced charges under the Infant Safe Protection Act for failing to provide food clothing and adequate protection for their children. Police described a four room home in Spotswood with filth vermin and minimal supplies including a bare bed a single blanket and no proper bathing facilities. Dorothy 15 suffered from a lung condition with no ventilation while other children were ill and inadequately clothed. Police said conditions were injurious to health and a six month probation had failed to improve the home.
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Williamstown
Davidson
Morgan Ing Smiedley
Blackshaw's Road
Spotswood
Dorothy
Aly
Connor
Military spoon and social ruin at Newport home
On March 1 a mother in Newport was seen in an intemperate state as constables described squalid conditions. A drunken boy aged under 17 argued his right to drink while a father earned £294 yearly and kept most of the money, with the family living amid excrement and a tied horse. Neighbours noted improvements after scrutiny, but the couple faced harsh accusations of neglect.
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Newport Sta Gon
Morgan
Harvester Works
Lena Mactin
Shies Wits
Neil Foot Duuvityg
Uwe Pant
Noxious Trades Rebuff in Western and Murray Bacon Case
General satisfaction in the decision of the judges in the appeal by Western and Murray Bacon Co against Braybrook Shire Council. The company sought a licence for gut cleaning near Sunshine, a noxious trade near residential areas. The judge's ruling cannot be appealed, increasing local property values and leaving Sunshine free of visible contamination.
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Western and Murray Bacon Co
Braybrook
Ompary
Sunshine
Ile
Noxioux
On Our Selection Maiden and Melbourne Stakes Races
Race card notes Isis King or Prince Florizel in Maiden Plate Diam. Isis King and Prince Florizel expected to contend in maiden feature. Maribyrnong Plate lists Triangle or Manacre with Gleaming or Whittier in Melbourne Stakes. Derby includes Spearfelt with Cantala Stakes Night Patrol in Hotham Handicap and Stand by a Cup Frances Tressady Stand y.
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Isis King
Prince Florizel
Triangle
Manacre
Melbourne
Gleaming
Whittier
Spearfelt
Night Patrol
Frances Tressady
Defendants Sentenced to Fortnight Imprisonment
In a case reported, the defendant and an accomplice were sentenced to two weeks imprisonment. The court ordered the children placed in Royal Park Home after the ruling. The defense had argued Ant Warner planned to buy the loan but had abandoned it to start anew.
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Defendan
Ant Warner
Ray
Ton
Royal Park Homa
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Chalmers
H. Croxford White
Hampshire Road
B. M. Challen
Coolamon ST
Hutchinson’s
Gent
Warner
Emily Weed
Lilia
Tiger Tims
Bubbles
Rainbow Chick’s Own
T. E. Robinson
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