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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 3 page 1
  ...the country towns was full of it, while there was immense activity in the police department, which despatched heavy reinforcements of constabulary to every ...istrict, cattle stealing and other minor crimes were common there, and the police were kept constantly on the alert. The popularity of cattle ‘duffing’ i
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 3 page 3 (2)
  ...eir relatives, the Kellys, and were also continually in collision with the police, Lloyd senior, some years before the Kelly outbreak, being imprisoned for f ...art of it, was one of the factors which enabled them so long to baffle the police.
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 5 page 1
  == CHAPTER V - POLICE PREPARATIONS == ...much of it mountainous and uninhabited country; while the total number of police charged with the duty of keeping order therein did not exceed 120.
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 5 page 2
  ...ure of the district and the people imposed a most formidable task upon the police in pursuit of the bushrangers. ...ice parties in addition to Kennedy’s were at that time absent from their stations in search of the Kellys, and considerable anxiety was felt lest they should
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 8 page 3
  Describing his general experience of the [[Police Search Parties|search party]] work, Mr [[Nicolson|Nicolson]] spoke as follo ...ight in the bush or the mountains, returned wearied out to their different stations.
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 9 page 1
  ...f the banks that there was likelihood of a raid being made upon them. More police had been applied for by Mr Sadleir and Mr Nicolson for the work of pursuing ...ay deep in the mountains, intent upon nothing but evading pursuit, and the police saw good cause to believe from such reports as reached them that the gang w
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 17 page 3
  ...on’s agents, and reestablished a party of [[Police at Sherritt home|four police]] in [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]]’s house. Aaron had been somewhat u ...that after nightfall the constables should go, one by one, from the police stations at Wangaratta or Glenrowan to their respective rendezvous, and keep the hou
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 21 page 4
  ...and in the district to any applicant who received a bad character from the police, and the knowledge that the mounted constables, by an adverse report, could Finally, new police stations were established at commanding points where mischief might be apprehended;
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 1 page 1
  ...e various incidents which occurred during my connection with the Victorian police, I have often been asked to give the records of them a more permanent form. ...en, who for the previous two years had set law, order, the government, and police at absolute defiance.
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 6 page 6
  ...de day and night before they reached their mountain retreat. They knew the police would endeavour to follow their tracks, and they had to keep on the alert. ...ot have heard of the matter until twelve o'clock at night. At daylight the police attempted to pick up the tracks of the outlaws. There were foot-prints of h
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 8 page 8
  ...able not to interfere with the women. During the time I and several of the police were going up every Friday night to Beechworth to apply for the remand of t ...rking at them until the women came up. It appeared as if the dogs knew the police were their natural enemies. At first I used to make one of my men in the se
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 9 page 2
  The men were all in great spirits. We had to cross the [[Railway Stations|railway gates]] at Glenrowan. We often found great difficulty in crossing t ...d, and a man inside called out, "Who's there ?" I replied, "Police; open the door." After a few seconds he did so. I said, "Have you
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 11 page 1
  ...ack of the platform call out, “Who goes there?" The reply was "Police." I saw a man getting over the back of the platform, and heard him cal ...low me to the telegraph station, as I wanted to communicate with the other stations, and get them to send some assistance.
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (32)
  ...nd in order to do so the Government, at the suggestion of the heads of the Police Department, violated one of the most cherished principles of civilised nati ...nd upon what information.  All the responsible men in charge of different stations who had been a long time in Benalla—the detectives and officers—were al
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (46)
  ...llys were at Urana, New South Wales, and at Rutherglen, in Victoria.  The police were very much hampered by the numerous wild reports of the imaginary appea ...bo, Troopers Hero, Johnny, Jimmy, Barney and Jack—arrived at the Benalla police barracks, which were to be their headquarters while tracking the outlaws.
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (89)
  ...ishing the police station at Glenmore, and in reducing the strength of the stations at Stanley, Yackandandah, Tallangatta, Eldorado and Beechworth. ...hat the conduct of Captain [[Standish|Standish]], as Chief Commissioner of Police, as disclosed by the evidence brought before the Commissioners, was not cha
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• Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 20/7/1872 (4)
  ...ers, and the recovery of nearly all the property they took from one or two stations they "stuck-up." Those who know this really valuable public offic
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• Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 17/8/1872 (3)
  ...is town and neighbourhood contained 200 persons. Three hotel two stores, a police station, a butcher's shop, and a few old buildings, comprise the town. The ...Murrumbidgee with their dray and two horses, selling goods at the various stations. At most of these they took a good deal of money. One morning the brothers
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• Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 21/9/1872 (3)
  ...'''Macfarlane''' and '''Webster''''s station. This is one of the prettiest stations on the route. ...l, several good stores, and public houses. Robert B Mitchell, Esq., is the police-magistrate, and be is highly spoken of in his small kingdom, which also inc
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• Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 5/4/1873
  ...at 5 pm. The distance to Goulburn by rail is 132 miles, and the number of stations and platforms between these terminii is twenty-five. We reached [[Goulburn ...is was not so easy a task as he imagined. She took up a run and defied the police who came to the squatter's assistance. In undisturbed possession she remain
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• Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 25/9/1875
  ...ionalists have had no church of their own, but through the courtesy of the Police Magistrate, Captain Brownrigg, they have been in the habit of assembling in ...and [[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 25/9/1875|Coonong]] stations of the estimated value of £3103 10s. It is said that, the value of wool ex
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• Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 2/10/1875
  I had almost, forgotten to mention the new '''police-barracks''' which is nearly completed situated on the market reserve; but, ...roceeded with most successfully. Tempted by the favourable season, several stations have commenced earlier than usual, and it is to be hoped the owners will ha
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• Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 16/10/1875 (3)
  ...'''Gibbs''', and Co. It is estimated there are 10,000 kangaroos on the two stations, each consuming as much grass as two sheep. About 40 men are employed diggi ...en some horrible cases will be tried, an addition to which was made at the Police Court this week. The Supreme Court cases are expected to last a week or ten
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• The Argus at KellyGang 22/4/1878
  ...flammation ensuing. On Tuesday several constables were despatched from the stations at Benalla, Wangaratta, and Greta and they succeeded in arresting the woman ...down, as he was too well acquainted with the country, and could watch the police without himself being seen. He also stated that he would never again be tak
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• Kilmore Free Press at KellyGang 26/9/1878 (3)
  ...o, he thought, were the offenders, going to stick up Tolmey's and Behern's stations. Constable M'Intyre having said they were likely to do so.-S. MAUD." ...on't shoot you I'll burn you or kill you, if I have to follow you into the police yard." After two constables had been shot, and while M'Intyre was ridi
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• The Argus at KellyGang 6/11/1878
  ...despatched from Wangaratta at a quarter past 11 o’clock last night, the police believe that the gang are still in the neighbourhood of the Murray . Fresh '''THE POLICE MURDERS'''
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• The Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 9/11/1878
  '''THE POLICE MURDERS''' ...has been ascertained that they have endeavoured to pass themselves off as police, with the assistance of the handcuffs and revolvers they got at the Wombat,
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• The Argus at KellyGang 13/11/1878 (2)
  ...locality. It appears, however, that these men were only returning to their stations between [[Everton|Everton]] and Beechworth. Until some more trustworthy inf ...tain extreme places where they will be sure to find the murderers, but the police wisely take but little notice of what is evidently being done to mislead th
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• The Argus at KellyGang 19/11/1878
  ...gang; and it would be gratifying to know that some of the New South Wales police had a hand in securing the ruffians. This may not be possible, unless the g '''THE POLICE MURDERS.'''
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• The Argus at KellyGang 16/12/1878 (8)
  ...troopers being taken away from the search parties to guard the banks. The police force here has also been increased by the arrival of Sub-inspector Toohey, ...time make their appearance either in Alexandra or at some of the outlying stations. Stodart's is close to the Puzzle Range , and as the country around there i
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• The Argus at KellyGang 17/12/1878 (3)
  ...lar nuisance to him, this being the third time he has been detained by the police on suspicion of being that notorious individual. ...s]] will take charge of one of the metropolitan or suburban districts. The police force [[Benalla|here]] was further strengthened by the arrival from town of
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• The Argus at KellyGang 17/12/1878 (4)
  ...ugs, which are bound to scatter before they are 20 yards from the gun. The police here are under the impression that, in the event of their taking the Kellys ...nal Bank at Euroa that it was deemed advisable to notify the matter to the police authorities. By that time, the man had left the township, but a full enquir
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• The Argus at KellyGang 20/12/1878 (2)
  ...ch a proceeding. However, several detectives have been placed at different stations along the line, while a great many of the railway employés carry arms, and '''MURDERED POLICE MEMORIAL FUND.'''
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• The Argus at KellyGang 31/12/1878
  The Police ...ssatisfaction with regard to the [[Police Organisation|organisation of the police]] force is shared in by the Government, and the subject has been under disc
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• The Argus at KellyGang 7/1/1879 (2)
  ...re 12 miles on the way to '''Connapara Station''', well known to Hart. The police are on their track." This must be taken for what it is worth. The repo It is evident now that the police authorities are determined to enforce the provisions of the Outlawry Act, a
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• The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 7/1/1879 (3)
  ...abling the Kellys to defy capture, and had this not been done, and had the police been better handled, the men sought for would probably, ere this, have been ...young men have created a state of things which can hardly be credited-the police are baffled, the country unsettled, and a regular reign of terror is in exi
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• The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 11/1/79 (2)
  ...obbery is traced if once a reward large enough is offered. How readily the police will pounce upon her Bill when once he takes a drop too much? Bill squares
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• The Argus at KellyGang 12/2/1879 (5)
  ...ffered to go in the coach, but the driver declined to take the police. The police had no means of following the gang, being unarmed and without horses. ...eir interests. There is considerable excitement there, as the state of the police force gives no sense of security from a visit of the gang.
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• Sydney Morning Herald (25)
  ...chances are that they will find themselves trapped. Last night a number of police constables left Sydney by train for Wagga. They will be dispersed though th ...when everything had been made secure at the barracks the Kellys dressed in police uniform. At about 11 am the two Kellys , being then disguised, walked down
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• Sydney Morning Herald (27)
  ...as anything else than a direct challenge to our police to attempt what the police of Victoria have failed to accomplish. ...athy and shelter. It was supposed, however, at one time, that the Victoria police force was an example of organisation and efficiency. When the new system wa
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• The Argus at KellyGang 16/8/1879
  ...scriptions received of the two men led not only the general public but the police to believe that the bank had been robbed by Edward Kelly and Stephen Hart, ...tailed below by our special reporter, who went up in the same train as the police from Melbourne. These particulars show that the robbers hardly acted with t
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• The Argus at KellyGang 13/10/1879
  ...ng the passengers in each railway carriage as the trains reach the various stations. Members of the [[Army|garrison corps]] are still retained acting sentinel
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• The Argus at KellyGang 22/10/1879
  ...to ascertain the nature of the intelligence that has been received as the police are most reticent about the matter but it appears that something of importa
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• The Argus at KellyGang 19/11/1879 (6)
  ...me from his companions. The country about here is thickly timbered and the police considered that it was advisable to separate. Sergeant Carroll considered i ...lad not more than 19 years of age, waa shot dead by the fire opened by the police. It has not been ascertained by whom the fatal shot was fired. After the bo
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• The Argus at KellyGang 24/4/1880
  ...something of this kind?divide the Kelly district into a certain number of stations, say 20, appointing, we will say, four men to each, and thus enabling each
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• Herald (6)
  ...that prevailed on the railway line between here and Benalla at the various stations. At all of these through the night numbers of people congregated, and the d ''' '''When [[Joe Byrne|Byrne]]'s body was secured by the police it was quite cold and stiff, showing that the villain had been dead for som
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• The Argus (18)
  ...egard to the part taken by Sub-inspector [[O'Connor|O’Connor]] and the [[Police Trackers|black trackers]] in the encounter at Glenrowan. Mr O’Connor make ...rne yesterday, when the finding was that the deceased had been shot by the police in the execution of their duty. An inquest will be held in Benalla to day o
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• The Argus (19)
  ...ned. The unpleasantness which it said to have arisen between the Victorian police and the Queensland force is a matter for regret, but it will not prevent ou ...ttlement should not be allowed except within reach of telegraph and police stations and the schoolhouse and the church, so that adults may be restrained from v
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• Herald (18)
  ...onday morning for Wodonga, and then to make his way to one of Mr. Wilson's stations on the Upper Darling in New South Wales. He arrived at Glenrowan just befor ...en taken without firing the house. He laughed at the idea, and thought the police ought to have had a deliberate fight for it, when two of them were shot.
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• Herald (23)
  ...years in the district which this gang made their home bade defiance to the police. ...and as Power was at large and making depredating excursions to many other stations, the loss was at once set down to him. A party was organised, and set out i
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser at KellyGang 15/7/1880
  '''THE POLICE AT GLENROWAN''' ...this and other localities in the colony were anxiously claiming increased police protection, but the whole people were crying out for retrenchment.
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• The Argus (41)
  ...en on the state of affairs, and informed them that I intended stationing [[Police Trackers|black trackers]], whom I expected from Queensland, at Benalla, Wan ...arch Parties|three parties]] of men who had been specially taken on in the police force, in consequence of their knowledge of the country and the outlaws, an
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser at KellyGang 24/7/1880 (6)
  ...ork for me or have anything to do with me, although he had accompanied the police from Beechworth the previous day for the purpose of having an interview wit ...e district to see the non-commissioned officers in charge of the principal stations. I had long talks with them and their men on the state of affairs, and info
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• The Argus at KellyGang 2/8/1880 (2)
  ...m, passed on without doing him the honour of recognising who he was.  The police then opened up a casual conversation with him about his gang, and one remar ...ere he himself fell.  There were no spectators at any of the intermediate stations except Wangaratta, and there only a very few were found on the platform. 
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• The Argus (54)
  ...ot you, but would have roasted you on that fire. There are four men in the police force. If ever I lay hands on them I will roast them. ...nd I said, “He was shot by the police;” to which he replied, “If the police shot him they shot the wrong man. I suppose some of you b―s will shoot me
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• Herald (42)
  ...was the cause of remark at all the stations along the line. At some of the stations it was stated that sympathizers of the gang were on the alert. ...garatta in a vehicle. At least it was so reported. At all the stations the police in charge of the different districts were to be seen in uniform, and appear
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• The Argus at KellyGang 17/1/1881
  ...the genius of Victoria to permit even free trade among coaches at railway stations. ...ton, and take their produce to the Sandhurst market. Since the outrage the police of Echuca, Sandhurst, Heathcote, Goornong, Elmore, and Rochester have been
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• The Argus at KellyGang 19/3/1881 (3)
  ...ghtly esteemed, and to injure me seriously in my position as an officer of police. I submit that my voluntary action in proceeding to Glenrowan on the night Sub-Inspector of Queensland Police
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• The Argus at KellyGang 24/3/1881 (2)
  ...our of the outlaws being likely to be anywhere without at once sending out police either to find them or ascertain the truth of the reports. Was ably seconde
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• The Argus at KellyGang 24/3/1881 (4)
  ...nds to take away the remains. Mr Curnow undoubtedly saved the lives of the police, and put us on the track of the Kellys. This concludes my statement, but I ...Nicolson's duty, as inspecting superintendent, was to visit country police stations and report on them. The officers next in rank to Mr Nicolson were Superinte
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• The Argus at KellyGang 28/3/1881
  '''THE POLICE COMMISSION''' '''CH [[Nicolson|Nicolson]]''' , acting chief commissioner of police, continued his evidence. He put in a private letter dated Benalla, 19th Nov
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• The Argus at KellyGang 6/4/1881 (2)
  ...he district, that his mother and sisters had seen them. He approved of the police party being in his house, saying no one knew they were there, and that only ...he house was a few yards from the main road, and not fenced in. One of the police came to speak to me. Asked where Armstrong was, and the man replied he was
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• The Argus at KellyGang 6/4/1881 (4)
  ...dent Hare – Mr O'Connor stated in his evidence that he called out to the police to cease firing as there were prisoners in the hotel. Don't deny he did so ...I called out, “Cease firing." With regard to the occasion when the police party watched Mrs. Byrne's house, they had information that a grey horse wa
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• The Argus at KellyGang 20/4/1881 (3)
  ...ents was read. It gave minute instructions to the police at the particular stations to which it referred as to how they should proceed in the event of an outbr ...s and trying to catch one. Gascoigne at once gave information to the other police to prevent the escape. He was within 25 yards of the house. It was very dif
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• The Age (62)
  ...t have been made known by the publication of the evidence taken before the police commission. ...hen the various stations on the North-Eastern line, and to establish other stations where it is considered desirable.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 4/5/1881
  THE POLICE AWARDS ...eward|Kelly awards]] and that until he received a progress report from the police commission now sitting, he did not intend to take any action in the matter.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 5/5/1881
  ...were not accustomed were given to them. The witness did not think that the police could with safety have ventured from the hut while the outlaws were in the '''THE POLICE COMMISSION'''
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• The Argus at KellyGang 26/5/1881
  ...O'Connor]] for promotion over the heads of many compe tent officers in the police force," was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly yesterday by Acting Chief Commissioner of Police to the
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• The Argus at KellyGang 30/6/1881 (4)
  ...t of this portion of the affair is very different. It runs thus:-"The police and the gang blazed away at each other in the darkness furiously. It lasted ...course, which hardly seems to have been requisite when so large a body of police were present.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 1/9/1881 (2)
  The writer was one of the police agents employed, but with whose conduct Mr Nicolson was dissatisfied, in co ...re he could not have objected to the black trackers being present with the police on parade when he complimented them on the capture of the Kelly gang. With
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• The Argus at KellyGang 7/9/1881
  ...for the protection of the district. They declined to establish certain new stations he recommended, and to bear the cost of continuing Mr Nicolson's secret age '''POLICE COMMISSION'''
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• The Argus at KellyGang 7/9/1881 (3)
  ...r preventing any further outbreak, and advised the establishment of police stations at the Wombat, Fern-Hills, Greta, Black hills, and other places. ...ed by Mr Nicolson, to keeping the banks safe, and to having a nucleus of a police party ready at all times to turn out, at Benalla. The Government, however,
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• The Argus at KellyGang 17/10/1881
  '''THE POLICE COMMISSION''' ...during the interval a considerable number of persons unconnected with the police force were examined. You did not, however, remark on the character of the q
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• The Argus at KellyGang 19/10/1881
  ...ry; the state of complete un- preparedness in which the outbreak found the police — without proper arms, ill-mounted, and destitute of bush experience; the ...urders " the Government of the day rewarded " the efforts of the police" by quickly passing the Felons' Apprehension Act, and by giving "
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• The Argus at KellyGang 20/10/1881 (2)
  ...o the outbreak scarcely a day passed without reports being received by the police of cattle having been stolen, and only in comparatively few instances were ...who were said to have been seen in the Strathbogie Ranges . Two parties of police were organised, the one to start from Mansfield and work across the ranges
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• The Argus at KellyGang 9/11/1881
  We have refrained from any detailed comment upon the report of the Police Commission until the evidence should be officially published. The enormous ...of the police by the Kelly gang was known on the 29th October, 1878 , and police parties were at once organised to proceed to various parts of the country.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 6/3/1882
  ...s to immediately advise, the Government on the subject of reorganising the police force. Their commission directed them to deal with the Kelly pursuit, and s ...by there to enforcement of the constables and an increase in tho number of stations. In no cities or towns is there any effective strength, and to place each s
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• The Argus at KellyGang 15/6/1882
  '''THE POLICE COMMISSION''' ..., and the other grades in proportion. It has also been submitted, that a [[Police Organisation|secret service]] fund should be established, and that the trav
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• The Argus at KellyGang 6/7/1882
  '''THE POLICE COMMISSION''' ...These cadets should be thoroughly instructed as to the duty of officers of police, either in the metropolis or other large centres of population, but in no c
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• The Argus at KellyGang 26/7/1882 (4)
  ...t whatever to do so. It was difficult to see in what way the plain clothes police system had worked so well in Melbourne proper. There appeared to be the sam ...The duties of the detectives were wholly different to those of the general police, and required so much more caution, secrecy, tact, superior intelligence, a
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• The Argus at KellyGang 7/8/1882 (2)
  ...years. Sub-inspector Kennedy was an experienced man, but he made a better police officer. Detective Mackey was the best man. Although a junior to some, he w ...urpose of distributing certain photographs and placards amongst the police stations on his way. The delay of his departure was occasioned by the time occupied
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• The Argus at KellyGang 4/10/1882
  '''THE POLICE COMMISSION''' The Police Commission met again yesterday. There were present - Messrs Longmore (chair
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• The Argus at KellyGang 6/10/1882
  ...hemselves in a labyrinth of detail. We do not say that an inquiry into the police force was not advisable, but we do unhesitatingly assert that an inquiry co ...have members of the criminal class examined as to their relations with the police, but if so the commissioners are not the men for the work. No more difficul
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• The Argus at KellyGang 7/4/1883
  '''THE POLICE COMMISSION''' ...final report of the Royal [[Royal Commission-followup|Commission]] on the police force was signed by the members yesterday. It is divided into 27 chapters,
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• The Argus at KellyGang 7/4/1883 (6)
  ...tly facilitate inquiry. Publicans also are slow to give information to the police, unless they are well acquainted with them. There seems, from the evidence, ...d any important alteration in the present uniform and accoutrements of the police except the substitution of a waterproof coat for the glazed cape, and a clo
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• The Argus at KellyGang 7/4/1883 (7)
  ...arters, light, fuel, and water, yet married men, except those in charge of stations and watchhouses, receive no allowance whatever in lieu of quarters, and onl ...e of stations. Superintendents of districts should reside at head quarters stations.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 7/4/1883 (8)
  ...her increment shall be allowed. This is following the precedent set by the police in Ireland , where an increment of 1½d. per day is granted after each peri ...nable to ask that, if there are prizes for distribution in the gift of the police authorities, they should be held out to the men as incentives to efficiency
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• The Argus at KellyGang 9/4/1883
  ...1883|Saturday]] portion of the final report of the Royal Commission on the Police Force .The remainder of the report is as follows :- Under the Police Regulation Statute 1873 section 52, any member of the force who having serv
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• The Argus at KellyGang 9/4/1883 (2)
  ...ing at an election. Indeed it seems an almost universal rule to remove the police as far as possible from the arena of politics. ...tween the police and the public, but it might be the cause of bringing the police into collision amongst themselves. Dissatisfaction and inconvenience to the
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• The Argus at KellyGang 9/4/1883 (3)
  ...jects required. We therefore recommend that it be permanently reserved for police purposes. ...pon superintendents authority to select or purchase horses for the mounted police. That duty, in our opinion, should be entirely entrusted, subject to the ap
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• Untitled Document
  ...The first set of questions were to Standish as the former Commissioner of police. They related to the following topics: ...y was proved." He continued to take his first swipe at the Queensland police officer who was the leader of the trackers, Inspector O'Connor, "No do
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• Royal Commission report day 1 page 5
  ...- Yes. I at once issued instructions to Mr. [[Hare|Hare]], who had several stations on the line of railway, to warn him to take the necessary steps to protect ...so I instructed him to return to Melbourne to take temporary charge of the Police Department, my office, in my absence informing him that I should remain at
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• Royal Commission report day 1 page 13
  ...at way do you desire to qualify that, or can you qualify it?- You know the police are constantly attacked in newspapers. Not that it ever affected me in the ...cers have shown a want of generalship." Do you believe "that the police officers have shown a want of generalship," all or any, and, if so, pa
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• Royal Commission report day 2 page 8
  ...ga?- It is nearer to Barnawartha, within seven miles of Barnawartha. The [[Police Organisation|strength]] of the North Eastern district in September 1878, th ...time, and subsequently down to the Euroa robbery, I was engaged forming [[Police Search Parties|search parties]], dividing the country off into sections, an
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• Royal Commission report day 2 page 21
  ...f harmony that should have existed between the officers at the head of the police force at this time that failure which occurred is to be attributed more to 630 Did you, in that position, constantly visit and inspect the stations under Mr. Hare's charge, and were you in constant communication with him?-
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• Royal Commission report day 3 page 3
  ...ng, and that Captain Standish, who was away, was the Chief Commissioner of Police; and I took the liberty once or twice (I do not suppose I am breaking confi ...astern district in July. You were then appointed Assistant Commissioner of Police?- Yes. I was appointed assistant before; I was then acting.
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• Royal Commission report 25/3/1881
  The Commission asked for something in writing as to the police arrangements and the formation and. organisation of these search parties. N ...out re-organising the arrangements of the stations and the strength of the stations. The military were also involved. This was explained in some detail.
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• Royal Commission report 31/3/1881
  ...ested Captain Standish to tell me to take the necessary precautions at the stations in my district. I was all this time in Melbourne." ...e of Ryan, of Lake Glenrowan. There are two brothers, very much alike. The police picked out one brother as being a great friend of the Kellys, and the two c
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• Royal Commission report day 6 page 1
  ...n. He said, "Can you tell the officials in Melbourne if there are any police coming up, or even Captain [[Standish|Standish]], because they do not know 1238 The Witness. -I joined the police force as lieutenant of police on the 1st January [[1854-1863 Events|1854]]. My salary then was £300 a ye
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• Royal Commission report day 6 page 3
  ...and upon what information. All the responsible men in charge of different stations who had been a long time in Benalla—the detectives and officers—were al ...move we made. One or two men, I heard before I came up, were watching the police at all times. A man named [[Wild Wright|Isaiah Wright]] was one.
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