Final Assault On Cherbourg In Progress; Germans Fighting Back Desperately Relentless Allied Pressure Rolling The Enemy Back LONDON, June 25
Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 1
American forces are in the outskirts of Cherbourg and the final assault on the city has begun. Our forces on a 10-mile front extending east west of the city have advanced to within three miles of the sea. The enemy is continuing to fight desperately but the relentless Allied pressure is steadily overcoming his defence throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →11 A.LF. Men To Face Court Martial SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 2
The acting Prime Minister (Mr Forde) declined to comment tonight on the fact that 11 members of the AIF arc under detention awaiting a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charged Under Black Market Act SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 June 1944 · page 4
Simon F. Coorey, clothing manufacturer, of Redfern, was charged today under the Black Marketing Act at the special Federal Court with being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Soldier Charged with Bigamy
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 June 1944 · page 2
On a charge of bigamy, Harold William Hancock, soldier, aged 26, appeared in Albury Police Court yesterday and was remanded to Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reward May Help Police Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 June 1944 · page 5
The State Government announced today that a reward of £200 had been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mutineers Sentenced to Death ALEXANDRIA, Jun 27
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 June 1944 · page 1
A court-martial imposed sentence of death of three members of the crew of a Greek destroyer who joined in a recent mutiny. Seven others were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Agostini To Be Sentenced Today MELBOURNE
Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 1
Sentence will be pronounced on Antonio Agostini, aged 41, Italian waiter, tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. by Mr Justice Lowe. Agostini was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Years’ Gaol Agostini Sentenced MELBOURNE
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 July 1944 · page 1
Mr Justice Lowe in the Criminal Court today sentenced Antonio Agostini, aged 41. who had been found guilty of the manslaughter of his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier on Assault Charge
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 July 1944 · page 2
Drink was apparently the cause of an assault by Desmond Wallace Taylor, a soldier, aged 23, on Ernest John Freeman, Detective-Constable Neville…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police After “Hot Plate” Drivers . SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 July 1944 · page 1
An especially trained squad of police has been detailed to watch the activities of “hot plate” drivers in Sydney. “Hot plate” drivers are owners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ex-Boxing Champion In Court SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 July 1944 · page 4
In the Special Federal Court today, Harry Stone, a former Australian lightweight champion, was charged with having a forged petrol ration ticket in his possession…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Allies Sweeping On Germans Murder Italian Civilians. LONDON, July 2
Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 July 1944 · page 1
Allied armies are giving the enemy no respite in Italy and are forcing him to withdraw along the whole front…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol Escapees Sentenced SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 July 1944 · page 2
Milton Glen Thompson, 18, and Ronald Stanley Heppner, 19, who, it was stated, escaped from the Long Bay Geol by hiding in a military truck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agostini Sentenced "Jury Merciful"
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 July 1944 · page 3
Antonio Agostial. 41, of Darling Point. Sydney, walter who had been found. guilty of the manslaughter of bis wife, Linda, Agostini, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Landlord Charged Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 July 1944 · page 6
Because defendant was facing a charge at Quarter Sessions Sydney [?]he first prosecution under National Security (Landlord and Tenant)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Warn Cyclists
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 July 1944 · page 2
Persons riding bicycles at night without lights at the front and rear are a menace to pedestrians and motorists alike, and are the cause of many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Dead When Police Reach House Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 July 1944 · page 3
Following a disturbance in her home at Matraville yesterday an elderly woman rang the police for aid. She was dead when they reached her,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Murder Recalled SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 July 1944 · page 4
In the Central Summons Court today Mr Hardwick, SM, ordered that a murdered man’s share in a £2500 robbery from a sale in North Sydney in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“Friends Fall Out Over A Cat” Man Acquitted by Albury Court
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 July 1944 · page 4
After a case which was beard at Albury Quarter Sessions yesterday had tone on for some time Judge F. W. Berne, told the jury that,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Judge Criticises Police SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 July 1944 · page 6
Mr Justice Herron, in the Supreme Court today, criticised police action in disobeying a magistrate's order to hand back the exhibits in a court case. The…
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