YOUNG GIRL AND HER FILIPINO FRIEND
Competitor In Newspaper JBooty Stunt Tells Magistrate That Love Comes First
"ONLY THING THAT MATTERS"
Beauty '
ONE afternoon* last week, just as Magistrate J. S. Barton, of Wanganui, had conclude/! an inquest concerning the death of a constable, Detective Jack Walsh walked into the room with the young beauty entrant — whose name was suppressed by the magistrate — on a charge of vagrancy. Now the girl did not exactly present the charming picture one would expect of a contestant m the recent beauty competition. For .one thing, she showed signs of having encountered heavy weather, and appeared to be m a highly exoitable mood. She received a very patient hearing from Magistrate Barton. No sooner had the proceedings been launched than she remarked to his, worship: "Love Is the only thing that matters m this worldl" i "ls. that ab?" queried the S.M., amid laughter. The merriment apparently annoyed the girl, for she launched an attack on Detective Walsh, accusing him of, having made certain remarks to her. "I have never done anything improper In my life," she added. The detective, undaunted, entered the witness-box and explained that the girl came from Palmerston North some days ago. She had formerly been employed m Palmerston North and Wellington as a saleswoman. She was not unknown m the capital city on account of an Italian fracas at Island Bay. According to her own admission, she I only had a . shilling on arrival m the river city. 1 ' , llllllltllllllllllltllllM
(Worn "N.Z. Truth's" Wanganui Representative.) „ 1 "Lyve is the only thing that matters m this world, " says a § young ex-newspaper and film, beauty aspirant, who was | recently arrested m Wanganui on a vagrancy charge. But J love and law sometimes suffer an estrangement X j mminmiimmiiimmiimnmimiimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimiiiimiim
Her motive m favoring Wanganui with a visit was to await the arrival of the American steamer "West Navaria" to rejoin her Filipino friend.
The mention of this faot aoted like maglo on the girl and v she in-/ formed the oourt that her jduiky acquaintance had been eduoated at an American university.
Detective Walsh once more obtained a hearing and told how the girl had bestowed , her favors on others . besides the Filipino
had been aeon oon- ■
announoed to the S.M. that her parents did not approve of her friendship with the Filipino;, then, with a ray, of hope, she exclaimed: "I oan wait till I am 211"
. "I met him at a danoe," she added, "and hit* thoughts were superior to those of many New Zealand boys. ' "In faot, <ar superior to any of you here," Indicating oourt officials, deteotives and reporters with a sweep of her arm.
look down upon him because he is darkl"
After the S.M. had inquired whether the girl had any friends and aha had replied that their houses were full, Deteotivfc Walsh said he asked' her whether she would return to her parents and she had told him that she would sooner do' 12 months at a Borstal Institution. The Girl: "Can you stop me going with my, friend from the Philippines?'' Magistrate Barton: "1 think I can." The Girl: "Why can you?" Magistrate: "You will find out. It is one of the funotions of the police to prevent white girls from picking up with Asiatics on steamers visiting New Zealand." ■ ■ The Girl: "Hm-m-ml 1 ; . When the S.M. Intimated that he would consider the ease and remand her, "Mfts X" demanded Indignantly ( "Do I have to stay In this hole till then?" , Before the magistrate left the benoh, the girl said she would like to have her Filipino friend m court to apeak for himself. -' "Yes, you oan have your Filipino here," replied the magistrate remanding the case. When the girt came before his worship a couple of days later, she was granted her liberty conditional upon her fulfilling certain promises "made to the magistrate. Her name was ordered to be suppressed.
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pany with seamen. . In fact, on the Tuesday night she had been seen m company with tw« Filipinos m the oity. ,~ Her colored friends seemed to have been liberally disposed, for she waa able to pay her board at Castlecliff with money received from them. The deteotive added that "Miss KwX w had been associating with Maoris at Otaki and Levin, and generally speaking, had been drifting of late. When it came to the girl's turn, she iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiH
Detective Walsh broke the loe by interjecting that the girl did not confine her attentions soie.-
• ■: * ' i ,' ly to Filipinos, but that very morning she had* been seen In company with two European members of the crew of : tho "ship, one of whom was drunk. The Qlrl: 'Tm over eighteen and I oan be independent of thy parents! I'm living respectably." Magistrate Barton: "It all depends what construction is placed on respectability. For a girl to take up with a Filipino , is against our traditions."
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