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JO “THE MIRROR/' SATURDAY NIGHT. NOVEMBER 4. 1WThree Years Happiness Out Of Twenty-NineGirl’s Lover OnAlthough wed to Harold Lonargan Brown for 29 year*, Mrs. Doris Brown toldMr. Justice Dwyer that she had only been happy for about three of those years.Mrs. Brown said that she had neither seen nor heard of her Harold since 1928.Only financial reasons had stopped her from asking for a divorce many years ago.There are seven children in the Brown family, olde st now 26 and the youngest IS. All excepting the baby ore married and Mrs. Brown has seven grand-children. Harold used to work In a fold mine, but unfortunately he lost his job, and according to his wife, has only had casual jobs ever since. ^Jlr wouldn’t at nr home. Every now and thru he would rnmblr off into the countrywide. .1. I n.-I. “On one occasion lie stayed nnfey for 11 month*, although usually hi* jnuuts I anted about six in sewn itnmili* Occasion n 11 y he would write, but during these fwriods he never «*nl tiny money at all.“When injr bn by ««i four month* old —that wn* • n September. 1928— be came home. Hi* wa* and nhusive. and I had to call in the polite.\ I*’ vinkBACK TO PRISONReleased on bail pending the hearing ol an appeal to the Supreme Court, Ethel May Walker, procurer of aboriginal girls for the pleasure of negro servicemen, must now return to paol to complete the nine months term to which she wai sentenced in Perth Police Court on Aug-ust 23.Kt.Ill“After a while lie quietened down. He stayed home for thr-v and then he It ft again, mi1 to tin* dm I have never «*eu nor hr/ml .He did nay that he wan going lo V.ilg »o. but other than that I don’t l.nu* here ho i*.“ she added.About four years after her husband had left. Mrs. Brown's mot Her Jh-law told her that her son had come to her home, asked her to take hit children down to Fremantle station, so that he could see them. She had refused.When the .vrningcwt child only 11 mouth* old. Don.* Brown lia.l l«» go to woik. Child Welfare Dept. have given financial a**r*Un «•. At one niage money 11.mbits were no iciite that Mob. lhown had to sell h.i wedding-ring.Wnlkcr'e apptnl wo* dismiMed yesterday bf Air. Justice Wolff. Lawyer Lcn Sen ton. appearing for noli-citor 1*. J. Ilai blott. tendered vnhona ground* why the conrietion rhouUI bo dismissed. including the clnira that Walker did not really comprehend lie nature of the charge ngainet her and that she had been told by a detective to plead guilty, otherwise it would go harder for her.It wn* claimed on her behalf that she thought she wo* merely lining charged with using n private ear as a taxi.She *aid that she ltn«i Ihkmi saving up for a long time no Hint ».'te could obtain a divorce. In the «linle of Hie 16 year* that iiurpld Brown had b«vii nwuv tiom Ins homo, lie ha* never sent one penny for the upkeep of bn family. As the children flew up. *c they went out lo work to keep the homoIn dismissing the appeal. Mr. Justice Wolff Raid it wan obvious that Walker deliberately drove the native girls around go that they could be debauched by eoloied sailors.He also said It was hard to believe that Walker never fully comprehendedtogetherOn the ground* of her husband's doA'ilion. Mrs. Brown was grunted a derive, returnable in si* nioiitlie. No order was made for costs. It would have nci’iued a hopeless chase, uny-wuy.Into The Fight Once More
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Perth Mirror
Perth, Western Australia, AU
Sat, Nov 04, 1944
Page 6
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