Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
February 17, 1941),
Läbrary, Supreme Court
Seduced Girl's Mother Awarded £900 Damages
Night flying trips to Paris and lavish parties were mentioned in the King's Bench Division when £900 damages were awarded. to a mother who claimed that her daughter of 16 had been seduced.
Mrs Ethel Taylor, of Highfield-road, Shepperton, Middlesex, Rued Mr John Ettlinger, aged 36, of Whitfield-street, London, W., for the loss of the services of her daughter Joan.
He was not in court.
Mr Justice Hibery, giving judgment, said that, at ever stage Ettlinger seemed to have' behaved like a blackguard and with a degree of callousness and meatness in money matters that would have been a disgrace jo n full-blooded Englishman.
lle was not that, because his father, at any rate, was .German. Hej hud broken his promise that the
girl would be able to live with her baby and broken the promise to his mother to give up the association,
Car Trips
"EXPECT PEACE DRIVE"
-Hitler's Next
"Germany-robbed of ker hoped-for short war, cheated of easy victory in the Mediter ranean, let down by her junior partner, Haly, in Greece and Africa, and feeling the pinch in-
own lands blockade continues its inexorable pressure-nay well put out pence feelers,
Mr. J. Lindner, for Ettlinger sad that in 1935 Joan was employed as a bookkeeper at the Anchor Hotel, Shepperton, owned by Mrs Ettlinger.
John Ettlinger case there side her sionally
his week-ends, aurd mother suggested that he escort Joan home In is car at night. It was on ufe of the trips that relations first tools place.
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1 attentions breame more per- sistent and he began taking Jean on night thy hung trips to Parks and lavish ly entertaining her at Hanworth and
in London.
When Mrs Taylor threatened to take her alachter away from the hotel.
Ettinger promised Joan mar- ringe and took her to Lontes,
While living with Ettlinger Joan worked as an inherette at a rínu- Ba He gave her 24. 64. a day,
Toward the end of June 1937 the entered a nursing home and gave birth 10 a child on July 4.
Kept Baby
On her beisut discharged from the nursing home, Ettlinger put her in n Jax and told her to go back to her mother.
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"They can ho made only through the Vatican or The White House," states Lord Queenborough in a message to the Royal Society of St George.
"If and when such feelers are put out, the power of the White House will be enormous,"
"he
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well for democracy—not merely for Britain-that in the White able use there still its from experience to weigh the sincerity and the significance of Nazkiem, und
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ASKS BILLIONS-Intenso seriousness provailed at folat moating of Congress whon Prosidont Roosevelt read his merrago arking billions to supply nations resisting aggression and asserting U.S. was in grave peril. He's at lower left, Senators are in front rows of Houto chamber, Repro sentativos in roar and Cabinet at lower right.
King Spends Night Station At Bomber
The King recently spent a night at an R.A.F. station of the Bomber Command. During his visit he saw heavily loaded Wellingtons take off for Cologne, and welcomed
set able equally to assess the capacity their pilots and crew after seeing them land safely on returning from their successful| of the world for further war.
Social Changes
He would not let her have "President Roosevelt will obvious-
ly not tolerate, in any peace terms.
raid.
It was midnight when the first grew back entered the bright-
317 Lindner said that Miss Tay in which he has a voice, abuses ily lit intelligence room to make their report. As the little
the baby.
Jor was anxkn
to see the baby. her countries that he has set hun group, with their squadron leader, an Australian, at their heal, Chamber Music
mid our her recovery returned to Et-self to eradicate in his own. inger in London, where she worked and maintained herrelt.
Later her mother learned that she was critically ill with puuronlu and moved her to Shepperton, where she was now Hving
Two Doctors
Mi Taylor, who said that the was now 20, declared that while she
Inevitable.
"If those changes are based on a Comprehension of social
entered, the King was standing with the senior intelligence officer and Air Marshal Sir Richard Pierse, Chief of the Bomber Command, and Air Vice-Marshal J. E. A. Baldwin.
Club Concert
Music
the
,was ill Endlinger packed up his thhigs and are in the line of our airman. The weather wasn't being "briefed" for their rakis on and the choral items will be by the)
anel Walled mut. (She had din Justice,
old constitutional Traditions, they cavered that he was already a mar- ried man and had associated with will be but the natural evolution of
other women.)
Miss Taylor added that while stay-" ing with Ettikuster in London she had double pneumonin, necessitating the altendance of two doctors, and two
tantes,
They had not been paid, and the Tent of the furnished that was not paid.
Ir Justice Hillery, in giving judgment, said the mother was en- filed to recompense for the loss of her daughter's services, and the law could give vindictive damages where a parent had been wounded in her honour and feelings by a seducer's
conduct.
Singapore Has
Black-out
Road Users' Dilemma SINGAPORE recently had the most complete black-out yet ex- perienced since air raid exercises began in Malaya,
"It was obvious from a tour of the city before the air raid alarms that heed was being: taken of the necessity for as little light as possible being' directed on to open spaces or reflected into the air" writes the "Straits Times."
"On the other hand, it was also obvious that as far as rond users were concerned, motorists -and wardens themselves- were still uncertain as to the type of light vehicles are allow- ed to display."
R.A.F. observers flew over Singa- pare most of the night.
Several Accidents
Several areidents took place after dark including one in which an air rakl warden was the victim.
The warden was taken to hospital
with
compound fracture of the
Beginning Of End "Held in Afrin, rolled back from Greece, defeated decisively in the Mediterranean. Musulini is proving as helpless an ally to Germany as his nation was to Britain in 1817," Lord Queenborough continued.
ducts.
"We in England should clear our minds of 'out-worn phrases, cease to talk of swings to the left or swings
The Hongkong Chamber to the right, and begin to envisage
The King took part in ques-¡A.A. runs, and so on. He was much without nervousness sweeping changes of social and counonte relationing the squadron leader impressed by the friendly atmosphere Club will be having their thirteenth
surrounding the stiff crons-exainin-concert, in the Great Hall of denships wilch the war will make when he made his report.
tion which all R.A.P. pilots and crews University of Hongkong on Friday, at ""Were you able to drop your have to undergo after making a raid, 9.15 p.m. bombs on the target?" asked the
Before The Raids
The programme has been arranged King. “Yes, Sir," replied `the Earlier the King had heard crews by the Very Rev Father A. Rigati,
we had nine-tenths Cologne. There was no formality, Choir of St Joseph's Church,
Plano solos will be given by Caro- food, and
and the King laughed with the bem- cloud, but I managed to pick up ber crews when the intelligenceine Braga, and she will be accom- a bend in the river which gave officer said: "Cologne used to be con- Danied by Elizabeth Drown in three me my direction, and I made my sidered a very hot spot, but It is not; Works of Chopin, Macdowell, Bach two runs over the target, un-so bad now. loading my bombs on the railway interested the King He
Aerial photography of recent raids and Haydn, and one item composed by Father Riganti, will be among pic-those sung er played. marshalling yards,”
tures which showed bombs bursting and fires raging in the German docks, The King. Was there much and others showing a successful raid noise, much opposition?"-"Well, Siv, on enemy air bases. Walking neroAS Jerry is still playing foxy. There the aerodrome to the control tower, dropped my bombs. Then 14 or 15 take off. were no searetlights, no fak, until 1 he saw the Wellingtons, one by one,
After dining in the officers' mess lights came on, making a cone in the sky, and they chucked verything up the King walked to the sergeants' from the A.A. guns to the apex of the finess, where he drank "good luck" to
the sergeants. Other members of the crew crowd= ed rend as the squadron leader made his report. The King looked at the large-scale map on the wall, with coloured pins and Stretched tapes marking the route to Cologne, "Where was your target exactly
"The defeat of the Axis combina- tion on its itallan flank may well be the beginning of the
of the end, though the end.may yet be far from us.
"It may be late Spring before ritain begins to show air superiority.dre and before that time there will be mach to endure..
"All
British
that remains now is to endure _a_little_Jonger_until the day when the forces, re-equipped, fully trained, and led with in conquerable determination to avenge the wrongs of Europe, shall carry the war agall into the enemy countries.”
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National Red Cross Society Of China
right leg, head injuries, and suspect- The budget of expenditure of the ed fractured ribs. It is reported that | National Red Cross Society of Chirin he was crushed between an omnibus] for the current year was fixed at and a motor-car which were in− ] NC$9,000,000 and IIK$360,000 at the
volved in a collision.
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Japan Cannot Get Or
Make The Guns
The Japanese 45,000-tón
not yet
Me
Mr
second and last session of Ra 24th annual conference held at its Hong- kong Office, Kowloon, last week.
Presided over by Dr C. T. Wang, President of the Society, the meeting was attended by Mr Hau Shilt-ying Acting Chairman of the National super-Relief Commission; Dr W. W. Yon, dreadnoughts, one of which was former Chinese Ambassador to Soviet Iaunched last, spring, are
Russia; Mr Wang Histno-lal, Mr Yeh armed and have not the slightest Kung-cho, Mr Tu Yuel-seri, prospect of getting their 18-inch Samuel S. U. Zau, Dr J. Heng Liu and olliers. Dr Robert Kho-seng Lilm. för Director of the Red Cross Relief mado a special trip Anders, but lately the Japanese have here by air from Kwelyang, was also
tools present and
reported on the work carried out Inst
year. The conference decided to train a competent medical personni for relief | work. In the first year, five doctora and 10 nursea will be trained at an estimated expenditure of NC$17,000. Mr The conference re-appointed Pan Halno-no 'an Secretary-General of the Society.
guns,
the guns,
German firms hol contracts
mounting and
been trying to get machine from America for the work.
Tonge-
UNIVERSITY COURT
Mr Walter Heathcote Lock has been nominated a member of the Court and Counell of the University of Hongkong.
Corp who
rellef
cone."
Airmen Report
he asked and the pilot pointed it out! to him on a map,
Knew Berlin Well
Saw
Malayan Coast Now Mined
St Patrick's Club Officers Elected
The annual general meeting of St Patrick's Cathalle Club was held on Friday in the Club Ball. The -following-were-elected-afflcern for the
coming year!
President and Treasurer, Rev. Fr 7. A. Riginti; Chairman," Mr N. L. Leonard; Hon. Secretary, Mr G. F. Santos; Librarian, Mr H. Williams; Management Committee, Messrs B. A. Marcal, A. J. Marshall and C. J.
London, Feb. 16. The Admiralty announced to-day Thorley.. that a portion of the Malayan coast
Fr Riganti gave a short would be a danger to navigation as address on the objects of the Club, When the squadron leader men had been covered with mines, and explained that its financial | tioned that he had made 23 fights Ships wishing to pass through the status was quite sound. It is In- over Germany, the King asked: "Have | area would have to apply to the tended that members will have you been to Berlin?" With a quiet Singapore authorities for safe opportunities to indulge more time smile the young officer, replied: passage. Any vessel not doing so in sports, and for this reason, it is "Oh, yes, Sir; I know that place quite would pass at its own risk and perli. hoped that a football team will soon well,
--Reuter, The crew of a second aircraft that,
had been over Berliin came into the St John Ambulance
room.
with The King shook hands the young sergeant pilot who had captained the bomber, and asked him how he had got on.
Competition
be formed.
Bowls
The St John Ambulance Brigade Lane, Crawfords
The pilot, who has made. 25 trips held its annual Mok Cho-chuen Cup over Germany, replied: "We found Competition In First Aid Proficiency, lot of cloud, but we had a bit of good luck. There was a break in the
Reads Log Book
yesterday morning at Brigade Head-
Among those
Beat K.C.C.
Playing on Kowloon Cricket Club's green yesterday, the home team were beaten in a friendly return game of lawn bowls by a team from Lane
Scores were:
3. Carr. G. Tanner, A. D. Hanson, and *** | E. G. Fincher (LC.) beat H, Brokenshire,
Col. Silmcon
cloud at the right moment, and Tuarters, when each division entered n squad of four men. Results were: could see our objective, a railway
Hongkong Chinese Y.M.C.A. station, very clearly just as we drop- Division; 2. Confucian Society Divi- ped our bombs."
ston; 3, Kwong Warent
Wab Division,
the Crawfords, 54-47. hose present were The crews of two other bombers Director of Medical Services, llon. which had been over enemy invasion Dr P. S. Selwyn-Clarke, C ports were drinking coffee and R.A.M.C., Asst-Commissioner E. M... Gray, R. B. Weilwood and J. Fraser District Superintendent A. H. Burson, T. 1. Edgar, H. W. Randall and A. W, Brown (LC) lost to A. E. P. rades made their reports, The King el chatted to several of the men, bor-1. R. Trevor, Mr A. E. Perry, District Labrum 16-20 rowed the log book of a sergeant Officer T. K. Chak, District Officer A. W. C. Ogley, J. W. Dertram, J. H. S. pilot, and read the pencilled entries II. Rumjohn and Corps Omeer Chun Duncan and W. W. Parson (L.C.) heat 17.
Yuk-in. of glving the time of attack, detalls
smoking cigarettes while their com- Ravno, Major T. L. Wright, Mr Guest, R. G. Burch, A. Steven and V. C.
Hung. F. Zimmer, L. Jack and T. A. Maunr 10-12,
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