THE SUFFRAGETTES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1717, 7 April 1913, Page 5

THE SUFFRAGETTES.

FURTHER OUTRAGES.

UNOCCUPIED MANSION BURNED

BOMB AND PARAFFIN.

ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A RAILWAY STATION. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. April G, 5.5 p.m.) London, April 5. Suffragettes burned an unoccupied mansion at Chorleywood valued at .£2500. Tho police captured two suffragettes, who wero attempting to set firo to tho now grandstand at Kelso racecourso by means of paraffin. Littlo damage was done. (Rcc. April 7, 0.30 a.m.) ' London, April G. Suffragettes burned tho grandstand at Ayr racecourse.' A CLOCKWORK BOMB. RAILWAY CARRIAGE WRECKED. ' London, April 4. 1 Suffragettes nearly succeeded 'in blowing up the railway station at Oxted, Surrey, and partly wrecked an empty train with an. cxplosivo near Stockport, six miles from Manchester. London, April 4. The explosion at Oxted blew out tho * walls of the station. A travelling basket was found, containing a tin of petrol, and an exploded clockwork bomb, timed for three o'clock in tho morning. Tho fuse of tho bomb had been fired, but failed to ignite tho petrol. Tho perpetrators of tho, outrago dropped a nickel-plated pistol outside the station. Each of seventeen stationary empty carriages at Stockport was found to contain an explosive gas cylinder. Ono carriage that had been saturated with, paraffin was wrecked. It fell over an embankment, and thus prevented the firo from spreading. ' SIX MONTHS' HARD LABOUR, i London, April 4. Isabol Irving, a suffragette, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with' hard labour for window-smashing at Holborn. SUFFRAGE BILLS. STATEMENT BY THE SOLICITORGENERAL. London, April 4. Sir ■ John Simon (Solicitor-General) stated in tho House of Commons that a Liberal Committee had prepared a Bill enfranchising six million women, and entitling all over twenty-five years of age to bo registered if they possessed a household qualification similar to men. The Bill also proposes to givo a voto to tho wifa of every man who has a housoholder s qualification. Mr. Dickinson (Liberal) introduced a Bill yesterday.