THE SUFFRAGETTES
“ POOR, DELUDED DUPE ” SWEET SYLVIA PANKHURST SENTENCED. fey Telegraph—Press Association— Copy rlghi LONDON, February 6. Grace Barbidgo, the suffragette who was burned whilst placing phosphorus in a letter-box, has been bound over at Marylcbono Court to keep the peace for six months, and has promised not to repeat the offence. The magistrate described her as a poor, deluded dupo. Sylvia Fankhurst has been sentenced to fourteen days’ imprisonment. She declared that aho intended to carry out a hunger-strike. , . _ , . The police gave evidence that Sylvia Fankhurst hurried to an inkpot in the police station, and with an inky, hand smacked Superintendent Wells s face. LETTERS BLEST INTO FLAMES. POST OFFICE OFFICIALS SERIOUSLY BLENT. (Received February 7, 0.20 a.m.) LONDON. February 6. , During sorting at the central Post Office at Dundee, letters burst _ into flames? and four men were seriously burned. The clothing of a fifth was destroyed. , , Long tubes of phosphorus and another chemical were found addressed to the Premier.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8348, 7 February 1913, Page 8
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161THE SUFFRAGETTES New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8348, 7 February 1913, Page 8
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