THE SUFFRAGETTES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 5, 12 May 1913, Page 5

THE SUFFRAGETTES.

HAPPY BANDS OF PILGRIMS. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] • London, May 10. The National Union for Women’s Suffrage is arranging pilgrimages, and seventeen processions from all parts of the country to London, carrying out propaganda work en route. They will attend a service at St. Paul’s on July 27.

FURTHER OUTRAGES. ' Suffragettes cut the seats and fittings in a taxi-cab in which they were riding. Damage was done to the extent of £lO. A clockwork bomb and suffragette literature were found in the sorting department of the Reading Post Office, addressed to an official in the Town Hall. A bomb was found in the waiting room of the Lime Street Station. Liverpool, inscribed:—“Votes for Women.” A taper was attached, hut had flickered out before reaching the powder. Every, pillar-box in Romford and Ilford was drenched with acids.

“THE SUFFRAGETTE.” London, May 10. Mr Whiteley, secretary of the Labor Press Company, has been arrested foi printing “The Suffragette.” DETERMINED ARSON. London, Ma yll. Farrington Hall at Dundee, the residence of Mr Henry McGrady, former Lord Provost, has been burned down. The fire started in six places simultaneously, and it is believed to have been the work of the suffragettes. The damage is estimated at £IO,OOO. A WEEK’S DAMAGE—£SO,OOO. (Received 8.45 a.m.) London, May 11. Suffragettes broke into an unoccupied bouse at Newcastle, but were discovered, and decamped, leaving a pail of inflammable material, two tins of petrol, and firelighters. A large empty house at Beckenham was burned . The total damage inflicted by the suffragettes during the week is estimated at £50,000.