The Suffragette.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 42, 19 February 1914, Page 5

The Suffragette.

IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS. A PUBLIC WHIPPING. l ßy Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Precis Association.] (Received 9.0 a.in.-) London, February IS. A suffragette, wlio refused to give her name has been remanded for dogwhipping Lord Weardale, joint president of the anti-suffragette Society at Eustoii station, in the presence oi Lady Weardale and two hundred people. The prisoner states she meant to give him a good thrashing. BILL DEFEATED IN SOUTH AFRICA. Capetown, February IS. [n the Assembly, Mr Wyndham's Women's enfranchisement bill was negatived by forty-three votes to fortytwo. FRENCH SUFFRAGETTES. Times— Sydney Sun Special Cables Paris, February 17. Seventeen ladies have appealed to the courts for the right to vote, arguing that the laws do not say thej shall not, while the decree of 1852 authorises all adults to vote. The judge, a Venerable old gentleman with white hair, asked questions with fatherly condescension. He appeared to prefer not to give a decision, while the subject of feminine influence is reserved. MISTAKEN IDENTITY. (Received 11.40 a.m.) London, February 18. The suffragette pleaded that she mistook Lord "Weardale for Mr AsIquith. Hail was refused.