STRANGE ACT
Woman Sets Fire to Birth-Control Van HER PROTEST (United P.A.- — By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) Received 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday. Miss Elizabeth Ellis, a well-dressed confectioner of 34 years, called at the Bradford Police Station and declared "I have set fii-e to the birth-control van.” Her action was apparently due to conscientious objections to the circulation of birth-control pamphlets, not only among married but also among single women. As a portion of the activities of the society for constructive birth-control, with influential headquarters in London under the presidency of Dr. Marie Stopes, a van tours the country under the supervision of two certificated midwives. Miss Ellis broke the window and poured iVi paraffin and ignited the vehicle. The fire went out after a curtain had been burnt. Bliss Ellis, charged with causing malicious damage, pleaded guilty and announced that she would repeat the performance if Dr. Stopes was not dealt with as a law breaker. She was fined 10s and ordered to pay 10s damages, with the alternative of 11 days’ gaol. She refused to pay, announcing that she preferred gaol, but her sister discharged the fine.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 517, 21 November 1928, Page 9
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194STRANGE ACT Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 517, 21 November 1928, Page 9
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