THE SUFFRAGETTES.
j A FOOLISH HOAX. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, March .11. Yesterday's suffragettes have been sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment in default of finding sureties, and two others to a month's imprisonment in default of paying a line for smashing the Home Ollice windows as a protest against yesterday's arrests. A great stream of vehicles is delivering at the suffragette headquarters a variety of goods, from coal to ginger beer. The lioax is a greater annoyance to the tradesmen than to I.he suffragettes. FL'RT;]]■:;: nisTntnAXcEs. London. March 12. The suffragettes victimised a large number of public and professional men throughout- the country by sending a leaflet envelope containing a halfpenny, on which the po-,t olliee surtaxed the recipient sixpence for an unregistered letter containing coin. Th ere were uproarious scenes at Miss | Kinney's meeting at Xnftiimbam. Fireworks and detonators W( re discharged. The audience destroyed banners nnd smashed the windows.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 251, 13 March 1913, Page 5
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151THE SUFFRAGETTES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 251, 13 March 1913, Page 5
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