The Suffragettes

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 45, 14 July 1914, Page 5

The Suffragettes

A SUNDAY EVEN IXC! OUTRAGE. A BOMB IN A CHURCH. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright Received 13, 8.35 p.m. London, July 13. A bomb, with a burning fuse attached. was discovered evensong was in progress at St. John Westminster. A suffragette who was quitting the building was arreted. A DEADLY MACHINE. EXPLOSIVES IN MAIL BAGS. Received 13, 10 p.m. London, July 13. Tile bomb found at St. John's consisted of a canister nine inches high, and contained gunpowder and metal lilings, and was timed to explode in an hour. The prisoner is a militant suffragette, and had been closely watched for the past few Sundays. j The suffragettes burned the railway | station at Blaby. A postbag which exploded on the Blackpool-Manchester train, ignited six bags, also a portion of the van. The guard was badly burned in extinguishing the fire, which is attributed to the suffragettes. MISS PANKHURST AT SYDNEY. VICTIM OF A HOAX. Received 14, 1.10 a.m. ) Sydney, July 13. j Jliss Alexa Pankhurst, the suffragette, I arranged to address the lady students at I the •University. A wag placed a notice | on the blackboard in the common room, j to the effect that the whole of the stud- ] ents of the University were invited to attend. When the male students trooped up and were refused admittance they expressed their disappointment by opening the windows and throwing crackers into 1 tie lecture-room, with loud vocal demonstrations, and throwing stones on the roof. Eventually Miss Pankhurst's overtures restored peace. A MESSAGE FOR THE QUEEN. London, July 12. Mrs. Pankihurat has been released after four days. The King and Queen were driving to the Cathedral at Edinburgh when a suffragette threw a rubber ball carrying a message against forcible feeding. The i ball fell on the Queen's lap, and sh> < laughingly brushed it aside. j i