THE SUFFRAGETTES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 9 July 1913, Page 5

THE SUFFRAGETTES.

CABLE NEWS

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"PRACTICALLY LEADERLESB.'

GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION.

. (Received July 8, 9.10 a.m.) I LONDON, July 7

The Daily Mail says that the militant Suffragette conspiracy, as an effective organisation, has been crushed by the "cat-and-mouse" Act, and is now without foundation, and practically leaderless.

Gunpowder placed in an" iron pipe exploded in a subterranean passage at the . Liverpool Exchange. Some damage w&s done.

William Ross has been arrested* on suspicion, of having set fire to the Salem Chapel and a number of other chapels in Wales. The collection boxes were robbed, and the fires started to cover up the thefts.

A BIG PLOT.

TO ECLIPSE PREVIOUS EFFORTS. (Received July 8, 8.45 a.m. v > LONDON, July 7. The Standard asserts that it was intended, by the to eclipse previous efforts. Women on a certain night were to set fire to leading business centres and Government offices,, ..The Suffragettes, says the paper, consulted experts regarding the preparation and handling of supplies of most dangerous material, which were to be removed to a place to allay suspicion. They offered French aviators rich rewards to cross the Channel and drop bombs simultaneously, but the aviators communicated with the Briitsh officials.

PIER SET ON FIRE. (Received July 8, 11 a.m.) LONDON, July 7. ■ .The Southport pier was soaked witfcu paraffin and ignited, but the flames were extinguished. -A shelter was destroyed. Suffragette literature was found on the scene.