PESTERING A PREMIER.
■. —« , WOMEN AGITATORS DISTURB A ' CABINET MEETING. v BY TELEGRAPH—PP»J!SS ASSOCIATION"—COFyiUGHT.' London, January 17. • Suffragettes tried to forco an entranco into Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman's reoidevice •inDowning Street while a Cabinet pitting was being held, Vi They shouted; "Votes for women 1" ' ; Four were arrested. Twp chained themselves to tho front rails/ compelling the police to break tho chains.- '' . , SENT TO GAOL. . • (Rec. Jan. 19, 4.23 p.m.) . '■■, ' Londop, January 18. Four suffragettes arrested outsido Sir H. Campljen-Bannorman's honso declined- to sign a recognisance to bo of good behaviour, and were gont to gaol for threo weeks. Sir Henry Campbell-Bnnnerman, who 15 personally' a supporter, of women's suffrage, arid who voted last year for Mr. Dickinson's rejected ■Bill, recently advised the suffragettes to ' keep on pestering people." This advice is always re-quoted by the Press when a Minister meets with trouble, from the suffragettes.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 99, 20 January 1908, Page 7
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144PESTERING A PREMIER. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 99, 20 January 1908, Page 7
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