THEY BIT THE WARDERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 567, 23 July 1909, Page 5

THEY BIT THE WARDERS.

SUFFRAGETTE MANNERS. ' FASTING THEIR WAY TO FREEDOM. (By' Telegraph.-Preas Association-Copyright.) (Rec. July 22, 10.30' p m.) London, July 22. i Replying in the House of Commons to Mr. Snowdon (Labour), the Homo Secretary, Mr. : Gladstone, stated that fourteen Suffragettes. in Holloway Gaol, who were guilty of refusing to wear prison dress and to submit to medicil examination, had been sentenced to solitary confinement. j Several of them had since' kicked and bitten female warders, and had thrown their food out of the"cell windows. Mr. Gladstone added t&at six Suffragettes had been discharged for refusing to take food, and the others would shortly bo released for tho same reason. COURT=<MARTIALLED. « NAVAL OFFICER WHO MISSED HIS SHIP. (By Telegraph.—Preaa Association— OopyrlglH), (R«o. July 23, 0 50 a.m.) ' Sy/dnoy, July 22 ' At , a court-martial held lon the flagship Powerful, Mr. Ford, first lieutenant, of TLM.S. Pioneer, ,was charged with desertion. Ho missed his possage by the Pioneer ot Wellington when the vessel sailed for i .Sydney. _ | , The court-martial ordored him to lose two years' /seniority, and to be dismissed his ship, and severely reprimanded him. GENERAL CABLE NEWS, i (liy Teleerapb.—ProßS Aisoclatloo.-Oopyrlebt I KING'S INTEREST IN LONDON POLICE. 1 London, July 21. King Edward, through Lord Knolljs, his private secretary, has expressed muoh gratification at the Metropolitan Pohoo having boon granted a weekly day of rest. RIFLE SHOOTING. London, Jnly 21. Sergeant M'Calky.sa Sydnejite, won the "Daily Telegraph" Cup at tho- Bisley meeting after a tie with nine others, who scored the highest possible. / ■A BRAVE MINER. / Melbourne, July 22. The Victorian Government has recommended Davis, who, at poiil of his jife, rescued an injured comrade from certain death through e.\plosion of a dynamite charge in a Bendigo mino last week, for tho Albert Medal. [The Albert Medal, which was instituted in lfcoi as a Royal reward for braveyr in saving life at sea, was subsequently extended as a rewhrtl for bravery On land. Tho Medal of the Ist Class, for bravery at sea, consists of an ovalbhnped badge, enamelled in dark blue, with tho monogram V. and A., interlaced with a gold anchor surrounded by bronze garter, with the words in gold, "For gallantry in saving life at sea." Above, tho crown of H.B H. the slato Prince Consort, Ititbon, dark blue, with two white 6tripes. For saving life on land tho badge is enamelled crimson ; there is no anohor, and it has tho inscription "For gallantry in saving life on land." Ribbon, crimson, with four white stripes. The 2nd Class Medal is in bronze, but in other respeots is similar to the Ist Class Medal.] FEDERAL CAPITAL. i Melbourne, July 22. The Federal Government intends to expedite the settlement of dotails in connection with the capital site. Notice has been givon in favour of inviting designs from architects throughout tho world for tho Federal capital. * NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAYS Sydney, July 22. For the first timo on record the gross earnings of tho railway year just ended exceed fivo millions steiling. Anaemia is impoverished and impuie conditions of the blood. Stearns' AVine of Cod Liver Extinct makes pure, rich, red blood It stands by itself as tho greatest of bloodbUlldClS - "ENFIELD" CAfiF. ** Are csteemc'l for their SOUND AND SIMPLE construction, nnd nr» essentially designed to yield the GKEA'IEST AMOUNT OF PLEASURE They are clmrncturucd by then exceptional cade of control 1909 Models iiiit landed. Inspection invited. INGLIS BROS., WELLINGTON. Garage. Horn* Stieet. Tele phonos, 1010 and 'ML C7oi