TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 August 1913, Page 3

TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD

[BI BIiHCTRIO TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT] [pan I'RKse AaaoouTioN.] (Uece.iv.ed This Day, ( J.ao a.m.) SOCIAL IiEFUILM. London, August 11. The Hon. Mr Lloyd George, addressing ten thousand miners, states that social reform in order to be thorough must move with an extended front. The Government had attacked the evils of Poverty of the Aged, Sweating and Intemperance, and was not about to march on the central position where Land Monopoly was entrenched. The struggle would be tierce, but with the help oi: the people the Government would triumph. Mr Lloyd George was much interrupted by Suffragettes, and the chair-, man threatened 'that the_ audience might duck them in a pond. MADIUGETTES. Suffragettes set fire.to higher grade, schools in Ashfield, using paraffin and explosives. The police cut the fuses and the brigade extinguished the fire , before any serious damage could occur. When some suffragettes attempted to horsewhip "Pearson a party of women who just had been released from gaol ran to his rescue. A sharp melee folloAved, and the Suffragettes quickly were worsted and had to be rescued by the police. Ordinary prisoners display a strong antipathy to the Suft'rageitos, because they are re-leas-ed while others are obliged to serve their sentences. Th women were obviously delighted at tho opportunity of ventilating their grievances "t a practical manner to one thousand delegates to the Medical Congress, who attended a garden party at Windsor Castle. YAiuors losses. A tire occurred at 11. and S. ISudgett's store, in Bristol, and butter, cheese and bacon were destroyed. The damage is set down at £50,000. Prince Alexander of Battenburg lost his luggage between Yorkshire and London, and with it five thousand pounds' worth of jewellery is missing. ObituarV -.Mrs Seelv.