THE SUFFRAGETTES.
INCENDIARISTS SUED FOR DAMAGES.
BT CABLE—PBESS ASSOCIATION—COPrBIGfIT. (Received Dec. 16, 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 15. "Sylvia Pankhurst has been released. The proprietress of the Kew Gardens tea pavilion sued • Olive Wharry and Lilian Lenton, suffragettes, for damages due to -the burning of the pavilion. One of the defendants admitted starting the fire and the case was settled by the suffragettes paying compensation. A timber yard^at'Devonport has been burnt; damage, £12,000. A notice tied to a. post read: "In revenge for Mrs PanKiiurst's(^arrest. > if, ' , A meeting of the Women's Social Political Union sent 'a telegram to the King imploring for Mrs Pankhurst's release. •"■>■....
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 16 December 1913, Page 7
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104THE SUFFRAGETTES. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 16 December 1913, Page 7
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