NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Mataura Ensign, 28 February 1913, Page 6

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

? THE SUFFRAGETTES. CAMPAIGN OF MILITANCY. /.'*"»* BLBOTBIO TELEGRAPH. — COPIBIGHT. tt-n .- raa totted pbkss association. "■ " LONDON, Feb. 27. ,A woman was arrested on the All- -;'- England tennis ground at Wimbledon. & She was carrying a bag of fire-lighters, -. shavings and oil. > Suffragettes attempted to set fire to the Rockhampton sports pavilion. The women escaped, but a man was arrested. A quantity of combustibles with a card inscribed "This was done because (Mrs Pankhurst was refused bail" was found. £, Much correspondence was destroyed , by phosphorus in pillar boxes at Nottingham. '" PUBLIC FEELING. §?. LONDON, Feb. 27. •**' A Suffragette literature stall at £|£ Wallsall was wrecked. * ; A large demonstration at Coronation Hall, "Worthing, was broken up. There were some exciting scuffles, and the crowd attempted to duck the Suffragettes in a horse trough. * ■ MRS PANKHURST DISMAYED. LONDON, Feb. 27. Mrs Pankhurst will he tried at the May Assizes. She was dismayed on finding that she could not be tried at the current sittings, and. agitatedly declared: "I will not have a fair trial! If I am kept in custody my punishment will begin forthwith, as I am a hunger striker! If I am alive in summer it will be a dying woman who will bo , placed on trial." Mrs Pankhurst has issued a statement that since bail has been refused she repudiates the right of the authorities to try her. She says: "Englishmen have the right to be tried by tht ir x own peers. That' right is denied to " woman, and therefore I will not consent to this legal farce or comply with prison discipline." THE MOTOR BANDITS. FOL'R DEATH SENTENCES. T>.\l?TS 1->b. 27. ''■ ''•■•■ :~:otor V.-nnd'ts' trial the jury ' t'Mi-". " , - r -v->7. :>:.] Co.vlv T-o r 3 r.- J nfr--?c3d to der"h- CV-v-y r •-'. ' Medge were sentenced to wis! ?'-ivitvdo for Iff- ws =:*-.■:-.•>! 10 years'. Pnver to ?ix r--->:-. ;vk! Crozatz and DeSeury to five yc;)■•.>' i.v.prisonment. THE DYNAMITE DISASTER. MADRID. Veb. '27. Tlioernl-r.ioTi at Gijon (\\her-> some rocks were blown up with dv:anrite on the harbor front) resembled '. vobanie eruption. Dismembered bodies were buried high in the air. Five hundred workmen we v enpc.iged ft the time. Twenty-four ioui<i? have been recovered. Two hundred were injured. AN INTERESTING FIND. ROME. Feb. 27. <■ ' An-enormous quantity of gunpowder and other stores was found in a cave near Cape Testa. It is believed to have been deposited there by Lord Nelson while watching the French at Toulon. ATTRACTIONS FOR AUSTRALIA. LONDON, Feb. 26. Miss Eugenie Boland, contralto, will sail by the Orsova for a concert tour of Ajue+rah'a. Mr, Quinlan, in conjunction with Mr J. 0. Williamson, has engaged Miss Felice Lyne for the coming, tour of Australia and New Zealand. CHINESE AMONG THE COAL. FREMANTLE, Feb. 27. The captain of the steamer Charon was fined £7OO in connection with the discovery of seven Chinese stowaways aboard. Evidence was given that the Chinese existed for three weeks in cavities scooped in the coal, in which they were unable to stand up. Chinese members of the crew lowered food and water to them. The plot was disclosed through j a relative of one of the stowaways, who j in previously attempting to reach Australia while hidden in the coal had been suffocated when the steamer was fumigated..

AUSTRALIAN METHODISM. SYDNEY, Feb. 27. As a result of the increased cost of living the Methodist Conference fixed the minimum stipend for married ministers at £6O ,a quarter, unmarried £45, and probationers £4O. BRISBANE, Feb. 27. Rev. Dunstan has been elected president of the Methodist Conference.