BRITISH POLITICS.
(Press Association. — Copyright., LONDON. Saturday. In the House of Lords, Lord Loreburn, Clianceiior, introduced n bill providing one year's imprisonment for the disclosure of State secrets. Sir G. Livesey's leaflet to the Peckham electors states that,, the Miners' Eight Hours Bill would cause a loss of £271,500 a year to the South Metropolitan Gas Company alone. A great meeting of female suffragifts was held at the Albert Hall to . welcome the released suffragists. Mrs Pankhurst, presiding, urged the.m to redouble their efforts to secure enfranchisement. Self-denial work had increased the funds bj' £2500. An anonymous lady promised £1000 a year, Mrs Lawrence gave £1000, while over £2500 was subscribed at the meeting.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 23 March 1908, Page 4
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