THE SUFFRAGETTES' RAID.
MANY 00 to gaol' ' <r KEENER. THAN EVER/*'. • ■By T«ie£ra.pL~l*r«3a lH«i»Uoji,-Hk<»rfslt L';;u:., ■ February" ill . Om: of the fcuilragattes who participated id the- raid on the-House. */;" .Commons yesterday waft fined' 40s* in default one month's iui|iriiya".Ji'i;t The others.' ;; wcr&- : bound -'Over in sureties to keep the peace, with the. alternative of six- .'.weeks'* ; - imprison l -, na .-lit. • - ' - ('On?; /defendant,.; who was It* jcjus of age, was discharged, and seemed disappointed, 11l except. two chose imprisonment, The suffragettes at the Caxton Hall conference have announced that the movement v. iii continue with inereas* ing energy, and that many Mubi-crij.* tions ' in aid of it? -have."been received'... The prisoners, on gum;? to Hollo- .. way Gaol, '■' sent the . following' rues--sage;— -'■■■• ~ '"All well and very cheerful The! only thin:.- we care about is that th."> Government be forced to yield to women [li». 1 franchise. Wo arc keener . .ban ever. , : Heavy, sentences' will .hot- deter us,' and wo consider them an indication that the Government is afraid of our agitation."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13673, 14 February 1908, Page 5
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168THE SUFFRAGETTES' RAID. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13673, 14 February 1908, Page 5
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