VOTES FOR WOMEN.
INCIDENT AT PALACE.
LETTER-BEARER# BARRED.
A. and N.Z.-Sun. LONDON, Feb.- -7. Four advance guards of the vote " battalions had a quiet passage to No. 10 Downing Street, where they delivered copies of a petition praying that the Franchise Bill be taken .as the first measure of the present session. However they found the approach to Buckingham Palace entirely different.
" We would like to deliver a letter for the King," said the leader. But the policeman at the main gate was courteously adamant. He remained so even after half an hour's cajoling. Then thu maidenly strategy of the letter bearers failed badly. Miss Woodman re-engaged the constable in earnest arguments as a barrage for Miss Coutts Trotter to storm the Privy Purse door.
However, another constable appeared. He slammed the door, gathered up the struggling Miss Coutts Trotter in his arms and gallantly deposited her on the street. The four women then held a council and decided to effect the delivery of the letter in the more prosaic way—by messenger.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19866, 9 February 1928, Page 9
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172VOTES FOR WOMEN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19866, 9 February 1928, Page 9
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