WOMEN'S FRANCHISE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15736, 12 April 1913, Page 9

WOMEN'S FRANCHISE

o OUTRAGES ON THE RAILWAYS. . CARRIAGE SET ON FIRE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 10. i A canister containing live cartridges exploded and" set fire to the third class com■partment of a, passenger train at Kingston-on-Thames. A burning fuse attached to a bomb 'was discovered in the third class compartment of a train at Battersoa. It was inscribed "Votes for Women." MEN URGED TO VIOLENCE. RESULT OP SELF-DENIAL WEEK. LONDON, April 11. (Received April 11, at 9.55 p.m.) In. the course of a speech at a suffragette demonstration in the Albert Hall Mr Lansbury, formerly a member of the House of Commons, urged the militant men to support tho suffragettes, and to burn and destroy" property. They were engaged in a war in which they had no regard for property of any kind. The secretary announced that the selfdenial week had resulted in £15,000 being raised. A telegiam was sent to Mr Asquitii and Mr M'Kenna stating that the sum was an answer to Mr M'Kenna's' "Cat and a Mouse" Bill. Annie Bell has been remanded on a charge of obstruction in Holloway Prison. She declared that she intended to use a revolver if men interfered with her.