THE SUFFRAGETTES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1056, 8 February 1913, Page 5

THE SUFFRAGETTES.

United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright Received February 7,2 p. ni. London, February 7.

While the House of Commons was discussing the Lords' amendments to the Scottish Temperance Bill, a man in the Strangers' Gallery shouted out protesting against the treatment of Suffragettes in prison. He was ejected, vociferating wildly. Three others were ejected later. London, February 7.

Harben, one of the suffragists ejected for shouting out from the Strangers Gallery of the House of Commons, had contested Portsmouth in December, 1910.

Envelopes marked "private," full of pepper and snuff, continue to reach the Ministers.

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Several Suffragettes have been sentenced to three and five months in the second division for window smashing. Lenora Cohen has been discharged for the outrage at the Tower of London. The jury did not agree that the damage was above £5.