THE SUFFRAGETTES

Southland Times, Issue 17305, 29 March 1913, Page 5

THE SUFFRAGETTES

Hew £soe was lost. Through setting fire to a pillar-box recently suffragettes lost a donation of £SOO that was being forwarded to them by a supporter. In a letter to an Auckland resident a wealthy Englishman tells the story as follows; — "As you may remember, I have always been a constant supporter of the suffragettes. I sympathised with them in their struggles to such an extent that I mad© frequent donations to their funds. Just recently I decided to help them substantially, and, making out a cheeine for £SOO posted it, with other letters. In an adjacent pillar box. It appears that shortly afterwards a militant suffragette came by and ignited the contents of the box. My letter was delivered considerably charred, but, although the figures were destroyed, my signature was clear. Accordingly the suffragettes called on me and asked that I might fill in a new cheque. This, however, I flatly refused to do, as my sympathy had been considerably alienated, as several other important letters of mine had been destroyed. it's wonderful how one's opinion alters when one suffers onself, I rather expect to hear more of this, as the ladies were considerably annoyed when 1 refused their request,"