A NOVEL AUCTION.
.SALE OF PRISONERS' LICENSES
A STREET MELEE
London, July 14
Miss Kenney appeared on -tho platform at a music hall and. sold hor two prison licenses by auction for £12 for the benefit of tho Women's Social and Political Union's funds.
Mrs Pankhurst also' came on to tho platform amid tumultous cheering.
Both were arrested when leaving
After a violent struggle- with the police Mrs Pankhurst escaped in a taxi-cab, a crowd of women beating off the detectives with parasols and sticks.
A constable's coat was torn cfi m the melee.
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Bibliographic details
Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13775, 16 July 1913, Page 5
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A NOVEL AUCTION.
Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13775, 16 July 1913, Page 5
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