STILL SMASHING.
SUFFRAGETTE RAIDS. .„, DAMAGE TO CATHEDRAL. ! _ .jIUI. ; i i By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received March 16, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON. March 13. Suffragettes, expecting the Judges of Assize to attend Birmingham Cathedral to-day, secreted themselves after evening on Saturday and during tho night- time. They painted over the side galleries, pillars, floors and pew fronts " Votes for Women. Stop forcible feeding."" The organ front was smashed, the puTpit disfigured and "Votes For Women " painted across the centre of a magnificent Burne-Jouos window. The vestry door was inscribed, "Clergy must rise on our behalf."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11027, 16 March 1914, Page 6
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92STILL SMASHING. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11027, 16 March 1914, Page 6
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