THE SUFFRAGETTES.
LONDON, April 7. Chatsw*orth House. Haddon Hall and many"other mansions tare specially guarded day and night. Suffragettes made an abortive attempt to burn the Dundee Tennis Clubs' pavilions. . The men's Spiritual Militancy League has issued a' manifesto demanding that the Government introduce a Bill revising the marriage service, thereby removing ,the humiliations placed upon women, and urges the omission of the word "obey" in the giving-away ceremony; also that the exhortation, "wives submit yourselves," etc., should bo accompanied by "husbands submit yourselves," etc. i , Demonstrations prevented the suffragette meetings in Hydo Park, Hampr.tead Heath iand Wimbledon. Seven men were arrested for throwing orange peel and turf at the, speak<?rg. •■'■■.': . ■ -'■ - -;
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 8 April 1913, Page 5
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