The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1887-06-11 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

WALLASEY JOTTINGS.  • the occasion of the visit of Lord uu Iph Churchill to Wolverhampton, todo week Mr. W. H. Hatton, recently ,no list,'be, was one of the few guests 7-ur. Alfred Hickman, the late member rciahe west division of that borough, to receive his lordship. Mr. Hatton and a elect company dined with Lord Randolph at the Deanery Club, of which gr. Hatton has just been made an honorary member. Lord Randolph had I• wresting talk with Mr. Hatton II (in Conservative newspapers in general, "tud be remarked "I have heard, Mr. Dam, in London, of your great oeesa with the newspapers belonging thc Midland Press, and you have my warmest congratulations upon the result pf your labours." 1 our con tem por ary must be wretchedly bud up for news when it will allow gal scurrilous paragraphs as those hich appeared last week under the w beading otes from Wallasey," to be published, which are condemnatory of or police force. There is not one iota of truth in the statements put forth, *ad without going into details,. I may 43. that the author has received no orhcr satisfaction than that of inviting the public ridicule and contempt upon his iocemdstent and contradictory conThis individual, who signs himself Echo," did not relish my adverse criticism on certain jerry buildings which will ever fall upon ignorant aspirants to notoriety, and, therefore, I Dot surprised that he should attempt to kin the vials of his wrath upon me in such terms as those contained in the paragraph in question.  As far as I am concerned, I should have treated " Echo's " remarks with ,aent contempt if he had not spoken in such condemnatory terms of our police tom. who deserve the public thanks for their untiring efforts to keep law and order and protect the property of the ratepayers. I cannot for one anima think where " Echo " could pro.sibly have received his inforation, which he states he had !n one to the trouble of enquiring after. ir has evidently not come from a reliable source, as the evidence given at the trial of the prisoner went to show that a desperate struggle took place between Mr. Davies and the burglar before Mr. Pulford, who was sleeping in the same house, went to Mr. Davies' wistauce. However, if the remarks of Echo " are correct—and I am sure they are not—there is no reason for Mr. Davies to be " alarmed," seeing that this "desperate burglar," who caused such a sensation in the parish was "so !Inlet that a child could have held him." )„vain, this writer, in another paraJap-h. and with such a confession of icuorauce, proceeded to rualigu the and unwarrantably misrepresent them by stating that, after speaking et some goods being stolen from the wooden lint at the bottom of Brougham• toad.- the inhabitants are losing contidince in the guardians of the peace; and it i:, said that some reform in the police aduindatration is urgently needed." The goods stolen, he says, amounted to over one pound's worth." Does he wan in weight? For I am informed so good authority that the goods Liken amounted to a little over is. The above remarks are a great injustice to both Supt. Hind ley and Inspector Walker, who superintend the police in our parish, and who have always used their best endeavours to contribute to the comforts of the people. It would occupy too much of your space to point cTt all the misrepresentations that have ken made against the police by "Echo.'  Many are the complaints raised by the many visitors to New Brighton at being debarred on Sundays from having a plunge into the sea, owing to the bathing an, not being allowed to be used. Those irho prefer to indulge in this deligthful refresher in the open air are of opinion that they are as much entitled to the use of the bathing vans as those who prefer the baths and are afforded an opportunity of using them on Sundays. With all due respect to the Sabbath, I I itlite agree with those who advocate the using of the vans on Sunday, as it would give many people the chance of taking a dip in the open who could not possibly get one during the week. For this reason I hope taw in authority will look into the matter and allow the vans to be used on Sundays as they ire at other watering places.  4::;;;:• There has been considerable talk in Newcombe about an accident which was alleged to have happened to a well kuown young man from Seacombe, who i, at present studying for the ministry at Itawdou College, near Leeds. The mtory was that the young man in queshoto had been blinded by some corrosive hill. I understand, however, that the iujuries are not of a serious character. .1 fellow student who dabbles in ehenoistry upset a bottle of ammonia, a tew drops of which fell on to the eyelid "t the Seacombite, but did not touch the eye itself. He has suffered a little teml'orary inconvenience, but beyond that not injured. The facts, I believe, Ivo re at first exaggerated by the young felow himself, and it is, therefore, not 'Prising that there was much talk ;t1.,..!it the occurrence, and many in•.! uries made by his friends.  **::t here was a report current in the Parish, on Wednesday evening last, caused no little excitement, to (ilect that a certain workman had "mulcted suicide. I. however, went to the shop where the man in question is ('4,l)loyed, and as he personally informed t!le that lie had done nothing of the kllid. I think I am justified in assuring Lly readers that the rumour was false.  *** Politeness might be a very expensive eLnuodity judging by the extreme teouomy with which a large number of Pt-0141k dole it out. On a recent morning I wa3 crossing the dock bridges from N(acombe to Birkenhead, and, asking a dire,et and simple question, expected a cl.ar answer. The first dockman I net oted brushed past without taking It%y notice of my query, and his action was followed by number two. I reuew,d my endeavour, and was told not ta, "bother." At last, however, a curt • Rat's your road" was vouchsafed ille• Possibly to get me out of the way, fOI the direction was wrong. It seems 'try strange that an inoffensive person cannot seek information without being Wated in this way.