The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1910-01-22 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

LIVELY TORY MEETING.  T.he lively Tory meeting roferred to ahoCe took .place in the Town }fall on, Thursday' evening. Mts. Gershom Stewart presiiksl over a crowd,sl tuerting. of whioh however, at least three-fouftles proved to be opponents. On rising ti address the cuotomary preliminary rcinerks, she was rec,..vcd "with hooting ar.l bisses. Mr. Barn:oak Buunir. on aptearing on the platform waw 11.1:11"ed rilh a storm of hisses. hooting and gitions, and with cries of " What. did you do ulth Max Aluepratt on 'CliantLef" and "What, about the May disaster" Ile tried more thau once, but could ,not Possibly obtain a bearing, and, becoming exasperated, he suddenly desisted from any further attempt in that 'direction-. &vend atteniiits were made by oth.ir would-be ti peaker.i, but all proved similarly futile. Questions were after. wards.inyiied. a working man „:peaker from Woltietbampton offering an opportunity to .anyone in the meeting to interrogate him on 'political subjects: but when a gentleman appeared on the platform for•that.purpose, he was literally knocked off.  Following upon this, the meeting became eery .much disturbed. lt had been re'ported that Mr. F. E. Smith was to come as a speaker to the meeting, but he did not put itr an appearance. After the meeting, many of those who had attended it formed into bends and paraded the *streets, singing liberal. songs.. ,  -A Free Trade v. Tarir —Reform" •debate too jalace in the Institute on %Woesday eveninf, between Nlt. Joseph Wilde (L.) and Mr. IL Swift (C.). The Rev. 4. Xni pfoved an impartial chairman.; and thP addrivwes *ere attentively listened to. Quentin**, were naked afterwarde, and in the vote taken at, the ennelueion, there was an overw.hehning majority for Free Made*  . . . •.I.aint Saturday evening a dance Wllb held lh'e Institute and ills well aitended. unique .fenture wtni, tior4 fact that the nitude uns-,,novidtd by Mr.: Evans, ia• blind runlet .4N:rm.-Chester, .  • On Thursday ei-ening in the Perkgate Sieben& the Vicar ithe Rev. C. Petiole,, ore a het-pot slipper to the yiu*tate. fishermen, There is a sugseation 'imnotett to.the effect that the Vicar might .well have left tlie supper over till after the poll, yeeteetlay. Many- People too. re. ,gtet 'that polities should have been istrefilmed into .the sermon at the Parieh :Church Atm .Sunday evening. •  in the Wesleran Schoolroom On Thurs. kelling there wan a jood attendant* M * aoclal gathering in &id of flu* building fund of the Church. During the evening songs were slung, the artiates including Votes 'rranter and S. .Smith.  ln.oontreetion. wish the educational' 'branch of ,the.Caoperative Society. a leeLure`was amen in the Town Hall on Thin's. dgy. efainufff•to tnembets by Mr. Eyao of IMancheater. The 'subject of the lurtt Phsees, of Co•operativeL Work.". and It was listened, to. by a lac*, .atufience. Mr. "Intfams, .{.lf4 "aaftEral manager. nfeeidod, and Mr. touts Patry mewed an eft-1 «giant comedian. Samples ot goods were afterwards  ••?7IMIMe#II  , inquests have been held during the ..leat•feer-dage by Mr. J. C. Bate .(Coroner for West ghellirrett. Last Friday, at the Yiehtinn, PuddingtOn, he hedd an inquest On the body of Mary Agnes Latimer, aged 42 years a married woman. It appeared that she complained of pains, in her head, and whilst her husband was away on the 12th lest. she book carbolic sold, suited in her death. The jury returned a verdiot to the effect that she committed suicide, and added that there was no evident.* to-show thec:eit deceased's mind. at the time.—The in_quixt was held at Neeteri Police on Minds., on the 'bods of Mine Jones,' the nine-Weekie.old Shild of Ellen Jones, Liverpool-read. .The bali:dbiAOas stated by Dr. Yeoman, died from convulsions on &Imlay. A verdlet l nattnitl cruises was returned.