George Danby-Palmer 327
Charles Woolverton 286
S. V. Moore 276
W. Yetts 176
J. H. Harrison 147
The first four were therefore elected.
Messrs. William H. Palmer and E. P. Youell had been elected by the
pew-holders, Churchwardens of St. Mary’s, Southtown; and Mr. F. R. King
(vice F. S. Costerton resigned) and Mr. William Hammond had been
appointed to similar office at Gorleston.
At the Yarmouth Vestry (the Rev. G. Hills presiding), Mr. R. Hammond
proposed, and Mr. J. G. Fisher seconded the re-election of Mr. C. D.
Steward, and Mr. B. Fenn proposed, and Mr. F. Worship seconded the
re-election of Mr. E. R. Aldred. The Church Rate was then 2½d. in the £.
At this meeting Messrs. R. Hammond and J. Davey were re-elected
“auditors” for the ensuing year.
April 24th.—It was said that Lord A. Lennox was ready “to start” for
Yarmouth. Meanwhile Sir E. H. K. Lacon was canvassing the electors,
accompanied by about 30 leading Conservatives, and Mr. Rumbold M.P. was
taking a similar course in company with six or seven personal friends,
while Sir C. Napier and Mr. McCullagh, M.P., were addressing crowded
meetings of electors in the several Wards of the Borough.
At the Council Meeting, Mr. C. C. Aldred had publicly apologised for
stating as regarded Mr. F. S. Costerton “that a constituency had been
defeated by the advice of a petty-fogging lawyer.”