_St. George’s Ward_.
Mr. H. Jay (C) 137
Mr. R. Ferrier, junr. (C) 139
Captain Pearson R.N. (L) 99
Mr. Jas. Scott (L) 99
_Regent Ward_.
Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart. (C) 128
Mr. J. Cherry (C) 126
Mr. John Clowes (L) 88
Mr. Henry Danby-Palmer (L) 87
_Market Ward_.
Mr. J. Fenn (C) 186
Mr. J. E. Barnby (C) 184
Mr. J. Cobb (L) 133
Mr. D. R. Fowler (L) 123
_St. Nicholas’ Ward_.
Mr. S. Nightingale (C) 203
Mr. W. H. Bessey (C) 187
Mr. R. Hammond (L) 187
Mr. H. Boulter (L) 173
And the Alderman gave his casting vote in favour of Mr. Bessey.
_Nelson Ward_.
Mr. J. Clark (C) 184
Mr. S. V. Moore (L) 182
Mr. J. H. Harrison (L) 122
_Gorleston Ward_.
Mr. William H. Palmer (C) 131
Mr. W. Hammond (C) 118
Mr. G. Blake (L) 61
Mr. Sterry (L) 46
Messrs. Henry Palmer, C. J. Palmer, C. H. Chamberlin, William T. Clarke,
E. R. Palmer, and F. W. Ferrier had been appointed Admiralty
Commissioners.
Nov. 11th.—At the Council meeting Mr. E. H. L. Preston proposed and Mr.
Worship seconded, Charles J. Palmer, Esq., as Mayor for the ensuing year,
and he was elected to that office without opposition.
Nov. 15th.—The question of the formation of a “Burial Board” was being
discussed.
The Naval Hospital was being prepared for 350 sick and wounded from the
Black Sea fleet.
Nov. 18th.—The Mayor (C. J. Palmer, Esq.), had issued cards for an
entertainment at the Town Hall on the 30th inst.
Mr. J. L. Porter had been appointed manager of the National Provincial
Bank at Yarmouth.
The Police had contributed one day’s pay to the Patriotic Fund.
The “Tourist,” London passenger steamer, Captain Dawson, had been lost on
the North Sand. She was a very old vessel, and it was stated that this
would have been her last voyage if no accident had happened to her; she
was fully insured.
Nov. 22nd.—Messrs. Gurney & Co’s. new Bank had been opened.
A poll had been taken on the question of the formation of a “Burial
Board,” when the voting on the first day was—
For the Board 312
Against it 311
A meeting of Ratepayers was subsequently held and the scheme denounced by
several speakers.
Nov. 29th.—The Town Council had re-appointed the Rev. G. Hills, gaol
chaplain “with only two dissentients.”
Nearly £1,000 had been raised for the Patriotic Fund.