4.--Died, at the age of 53, Dr. W. H. Ranking, formerly of Norwich. He
was descended from a family living on the borders of Norfolk and Suffolk,
who had for three generations been engaged in the practice of medicine.
Dr. Ranking received his early education at Hastings, and subsequently
entered the University of Cambridge. After spending some time in the
hospitals of Paris, he settled at Bury St. Edmund's, and became physician
to the Suffolk General Hospital, a post which he filled for seven years.
After the death of Dr. Lubbock, Dr. Ranking removed to Norwich, and
became physician to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, and editor of the
Journal of the Council of the Provincial Medical and Surgical
Association. "He was a most uncompromising enemy to quackery in all its
forms, and he always testified to the absurdity of what he considered the
fashionable humbug of the age--homoeopathy."
19.--The annual show of the Norfolk Agricultural Association commenced at
Fakenham, and was continued on the 20th. By special permission granted
by the Privy Council, at the request of a deputation introduced on May
9th by Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., cattle were exhibited under certain
restrictions. At the dinner, presided over by the Earl of Kimberley, Mr.
E. C. Bailey was presented with a handsome testimonial, on his
resignation of the office of secretary, after twenty-five years' service.
24.--The First Administrative Battalion of Norfolk Volunteers, commanded
by Col. James Duff, encamped in Hunstanton Park.