4.--A new lifeboat, named the "Licensed Victualler," was launched at
Hunstanton. Its cost was defrayed by a fund inaugurated by Mr. James
Wyld, editor of the "Licensed Victuallers' Guardian."
10.--A surf lifeboat was launched at Caister-next-the-Sea. It was
provided, at the cost of 300, by means of a fund raised by the editor of
"Routledge's Magazine for Boys," and was christened by Mrs. Routledge,
"The Boys' Lifeboat."
11.--The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into and report on the
employment of children, young persons, and women in agriculture, for the
purpose of ascertaining to what extent and with what modifications the
principles of the Factory Acts could be adapted for the regulation of
such employment, and especially with the view of the better education of
such children, commenced its investigations in Norfolk in the Docking
Union. The Assistant-Commissioner (the Rev. James Frazer) held similar
inquiries in other parts of the county, and, in an address to the members
of the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture, on September 28th, said he had met
at forty-eight meetings 500 Norfolk farmers, "and not on one occasion had
he heard a single painful or discourteous word drop from anybody's lips."
16.--The first annual regatta of the Norfolk and Norwich Rowing Club was
held at Whitlingham.
17.--The Norfolk and Norwich Licensed Victuallers' Association was formed
at a meeting held at the Three Pigeons, Charing Cross, Norwich.
19.--A new church erected at Overstrand, in place of the old church,
which had fallen into decay, was consecrated by the Bishop of Norwich.
The architect was Mr. A. Salvin, of London, and the builder Mr. R.
Cornish, of North Walsham. The necessary funds were provided principally
by the Dowager Lady Buxton and the descendants of Sir Thomas Fowell
Buxton, deceased, by Mr. Gurney Hoare, Mr. Joseph Hoare, and others.
21.*--"A destructive parasitical weed has made its appearance on some of
the small farms at Navarina, an open district forming a part of the very
extensive manor of Lord Ashburton, at Thetford. It is known as 'the
dodder.' It completely absorbs or destroys the crop wherever it appears,
and leaves the land barren of all but its own hair-like fibres. So
powerful and fatal is the grasp of this singular plant, that even the
hardy and prickly gorse succumbs to the pressure of its delicate fibres."