4.--At the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, held at the Shirehall, Norwich, the
Earl of Kimberley moved an address to the Queen, conveying to her Majesty
the assurance that the magistracy and all her loyal subjects in the
county had felt the sincerest sympathy with her during the alarming
illness of the Prince of Wales; and Lord Sondes moved a congratulatory
address to his Royal Highness and the Princess of Wales. The clergy of
the diocese, at a meeting held at the Palace on the 27th, adopted similar
addresses. "Thanksgiving Day" was observed throughout the county on
February 27th. At Norwich the principal business establishments were
closed, and services held at the Cathedral, the parish churches, and
other places of worship.
11.--The centenary of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital was celebrated by
an entertainment given at the institution.
22.--The Norwich, Costessey, and Taverham Tramway Scheme was considered
by the Board of Trade, to whose satisfaction the promoters proved that
the preliminary steps required under the Tramways Act, 1870, had been
complied with.
--The Norfolk County School Association held its first meeting at the
temporary school at Great Massingham, under the presidency of Sir
Willoughby Jones. The Rev. J. L. Brereton reported that the Prince of
Wales had become a patron of the school, and the sum of 5,920 had been
subscribed by about seventy shareholders. At a meeting held at the Earl
of Leicester's, house in Grosvenor Square, London, on April 24th, it was
decided to erect the school on Bintry Hill, near North Elmham. (_See_
April 14th, 1873.)
24.--The Norwich Waterworks Company opened a second covered reservoir at
Lakenham, and, in celebration of the event, luncheon was served within
the works, under the presidency of the chairman of the company, Mr. H. S.
Patteson. The reservoir was 128 feet in length and 120 feet in width.