3.--Norwich Cricket Week commenced. Matches were played against the Eton
Ramblers, and the Lincolnshire and Hertfordshire Clubs, and in each
instance the Norfolk County Cricket Club was victorious. "The
achievement of three victories in the week had not previously been
accomplished since the institution of the festival in 1881." On the 6th
and 7th Sir Kenneth Kemp's company of amateurs gave performances of "The
Bookmaker" at the Theatre Royal.
7.--The Norwich School Board decided to abolish the fees in all their
schools, the Higher Grade School excepted, from September 1st, the date
on which the Free Education Act came into operation.
8.--Lord Ashbourne, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, addressed a great
Primrose League gathering at Didlington Park, held in celebration of the
inauguration of the Margaret Tyssen Amherst Habitation.