12.--The Gildencroft Recreation Ground, the site of which, with the
buildings thereon, was purchased by the Corporation of Norwich for the
sum of 2,700, was formally opened to the public by the Mayor. (_See_
June 6th, 1894.)
14.--A new lifeboat, the gift of Mrs. Burch, in memory of her late
husband, Mr. John Burch, was launched at Yarmouth. The craft was named
by Miss Jane Burden the Abraham Thomas.
24.--The name of Dr. Frederic Bateman, senior physician of the Norfolk
and Norwich Hospital, was included in the list of gentlemen who were to
receive the honour of knighthood. Dr. Bateman, on July 5th, was
presented to the Queen at Windsor Castle.
25.--Died, at Cromer Hall, Mr. Benjamin Bond Bond-Cabbell. He had
devoted himself largely to the public life of the county, and was a major
in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Mr. Bond-Cabbell, who
had been nominated for the office of High Sheriff in the ensuing year,
was one of the most popular men in Norfolk, and his death was widely
lamented.