7.--In consequence of a telegram received from the War Office the 1st
(King's) Dragoon Guards left Norwich for the scene of the colliery riots
in the Midland counties. The regiment entrained at Trowse, the horses
being conveyed in bullock trucks. A Squadron proceeded to Mansfield, B
to Rotherham, C to Wakefield, and D to Dewsbury. On the 8th 50 men of
the Norfolk Constabulary, under the Chief Constable (Mr. Paynton Pigott),
were drafted to Nottingham, and on the 9th 20 men of the Norwich city
police proceeded to the scene of the disturbances.