6.--Father Ignatius visited Norwich and addressed a crowded audience at
the Agricultural Hall.
--A special meeting of the Norwich Town Council adopted a scheme for
repaving the streets of the city with wood, at the estimated cost of
38,500.
22.--A yachting and fishing exhibition was opened at St. Giles' Hall,
Norwich, and was continued until the 29th.
29.--The Norwich Diocesan Conference opened its two days' proceedings at
Noverre's Rooms, Norwich. The principal subjects discussed were the
Local Government Act, 1894, and religious education in Board schools.
Bishop Sheepshanks presided for the first time.
30.--The Rev. G. S. Barrett, B.A., minister of Prince's Street
Congregational Church, Norwich, was invested with the honorary degree of
Doctor of Divinity at the University of St. Andrew's. Mr. Barrett was
introduced as "the minister of one of the most influential Congregational
churches in England; he had made several important contributions to
theological literature, and had this year been chosen chairman of the
Congregational Union of England and Wales."