21.--The Norwich Town Council approved a scheme formulated by the Charity
Commissioners for the administration of Anguish's endowment for boys. It
involved the expenditure of about 1,000 per year for the education, under
certain conditions, of poor boys in the city.
--The announcement was made that Mr. Clare Sewell Read had decided to
relinquish farming in Norfolk and to settle in or near London. Mr. Read
gave a farewell address at East Dereham Market Tea on January 31st; and
on September 19th the Norfolk Executive Committee adopted, on the motion
of Mr. R. T. Gurdon, a resolution recording the valuable services
rendered to the county by Mr. Read, as chairman of the committee, in all
matters relating to the diseases of animals. At Honingham on September
21st Mr. and Mrs. Read were presented with farewell gifts by the
inhabitants of that and adjoining parishes on the occasion of their
departure after thirty years' residence in the district. (_See_
September 25th, 1897.)
22.--Mr. F. H. Tulloch, an inspector of the Local Government Board, held
an inquiry at the Guildhall, Norwich, as to an application by the Town
Council for sanction to borrow 72,000 for sewerage purposes, and to
appropriate the New Mills estate for the purposes of a power-station for
the City works. On September 29th the Council accepted tenders for the
construction of sewerage and surface water sewers in district No. 5 for
17,480, and for the construction of river works and power-station
buildings on the New Mills estate for 5,039. (_See_ October 17th, 1899.)
28.--A burglary was committed at the shop of Mr. Edward Morley, jeweller
and silversmith, the Walk, Norwich, and property to the value of nearly
2,000 stolen. The thieves were never discovered.