1.--At a special meeting of the Board of Governors of the Jenny Lind
Infirmary, held at the Guildhall, Norwich, Mr. Colman offered to present
to the charity, as a memorial to his late wife, the necessary site upon
which to erect a new infirmary. The offer was gratefully accepted, and
the Committee of Management were empowered to take steps for collecting
funds and for preparing plans. (_See_ January 23rd, 1897.)
5.--Mr. R. W. Ladell, solicitor, was elected by the Norwich Town Council
to the office of City Coroner, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. E. S.
Bignold.
7.--Mr. and Mrs. Kendal and their London company appeared at Norwich
Theatre in "A Scrap of Paper." "A White Lie" was produced on the 8th,
and "The Ironmaster" on the 9th.
12.--Mr. J. L. Toole with his London company appeared at the Assembly
Room, Agricultural Hall, Norwich, in the comic sporting play
"Thoroughbred."
15.--Lord Tweedmouth, as president of the Norwich Gladstone Club,
delivered his inaugural address to the members at the Assembly Room,
Agricultural Hall, Norwich.
21.--The annual training of the Loyal Suffolk Hussars (Yeomanry Cavalry),
commanded by Lieut.-Col. A. G. Lucas, commenced at Yarmouth.
25.--Louis Tussaud's exhibition "All the World in Wax" was opened at the
Agricultural Hall, Norwich. One of the attractions was the display for
the first time in Norwich of the cinematograph or "living pictures."