7.--Died at Kirkley, Lowestoft, Mr. Robert Hitchman, formerly Chief
Constable of Norwich, aged 72. He was appointed Chief Constable on March
24th, 1859, and retired on April 30th, 1897.
12.--Polling took place in the Southern Division of the county in
consequence of the resignation of Mr. Francis Taylor (Liberal Unionist).
The candidates were Mr. J. Sancroft Holmes, of Gawdy Hall, Harleston
(Conservative), and Mr. A. W. Soames, architect, of London (Liberal).
The poll was declared at the Shirehall, Norwich, on the 13th: Soames,
4,626; Holmes, 3,296.
19.--Intelligence was received in Norwich of the death of Mr. Gladstone.
Both political parties paid becoming respect to the memory of the
deceased statesman. Resolutions of sympathy were passed by the members
of the Norwich and Norfolk Conservative Club and of the Gladstone Club,
and on the day of interment, the 28th, a memorial service, attended by
the Mayor and Corporation, was held at the Cathedral.
24.--The Norwich Town Council considered a report of the Executive
Committee containing recommendations for the alteration of the names of
various streets and roads in the city. The report, with certain
modifications and amendments, was adopted at a subsequent meeting.
26.--A new Voluntary school for the accommodation of 400 boys, erected on
Hall Road, Lakenham, by the supporters of Church education in Norwich at
the cost of 2,600, was opened by the Lord Bishop.
27.--Died at Mulbarton, Mr. George Frederick Cooke, formerly District
Registrar of the High Court of Justice, and Registrar of the County
Court, Norwich, in his 80th year. He was the youngest son of the Rev.
William Cooke, vicar of Bromyard, Herefordshire, and brother of Mr.
Cooke, a former judge of the Norfolk County Court.
28.--The members of the Automobile Club of Great Britain arrived at
Norwich in the course of a Whitsuntide tour through East Anglia.