Part 52 (1/2)

Nov. Mr. F. J. Dowsett pa.s.sed his final examination for an attorney at the Incorporated Law Society's Hall, Chancery Lane.

Dec. 8th and for several days, a succession of gales. About 15 vessels in all foundered, and 100 s.h.i.+pwrecked mariners were received at the Sailors' Home.

Dec. The Militia Depot at Yarmouth offered to the Government at 12,500.

Dec. 21st 14,451 lasts of herrings delivered at the Fishwharf, as compared with 19,639 lasts for the corresponding period of 1871.

1873.

Jan. 3rd. Three men lost in the North Sea out of the smack ”Peep o'

Day,” belonging to Mr. Jex.

Jan. 6th. Boiler explosion on board the s.s. ”Druid,” seven miles off Yarmouth, resulting in the death of two men and serious injury to three others.

Jan. 8th. Great Yarmouth Licensed Victuallers' a.s.sociation established through the exertions of Mr. R. S. Steele.

Jan. 10th. The new building annexed to the Priory Schools for the accommodation of some 200 children, opened by the Mayor.

Jan. 20th. Dr. Lus.h.i.+ngton, judge, philanthropist, and politician, and late M.P. for Yarmouth, died at his seat near Ockham, aged 91 years.

Jan. 20th. Charles H. Chamberlin, Esq., Registrar of the Yarmouth County Court and Borough Coroner, died, aged 51 years.

Jan. 22nd. Mr. Blyth, of this port, and second mate of the ”Northfleet,”

lost in that ill-fated vessel, with over 300 pa.s.sengers.

Jan. 27th. A halibut, 4 ft. 6 in. in length and weighing about five stone, caught near Yarmouth.

Jan. Henry John Walker, Esq., solicitor of Brompton, appointed to the Registrars.h.i.+p of the Yarmouth County Court. In March, 1875, resigned for a Registrars.h.i.+p in Southampton, and in Dec., 1876, District Registrar of High Court of Justice at Manchester.

Jan. A very handsome silver waiter presented to Alderman W. Laws by the teachers of St. Nicholas' Sunday School, in token of their respect.

Feb. 1st. Mr. Holmes's new smack ”Serjeant Ballantine” launched from Mr.

Mack's s.h.i.+pyard.

Feb. 7th. Great Yarmouth and Eastern Counties' Aquarium Company registered, with a capital of 50,000 in shares of 2 each. (See June 18th.)

Feb. 26th. The Rev. J. Partridge, formerly head master of the Yarmouth Preparatory Grammar School, Southtown, died at Thornbury, near Bristol, aged 46 years.

March 17th. Mr. George T. Watson, Superintendent of Sailors' Home, presented with a handsome gold ring by the members of the Beachmen's and Fishermen's Friendly Society, as a memento of respect.

March 24th. The steam tug ”Minnet” stranded on the North Sand at the mouth of the harbour.

March. The Rectory of Buckenham, Kent, conferred upon the Rev. William Cator, B.A., curate of St. Nicholas' Church.

March 25th. The new brick-built reservoir at Gorleston, belonging to the Great Yarmouth Water Works Company, opened. It is 115 feet square inside; height from floor to roof, 16 ft., and holds 800,000 gallons of water, being, when full, 1 feet from the top.

March. The Rev. Dr. Raven was presented with a handsome silver-plated coffee pot, teapot, cream jug, and sugar basin, by the pupils of the Yarmouth Grammar School as a mark of their esteem.