The Police had contributed one day’s pay to the Patriotic Fund.
The “Tourist,” London passenger steamer, Captain Dawson, had been lost on the North Sand. She was a very old vessel, and it was stated that this would have been her last voyage if no accident had happened to her; she was fully insured.
Nov. 22nd.—Messrs. Gurney & Co’s. new Bank had been opened.
A poll had been taken on the question of the formation of a “Burial Board,” when the voting on the first day was—
| For the Board | 312 |
| Against it | 311 |
A meeting of Ratepayers was subsequently held and the scheme denounced by several speakers.
Nov. 29th.—The Town Council had re-appointed the Rev. G. Hills, gaol chaplain “with only two dissentients.”
Nearly £1,000 had been raised for the Patriotic Fund.
The polling for the Burial Board had closed as under—
| For | 468 |
| Against | 544 |
| Majority | 76 |