Messrs. Savage and de Caux had been proceeded against for placing swills on the South Quay, and Mr. Savage fined 40s. and costs, but the case against Mr. de Caux was not proceeded with.
Nov. 7th.—Mr. C. J. Palmer had proposed and Mr. J. C. Smith seconded in the Council that £2.000 be expended in the further extension of the Marine Drive, which resolution was carried nem dis.
The Government had purchased the waste ground between the R.N. Hospital and the Drive, and were about to enclose it.
Nov. 11th.—Mr. R. Steward had, upon the nomination of Mr. Ferrier, seconded by Mr. Nightingale, been re-elected Mayor, and in returning thanks mentioned “his acknowledgments to C. J. Palmer, Esq., to whose advice much of the success that had followed his mayoralty was justly due, and he had pleasure in taking that opportunity of publicly thanking him for the valuable assistance he had at all times so cheerfully rendered.”
Nov. 25th.—Five corn stacks, valued at upwards of £600, had been burnt on Mr. Hammond’s premises at Gorleston.
Nov. 28th.—The sum of £135 had been raised for the purpose of presenting a testimonial to the Mayor.
The price of gas had been reduced to 4s. 6d. per 1,000 cubic feet.
Mr. Critten had launched a new lifeboat, named “The Friend of all Nations.”
Dec. 5th.—Tremendous gales from the S.S.W. had visited the coast and much damage done to the shipping.
Dec. 12th.—The new Methodist Chapel at Burgh had been partly blown down by the gale.