... I IMPORTANT STEP BY JAPAN. 10, (ERgR's TmLESASL.) , YOKOHAmA, Friday. A Japanese fleet of nine warships will sail for Chinese waters within a week. Before their departure the Mikado' will inspect the Yashima and Fuji. A decree has been issned for the formation nf a supreme military advisory council, con- sisting of four members-namely, Marquis Yamnagata, Inepector-General of the Army; Prince ...

... ABERDEEN HrIGHTLAND I ASSOC'IATON.l TUE GORDON~ HIGHLANDERS FOR ABERDEEN. A TRIBUTE TO THE GALLANT sE G I AI EN T, The annual bus.iness meeting o>f the Aberdeen l3iilalid A,; ri-atios wTas heold inl the Douglas H-ftel la-it nielit. There svas at large imend- ll .incltuding a. number tf at dies. The pro- cu,ofdine, 'a re coin-nieuced by Pipeo-Major Webs- tei Dande Piper 1P~. LMIrzi mearcihing ...

... THE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS, Moro disagreeable conditions for holiday.mak. ing could scarcely have been imagined than those whiho prevailed in Aberdeen yesterday. The dry, somewhat crisp atmosphere of New Year's Day gav, place on Sunday to soft, showery weather; and while it hardened up a little during the night, a change for the worse took place again early yesterday. A thick rain fell from a murky ...

... ABERDEEN TOW) COUNCIL. | ABERDEEN AND THIPE GORDON HIGHLANDERIS. TEE CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNIVERSITY. Aberdeen Town Council met in the Town Haill yestertlay- Lord Plrovos~t Mearns, presiding.Th ,other members present were-Ba7illies 1Edwards (Lyon, Taylor, BroweTaggart, and Saingsetr, Dean or G~uild Wa-lker,Treaisrrrar Bisset,OCourrcillors Croll, Rerun.p John Robertson, Maitland, Milne, leld, ...

... ISIR GEORGE WHITE AND THE INDIAN | ~~ARMY\. VALEDICTORY ADDRESS. The following is the text of the general order issued by (General Sir George W\rhite VtC.. don the eve of his departure from India onl theo ter- mination of hig period of appoinitment as Corn- inander-in-Chlief - Otl making over thoe command of the army in India, which hzs been entrusted to toe for the past five years visith to ...

... COMMUNION SERVIOES IN I ABERDEEN. I~ ~~~ ._ The following Ministers will assist at the services in the undernoted churches in Aberdeen to. morrow:- CHIURCH OFi SCOTLAND. East-Rev. Theodore Marshall. Edinburgh. West-Rev. David Strong, D.V., Glasgow. Noreh-Rev. T. 0. Duncan M.A., Kintore. South-Rev. A. Camaron Watson, B.D., St 13,- wells. Groyfriru-s-Rev. John Lamb, B.D., missionary profeaser ...

... FRASERBURGa F.C. SINGING CLASS. PRIESENTATION TO MR MACGREGOR. s Fraserburgh Free Church Singing Clas, under the leadership ef Mr Macgregor, held a meeting f in the Free Church this week. Tbere we a gaod attendance, and I-lev. J. Forrest occupied the chair..- The Chairman, in opening the programme, raid c all he hrd to do was aimply to set the young people to the work that they had gathered ...

... As already reported, the old colours of the Gordon Highlanders, which were presented E to the City of Aberdeen three years ago, . have now been enclosed in glass cases and r placed in the Town and County Hall. These tattered and war-worn colours have an in- terestmng history, though it only covers a ismall period of the existence of the Gay Gor- dons. The Gordon Highlanders have had a not- ...

... WUUDSIDE PARISH WOMEN'S GUILD. ANNUAL G ALL OF WORK. On 9aturday the annual sale of work in con- nectnY(: .ith Woodside Parish Church Guild was held in the Parish Hall, when there was a beau- tiful display of plain and ornamental work, as well as various forms of amusements. The open- ing ceremony was performed by Rev..) ohns Fairlie, and on the platform were also Rev. Duncan Ef. Brodie, Rev. ...

... 0ECOND EDITION I - -I, __ S Nrw BRIDn ST3IUT, Lo.qxow, AJArMMEJ JotiRUL (iJvnla, Sattirday mornling, 5.30. (BY SPECIAL WIRE.) T'HE FAR EAST. CONTRAIPLA1TElJ FREtNCH AGGRESSION. 7000 TROOPS IN READINE8SS SOUTHERN CHINA AND SIAM AIMED AT. (DAILY MAIL Tr.EGrSAM,) SHANGHAI, Friday. Telegraphic advices announce that the Tonkin papers report that extensive prepara- tions are being made there for the ...

... Midway between Bewdley and Arley, lies a cot- tage snugly ensconced on the banks of the Severn, in whieh the three persons concerned in this Xsketch reside. The spot is called The Folly Point, and is well known to thousands of tourists. The cottage is ocupie~d by Mr and Mrs MRsser and family. Mrr and Mrs Masser are people of middle age; the hnsbnhd is connected with the IMinlet Colliery, ...

... SEAFIORTR ANi) CAMtERONr | I1IGHLANDERS. GREAT ACTIVITY OF DERVISHES. ((Datnr NEws TnxLoui.AM) CAsao+ Friday night. The Seaforth Highlaudors arrived here to- day, and the Camerons and other detach- ments left to-night for the front. The fourth Egyptian battalion has reached Berber by the desert route from Suakimn, and is pro- ceeding to reinforce the garrison at the con- 3 flueneo of the ...