... I GIRL WORKERS' COOKERY CLASSES. At the request of the sub-committee on arrange- merits for cooker'y olasses at this'institution, the convener, Rev. Andrew Doak, has prepared the following report, dated Nover h'er, 1898, as to the attendance of the. girl workers at the classes on cookery last session:- Your committee finds, through consultation with M iss Johnston, that' the non-paying classes ...

... I THlE PHILIPPINE WA& EJ BRUSHES WITH' THE FILIPINOS QUARRELUNQ. (PRm ASSOOxMAION FOMION SPi Ald.) Manila, Thmdauy. Since the AmeTican line reached Wef natural defences of Maas, no hz hu -wmn -vance ieas been madb. The thoopa novwBeiw fneamped along the line are in many plgma temporarily entnnched. OcasionaJ mrndwiea 'wt small bodies of tha ene ay insd ,partiesform theaony excitemeut. ...

... IS ,CHOOL BOARD.j THEC BOARD AN~D G~ORDON'S COLLE~GE. C(N,4l),N'E'(' BE INVITED, Tnce UWIIU I i? Weticng of Aberdeens SchoolI Y~-feli 141s 114U lc, ii t lie board routn, Tei * ac' *.I .o AIlex Websit er. chairtant re'tl Tn:1545 weore olin ia 2s1,itt-Professojr, A l. Mri John~l tiraWigen ol, M rrG B 1 ~ '0 . Mvl.1h turraiYt. -\II- Jo. 1 t lii ~ I d. Fia. ttrli a R Mv ,Ioii jl~ ii ~e'.I. h'lte ...

... OUR IJONDON LEM!-4.u'. I BY ' JOURNAL SPECIAL WIRE RO; OUA R OWN CORRSPONDENT.) 5 NEW BrucEs STREET, Thursday uight. At question time to-day Sir John Mlaclure, i.-?lo has become impatient of tho d'lay in- solved bv tbe debate oil the Address, rose au(j askrnl the First Lord of the Treasury if 1. Would consider the advisability of moving I41 st-adilig order by which no amueUdiuut .could be ...

... RITUALISM LN TE CHeC OF ENGLAND. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ON THE AGITATION. A joint meeting of the two Houses of Convoca- tion and the House of Laymen was held yesterday afternoon in the Great Hall of the Church-house, under the presidency of the Arohbishop of Canter- bury. His grace said he had asked the members of Convocation to meet him, because thet' were certain matters very gravely ...

... TH:E WATIER. I Thernmomieter aud Barometer. ______ Rz.ADEnGs AT 2 A.u. TO-UAY. I BARD- METRUL A 3 3 1Dina- '756 &.Ma. ._6 '9 P Ui w Sets. ,;O4.IL::.. 218 a. aigh B.1e~at Aber. ) 1133 ._ been ._-j '.IL The bawmet.cr has faien, ansI _ the wealtberiz enally an _n - 2ettied TLLauLY. (February 8, W9- yTO-DAY. II 11 1? FORECASTS FOR TO-DPY. The following forecasts of weather for so-day Were ...

... PARfLIARTARY-NOYE. OLD AGE PBNWON. Mr 1 .Hardy, M.P., presided at W tinster yesterday afternoon over a [argeaiKttended meet- ing of, nionist members upon t subject of old ege pensionls. Mr Lionel lolkad, M.P., hon. secretary of the Committee, apoted to act during the recess on the sublct, presented a. report of the Committee's action. One of the duties of the Committee was td agree upon the ...

... . . . ST NICHOLAS AND RGhMOVTNT WAR-DS. A meeting of the St Nicholas and Roesemount Wards in connection with the Aberdeen Liberal Association was held last evening in Skene Street School, There was a fair attendance. The busi- ness of the St Nicholas Waurd was first transacted. Mr Murdo Robertson was appointed 'hairman, and Mr A. Martin Mauphail secretary. Messrs Jas.' M'Kessar, Esslemont ...

... DAMAGE TO PISHING LINES, 1 CORMACK V. STOPXY. THE J'UDGE'S OPINION. fihe following is Lord Kinciirney'i opinion and interlocutor in the action. briefly reported yester- di., at the intanice of the crew of the Merlin aLishig boat againist the owneers of the Saxon '2rine - OPINION. The pursuers are tbe crew of the Steam line fishing boat !. erlin. 'ho y sue as oswners of the tinitig liste. used ...

... VALE OF ALL0111) ANALYTICALJ ASSOCI ATION. I j EClTUfRE ON MEAT I[NSPIECTION. Yesterday Mr James Wilson, M.A., BSe., leoLurer o01 agrisulture, MKnrisvchal College. Aber- (lean, deliverad a lecturs on Mcalt Inspection, Under thle aws.pis'.c of the Vale of Alford Ana-ly-j tical Association. in the Pubilic Hell, Alford, ! j Thero was a good attendassee of fanrner6, ple- t eided over by Mr ...

... mr WA - P . -. .; Much sttivfrtction is felt in, the &raaite trade over the cothplimet Paid to Aberdeen in -cinl tion wbith the slae of Busnk of Visito be: ebuilrt of Asbet'deen granite froa .8brL Mnrsll wakeneik s desgns. Prv It is felt that this is one o t the mfinest ribiites ever paid 'o thegranite in- J!ir' and that ilb is likely~ to %ave a good effeet o. h trade, ha Vhe m iuc of Man is ...

... TIHE VITAL STATISTICS OF ABERDEEN ANOTHER WORD ABOUT THE WATER. In his summnary of the vital statistics for the year 1898, Dr Hey, medical officer of health for the city, says: - I regret it is not possible to present so good an account of the death-rate as in the report for the preceding year. It will be remembered that I was then able. to state that the death-fate for that year (17.9 per ...