... BUOKIE. It has been decided to form a cricket club here. The office-bearers are:-Hon. president, Mr Bryson of Strathlene; president, Dr Simpson; captain, J. Yuill; vice captain, J. Macpherson; secretary, W. Gray. BENIIOLM. School Board.-A meeting of this board was held in the Public School, Johnshaven, on Tues- day evoeing-the chairman, Rev. J. Nicoll, B.D., presiding. The balance sheet for ...

... SOU H DIVISION. On Saturday forenoon the writ for South Edinburgh was received, and Sheriff Rutherfrd I fixed Wednesday next for thie nominations and the following Monday for the election. General R Wauchope, the Unionist, and Mr Dpwar, the'( Liberal candidate, have lost not an avnilable moment, and during the comparatively short time the contest will endure every portion of the large I ...

... IMIPERIAL PrARLIAMENJT.I HorSE or COmmONS. WEDNESDAY, June 7. 0 The Speaker took the Chair at noon. I' Paisley and Barrhead District Railway Bill. This bill, which has already passed through the House of Lords, was read a second time. SERVICE FRANCHISE BILL The House went into Committee on this bill- Mr 3. W. Lowther taking the chair. Mr MKEINNA moved to leave -ut certain it words in clause 1, ...

... -1 THE BLOEMi'FONTEIN I CO2NFERENCE, FAILURE OF NEGOTIATIONS. NO CONCLUSION ARRIVED AT. ThEPOR.TANT STA'TEId2IENT BY LORLD SELBOItNE. The Tr:ehrcnnge Tolegraphl Company an- s noulice.'C, oil the authority of Lord Selborne, a Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, e that the Trai'svatl_ Conference has broken r down, the proce3dingus having terminated wthout any eoncluson being arrived at. ...

... THE RoyKL CAIJEDONIAN --ASYLUM.- 0 FORTHCOMIUG. VIS1IP TO DWVBR- CHkARRON GATEINGI, -r Littlejoi:of TInvercharron has been in the south shaping the preliminary arrange- ments Lfor the annual gathering in August, which proises to be an unusually brillianit and interestingaaqir this year.- He has suc- ceeded in securing the conseut of the autbo- rities to the presence of 400 men and 1Z officers ...

... THIE CESSION OF THE C.A.ROLIXE10s. (EcrEar TELEGBA.) Madrid, Jurne 8. The draft treaty vith Germany relating to the cession of the Carolinas, the Pelews, and the Marianuaes was read at yesterday's Cabinet' Council. Sencr Silvela, in an interview with the Madrid ccrrespou'ent of the Lokalaazeiger, is re- presented to have stated that the adoption of tse Carlines Treaty by the Cortes was ...

... Operations have been going on for a consider- able time on the Glasgow end South-Western. Railway in connection with the extension of St Enoch Station. The pressure of traffic has been growing in recent years and the scheme of alteration es very elaborate. Though it will be a good while before the work reaches completion, it is progressing rapidly. The alterations will add considerably to the ...

... I coRPG1RATION OF GLASGOW.I The Corporation of Glasgow (Police Depart-- ment) met ?? David Richmond, Lord c Provost, in the chair. The Line of Finnieston Street n Mr Shearer called the attention of the con- 0 vener of the Statute Labour Committee to a d tenement in course of erection on the east side 31 of Finnieston Street, which projected 12 or 15 feet from the building line of the other ...

... ?? has q'i , . .0 - ID, FRIDAY, JuSE 9. In the House of Lords yesterday Lord Sel- i borne, in reply to the Earl of Camperdown, P made a statement respecting the Bloemfontein Conference similar to that made by M r Cham- herlain in the Lower House. Then, on the motion of the Marquis of Salisbury, the grant to Lord Kitchener was formally passed, as. was the vote of thanks to the troops engaged in ...

... ECCLESIASTICA L NEW UTP. CUoRI os E O ?? - On Satulday afternoonr Mr J. Gilmour. J.F., Helens- burgh, laid the memorial-stone of the hail for the LT.F. congregation, which is situated in BaRk Street, ClydebRok. There was a good attendance of members of the Presbytery and of the con- gregation. The Rev. Colin Nicol, Union U.P. Uhurch, Dalmuir, presided, and briefly referred to the history of ...

... I E DiBURGH PARLIAMENTARY I VACA.NTCIE& THE SOUTH DIVISION CANDIDATES-. The firt steps in the electoral contest in South Ecdinburgh were taken last evening, when meet- i ings ef both parties in the division were held for! the. PElection of candidates. It was recognised previously, however, that, although a necessary, this was an almost formal proceeding, since Mr Arthur Dewar has for a ...

... LETTERS TO THE EDITOlti LaTlM S OF MUNICIPAL ENTERPRISE. Glasgow, June 11, 1899. f Sir,-I thinl;k we are much indebted to Pro- fessor STmart for his instructive article on IThe Limis ofMuniipalEntepris. point specially wthy of notice is the large .no.d in- creasingT army of Corporatoin wvorksmen prancti- cally voting on their ownu w/rages and conditions of serice.] If I ask to be allowed to ...