... ABERDEEN CORPORATION 'rllAM WAYS. HALFPENNY FARES, it __ 5e T'he Tramnsway6i Committee met yeierdar .P Councillor ilklkie, convener. il thle chair 'n5 Y, question of halfpenny fares was raised liy the feo. lowing report from thi. city ciamhiclaiii:-I b,, )r to submit statement shiowing thle revenue and e. petnditore and number Or plttSmcngers tarried oil the ;. various seitions durhig the ...

... I ROBERT GOIRDOfN'S COLLEGE. The quarterly court of the governors of Robert Cordojn's Collige. Aherdeen, was held at the college yesterday afternoon-Lord Provost Flem- ing presiding,. THE LOCAL TAXATION ACCOUNT GRANT. A letter was intimated from tho Scoteh Educa- tion Department, staling t1sat if it was the in- tention of the governors to make any claim ulIder tiee minute reatirng to the ...

... I SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGlS. 'Th e ISthI annual congrtess of hie Srrni tnry IEn- ~rtiuet~ r-'OSirnid its delibevraionris at S011thartr'-rilr yc , e rd --iy . l;Ie, linoicirral ret 1.0evertatives, riho mort inl the -\?uic-rrip-il Burildrings. wrcte presirded vrierli Ai~dcrntru Ttionra- Walltnr (ehririnun cIf tire Ileah-1rr (eoniiiiriee oif -Sruthaiopto'l, i 0Ieit iii detrail %wit h the ...

... ABERDEEN CHAMBER OF COMM E RCE. The monthly meeting of the counoil of this ehamber was held yesterday afternoon-M'r Thornas Ogilvie, pre.31dlent, mn the chair. L0)CAL DEESI4DE MAILS. The Postal Coinnittteo reported that they had received a complaintt !egarding the late delivery iif the early Deeside mail, and that the convertcr and secrelsiry hldl hlad a conference with the Post- auaster, ...

... TH1# IIAndIN ; IN O -,~~ HA't ^~ r; : ^ o z 4 t tE~if MO, it PM~AD~ Two specia l *'eetnres c' haioterised fthe herring hingat the larger pqrt _ 'thle East Coat last wiek. Witile ',the- ;ct were on-,te whole *,eagre during,& th irst. four days, remarkable success 'wasm-et with towards the eldse, pecially on ituiday. ; and there bas lbeen both on east coast ahd 'at 0het~land i- Wo ...

... ABDRDEEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL IEXAMINATIRNS. . STATIMIUiNT DY THU KRlOTON. -1After prayer,s in thie hall ttt Aberdeen ram I TSchool esrdymorningo, the, rector, H.F e rorlanrl simnpson, took occasion to c tegr Itolti 5tile Scihool oil rice oa'crcjtioiitlly good resul ts oh- -Citened1 en tle' leaving certifi,'ato exatefiiitctiOiis last i a J~une. Ase far hack as hce hadIL particuilcars, namrely, ...

... | ABOYNE. Entertainment.-At Balnagowan Farm, on the evening of Friday last, a most enjoyable concert and dance took place, under the presidoncy of Ir Peter Bigre, the tenant of BaInagowan. There swere about forty visitors present, among them being -Mr and Mrs Daniel Lauvson, Newport; b rMr and Mrs Scott and Mrs Wood, Aberdeen; w r and Mrs Tulloch, Glasgow. Songs were con- T stributed by a ...

... 6>RAL NEWS. corVette ha arrived in.tie Thames. Ab e fnood up tin the present has bean tit V reth iAustralian mev6=ie last year ,Dhowe £32, 736. pur.eed a white female donley , Oa al, to theeen.; . :: _1 p1,thern psrt or .Ohia piracjy aind, W- In the vpraticslly stopped trade., [ie' dirent Dave been poisonted at BIM 9thawtin mtshlmkooPint And comomon nightshade . D, .prineO -and Princess ...

... RPHOLO, COLUMN, I DELINEATIONS BY DRAPHO- MARY EUBIW.ESON (Glv).-Youri ianerests illlife argvarig-ms You have manyhobbies,and areV allwas 'startin oo' n ih kaatoor ful,-OU11bitoni, and gan- one d iooms in your undertaldpgs. The temper is hasty; it takes very little to rouse it, but it is aa quickly over. Te Judement is intuitive, and you are 'observant of all that is going pn around you. ...

... j| RECEPTION OF MR CHAMBER- LAIN'S SPEECH AT CAPE. VIEWS AT PRETORIA. INTERVIEWS WITH KRUGER, JOUBERT, AND REITZ. (PnESS ASoosTION FOREIGN SrEOIAL.) Pretoria, Monday. Mr Chamberlain's speech has been calmly received by the officials here. The Govern- ment still awaits the Colonial SecretaTySl reply to its alternative proposals for a fivef years' franchise and representation for Uitlanders of ...

... {muXEI7,VNING OF ST Jos-Rll's ;tTH-URCH, WOOD-SIDE. S- lonaeph's Chr ur-l. WVad itle, wna formalIly *ne. enenl onl Sundiarey be Bishop C(istolin, after *xr-nsive aiterations and iniprowcrents, a full 8(eqr riirtiort (of whirit hai ailready appltearcd in our enirrnns. .r ll o'u-xt'lz-k faas- tvas celebr.ted by tre bishl;rp .a tcdl by lie. Chaliles Dit -ine, tho pyre.-t in rihrolt-e or tile ...

... (I9, ,et '3>til'~ -allylltift. Cnrip OpFFjp--BRflAI) STREET, ABElRDEEN. I.( NION OpiAe---5 NIEW 1. 'PUENS AI1,.r, .1.C. I BLE~oitAxts- Al:EDErNS JOURlNAL, ABlERDEE.N. trllelfnillOME-By. 27. ABERDEEN, THURSDAY, AUG. 31, 18S9. 1~~~~~ __- _ _ _ I NEWI'S ,YUMIARIY. d An unsucces fiil attempt to settle the I-lartle- peol docker-s -trike wtis mitade yesterday. The dleatht is announreed at Leith of ...