... GORDON HIGHLANDERS! ROUTE MARCH. QUIET DAY AT BANCROJ~, The dEntachme nt of the LIt Gordont fjligh landers at present eligagetl ini a rente Iannl through tho territorial distrs -t ivere ncmp at Kitnnekio Park-, Baehilot-y. yesterday,an Will leave this muntr ing for Also3yne at iit o'cleck. Gohod lellovwsl.p. ordert, atied p - the ruling features yesterday :ir~de-ed, the after their 5cesoewtat ...

... I _ : - 6 NEW BRnDCE STREET, LOXDON, ABBRDEEN JOURNAL OFFICB, TUESDAY MORNING, 5.30. (BY SPECIAL WIRE.) rl TWO THOUSAND TROOPS tn FOR KIMBERLEY. it 0 INHABITANTS AFRAID OF THE d BOERS. h h SM1UG{}I,ING4 ARIMS TO FPR1E sT.AirE. 11 ((DAILY' MAIL TELEGRAM.) Cape own, Monday. T Two thousand troops, consisting of artil- 'I it lery, engineers, and of the Lancashire and o 'Munster Fusiliers, are ...

... RECENT ETHNOGRAPHICAL WOE, IN SCOTLAND. THE INVESTIGATIONS O!: TlEM BUCHAN PiIELDCLU3B. At the meeting of the Bri-tish Association yes- terday, Mr J. Grav, .B.&., of the Patent Offioe, a native of Peterhead district, read the following paper on the ethnographical work of the Buchan A4'ield Club:-Observations on the physical char- acteristics of the people of East Aberdeenshire. were commenced ...

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... | I I~ ~~ . . . I TRAVELS IN ABYSSINIA. Dover, Tuesday night. tf All the sections met again at ten-o'clock this b morning, asd a fu.1 day's work was done. h TRAVELS IN ABYSSINIA. St The Geographical Section was well attended to &a' hear Captain Wellby give some account of his cl recent travels in Southern Abyasinia. He was S warmly welcomed on rising, and orefaaid his re- marks with a ...

... I I VISIT OF FRENCH SAVANTS. The principal feature of Saturday's proceed- ings of the British Association was the visit of about three hundred delegates from the corres. ponding French Association now in session at Boulogne. The visitors, upon their arrival at Admiralty Pier, were received by Sir Michael Foster, president, and other dignitaries of the British Association. They afterwards had a ...

... NEW PUBLIC HAILL AT ElNSHE BANDEN | OPENING OF H.ALL AND BAZAAR BY MIR AND IS bMefACPHMRSON GRANT. Mr John Macphorson Grant, yr. of Ballin. dalloch and Insvoreshie, and Mrs Mdacpherson Grant. yesterday afternoon performed the double function of opening a now public hall for the parish of Insh, on the invereshie estato of Sir I George Maopherson Grant, and also of opening a bazaar organised ito ...

... BANKIIUPvOY OF A CULLEN FISH- OURER. In Banff Sheriff Court yesterday - Acting Sheriff-Substitute J. Ogilvie Kemp presiding- James Wood, fishourer, Cullen, appeared for examination under a petition for sequestration at the instance of creditors. There were present Mr George Shearer, accountant, Banff, the trustee; Mr Alexander Watt, solicitor, Banff, his agent; Mr Alexander Colville, solicitor ...

... THE BRITISH ASSOCIA I I TION. SECTIONAL PAPERS. lBRIlSH WANT OF TERIN:. The principal feature in vesterday's proceedings was the delivery of the addresses by the presidents of the sections, after which a certain number of papers were rea and discussed. The sections have, however, secrcely settled down to seriou2 work, and the inritations sent out for a garden party in an attractive college ...

... ITHE TRANSYAAL.1 BOERS' REPLY TO BRITAIN. BRITISH DEMANDS REFUSED. WAR CONSIDERED INEVITABLE. EXCITEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA. LVuvrai's TwiGRAM3S.) Cape Town, Saturday. The forecast of the Transvaal reply, already published, is confnned by reports from Pretoria. 'The reply does not accept the demands of the Imperial Government en bloc. Great excitement prevails in Pretoria at, the prospect of the ...

... I~e sea- Cut Balmoral Castle, September 19. The Queeni drove out yesterday afternoont, accompanied by the Duchess of York, and attended by the Dowager Lady Churchill. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of York visited the Duke and Duchess of Con- naught at Abergeldie Castle on Sunday afternoon. His Royal Highness, accompanied by the Duke of Connaught and the Duke of York, and attended by Major ...

... CAM 0NS . * ti;t %3tstahlon (FRtoM OuRa CoPnesPoNhNT.) :- Cairo, 5th September, 1899. GYMKIHANA. A very successful gymkhana' was held on the Outer Square at Kasr-el-Nil on the 2nd of September (the, anniversary of the b.t ottle of Omdurman). The following conopetitors won prizes:-Tilting at the pint pot, by tdcycle - teams of four per company 1 C Cornpany (Privates H. Sefton, VU. Sefton, ...