... THE Wl' EATH'IER. I 'lThermometer and Barometer. MEkDINGS AT 2 A. M. TO-DAY. An~nx> BAWo- 60 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3')' -1 .~ iz ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ;~ i 9trx ~~~~~MOON. i :1 A, . 0-. 1iM 2l l ets.. 54 - . 3'Zcd A.M. i lligh Water la Aber. 1 9'73 AM. ,i .. j 9 . . The barometer has risan, and i - the weather is Inore settledJ , I Li FOtRECASTS FOR1 TO-D)AT. The following forecasts ...

... SwING OUT' QUEIR TAINGS. GLASGOW LADY'S MARVELLOUS STORY, A decade or two ago newspaper reporters r- ceived their instructions the night before what they were to do on the following day, but every year that system is becoming more obsolete. Journalists now, if they wish to satisfy their em- ployers and write up matter which the public will read, have to search for news if they are worth their ...

... I THE GORDONS' ROUTE . MARCH. JOUMSRY TO BRUCKLA | CASTLE. COLONEL DOWNMAN AND THE' E1DM- PLOYMENT OCF SOLDIERS. Continuing their route march, the detachment of the let Battalion Gordon Highlanders left Hatton yesterday morning, and journeyed across the country to Brucklay Castle-a distance of about 13 miles-where a field had been placed at their disposal by Mr Dingwall Fordyce for pitching ...

... IPOFE3QRR tROBE*FPMON, ABERDE UN, ON SUNDAY SIOHO}L WORJ.. Last right the third session of the Aberdeen Sunday School Union's normal class for Sunday school teachers was opened in the Central School. :NMr David Maanson, president of the oinion, oc- cupied the chair. and was accompanied by Prof. Robertson, Mr FyNe, who is to aet as leader of the class, and Mr Brown, the secretary. Al apology ...

... AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AT ABEIuDERN UNIVERSITY. TIYBEROU)LO§S IN CATTLE. A meeting of the Joint Committee on Agri- cultural Education was held yesterday afternoon at Mlarisohal College-Rev. Dr Smith, New- hills, presiding. The other members present were Principal Sir William D. Geddes, -Mr Jas. Campbell, Old Cullen; Dr Tait, Inverurie; Dean of Guild Walker, Aberdeen; and Lieutenant- Colonel F. ...

... IMPROVDAtENTS AT WLNDOR ROYAL VAULT. An important and at the same time very prac- tical improvement is now being carried out in connection with the sepulchre of kings and princes, queens and princesses, beneath St George's Chapel hnd the Albert Memorial Chapel at Windsor Castle. No burial plate has ever perhaps been so strictly preserved from thse general eye as this, only Her Majesty and her ...

... THE GORDONS' ROUTEj MARCH. RECERPTION AT TURRIFF, ENCAIMPMtENT AT HATTON CASTLE. The detachment of the let Battalion Gordon Righlandors left Fyvie yesterday morning, and continued their march to Turriff in beautiful #ni weather. Ti'ts, indeed, is the first occasion on which they have been able to accomplish a stage of their journey without the inevitable accom-ho ipaniment of rain, Scriking ...

... I During the last few years a considerable amount of work has been effectively accomp- lished in connection with the restoration of Clonfert Cathedral, under the supervision of Mr J. F. Fuller, F.S.A., architect All has been done with the greatest reverence and care. The chancel has been thoroughly restored. The de- cayed wooden flooring has been removed, and specially designed tiles laid down ...

... t .ilerd een crim, OlF~iev-BROAD SnErTF, ABXERDEEN. LoNVON O1'Fpamf-5 NEW OUDGEX WVRErT, B.C. I RLI;ORAMS- AB~FRDEE [N JOUaNAF., ABERDBEIN. TfELEPliONF-N(. 37. ABERDEEN. SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 1899. NEWS SUMMARY. It is semi-officially stated that, as the result of vesterday's Cabinet Council, the Government has, in the absence of any reply fom the South Atrican l'epublic to their last despatch, ...

... I DOES INSHORE TRAWING AFFECT OUR * lZLia: SUPPLY :9 I _ Much useful information is to be obtained from an article appearing in the October number of the Windsor Magazine, on Trawling for Scientific Purposes. The writer enys:-It has been the fate of this country to take a leading part in imposing restrictions affecting the fisheries around our coamt, The International Convention did not ...

... JTRA.NSVA-AL! DECISION OF BRITISH CABINET NO REPLY FROM KRUGER DELAY IN BRITISH DEMANDS. PARLIAMENT TO BE CONVENED. TH 0, QUESTION OF PEACE OR WAR. The Press Association is informed that Her Majesty's Goveriment has not yet received wny reply from the South African Republic to their last despatch. In its absence they have agreed to the drafting of a despatch formulating their own pro- posals ...

... KINCARDINESHIRE OONSESR I VATIVE ASSOCIATION. I AMINUAL lMEETE The annual general meeting of tho Kincoardine- shire Conservative Association was held in the Townhall Buildings, Stonehaven, yesterday, when there was a large attendance of members. Among those present were-Sir Alexander Baird, Bart, of Urie; the Hon. C. J. Forbes 'T'refusis of Fettercairn; Colonel Berkley, Nether. ley House; ...