of last year. The »ward with the biggest valuation is Ferryhill, with £194,058, followed by Rubislaw with £183,886, and St Clement's, £135,341.

Thus a girl once declared she would repeat after the vicar at the marriage service which was according to the rites of the Church of England. Afterwards she boasted to her husband that she had done so, and that —now that women were emancipated—she had no intention of obeying him

PROTEST AGAINST SPECULATION IN EXCHANGE. The public protests and indignation over the recent excessive speculation exchange on the Vienna Bourse culminated yesterday in noisy demonstrations outside tho Bourse. A crowd of some 2000 persons attempted to storm the building. Several

The Thistle Harriers held their annual general meeting last night in their clubrooms Seymour Street. The following members were elected to the various offices: —President, Wm. Milne; vice-president. H. Forrester; secretary and treasurer, Dickson Hogg: captain, J. Walker; vice-ca

KNOCKED OVER BY WAVE WHEN PADDLING. William Wheatland, a married man of mt ° r to as drowned while paddling the sea. He was playing with two little children when a large wave knocked him over and foTheln w re"' t0 tor help were seen by large crowd including his wife, but all eff

PROPOSED PARISH COUNCIL RATES. The Executive of the Scottish Labour Council met in the Labour Party Offices, Glasgow, yesterday afternoon to consider unemployment relief, and unanimously recommended Parish Councils to adopt the following scale 20s per week for each adult. 30s fo

Fife Agricultural Society Directors' meeting in Cupar yesterday under the ehairmanship of Lord Cochrane of Cults appointed the following: judges for the Autumn Seed Grain and Root Show to be held in Cupar: Seed grain—James Elder, Haddington; reserve, John Crichton, Ladybank. Tur

Ruby M. Ayres. A Great Big Love Storv, Pathetic but sweet, presented Scenes Great Beaut Alsq. " OF THE STORM COUNTRY." Mary Pickford, the World's Foremost Motion Picture Star, in the Play that made her famous. VHV PICTURE HOUSE, NETHERG ATE. Continuous, 6.00 to 10.30. Saturday.

LIVERPOOL, Tuesday—Sugar, baoon (Cumberlands), lard, cheese, and batter steady, unchanged. Rice quiet. Coffee firm. Cocoa, resin, gum, and hemp steady. Linseed, £19 10s. Petroleum unchanged. Turpentine, 71s. lostic, and quiet Palm oil steady. Soft oils 425. Kernels firmer. £22 1

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