NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 7269, 24 July 1893, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The O Battery will hold a Government parade to-morrow evening. After the parade a meetiag will be held to eleot a lieutenant. Recruits are now being enrolled, and young men desirious of joining should apply at once. A good many of our readers will he very glad to hear (hat Mr J. Stuart, of Hafton, Otaio, is recovering in the most satisfactory manner from the serious accident be met with a few weeks ago near his residence. Mr Stuart is now able to take walking exercise ■ and (here is every promise that be will soon be restored to bis usual robust health. A lady passenger fell off the express for Christchurch on Saturday evening, as it started from the Timaru station. Fortunately she fell on the platform, and two persons standing near, caught her and prevented her getting over the edge, and thus saved her from certain death. The lady fainted, perbaps even as she fell, and Constable Beddek and another official carried her into the ladies waiting room, and she was presently brought to her senses. The lady complained of pain in the knee, and Dr Lovegrove was sent for, but he found that no serious hurt had been occasioned by the fail.

At the close of the Sabbath school service yesterday afternoon the teachers of Trinity Presbyterian School met in the vestry, when the Bev. W. Gillies, on behalf of her fellow teachers, presented Miss Adams, who is leaving Timaru to reside in Edinburgh, with a silver butter cooler and knife as a token of the respect and esteem in which she has always been held. In bidding her good bye Mr Gillies and other speakers joined in wishing the recipient a pleasant and safe ▼oyage. They referred to the many good qualities she possessed, and to her regular attendance at the school on Sabbath afternoons, and expressed the hope that she would find a similar sphere of usefulness in the city to which she is going. Mr Stark replied on behalf of Mies Adams, expressing her thanks for their present and the remarks made. He pointed out that while she was teaching others she was also gaining valuable instruction herself. No doubt if any of the teachers should ever visit Scotland, Miss Adams would be pleased to see them, and to serve them from the dish which they now presented her with. WHAT SPOILS A LADY’S APPEARANCE ? _ A bad complexion! which is generally brought about by the use of a bad soap. Pear’s Soap makes the hands white and fair, the complexion bright and clear, and the skin smooth and soft as velvet, as is amply testified by thousands.—[Advt ]