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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1012, 2 March 1882, Page 2

... "Justice's" letter will appear to-, morrow. Sunday next being the first in the. month, there will be a churoh parade of the Greytown Volunteers. Mesßra David Cadenhead and Adam, Donald, builders, of Featherston/have filed a declaration of insolvency. Prom an announcement in-another column it will be seen that Mr H. Saint has purchased the butchering bu-siriess • of Messrs Everitt and Wood, of Featherston; We wish Mr Saint sucoess in his new venture. In our local re Mr John Yourg's new ironmongery warehouse at Welliuston, an error occurred. The building was not built by, but for Mr Whitehouse, and by Mr Eansom. There are two shops in the block, one of them will bo occupied by Mr Young, and the other by Mr Whitehouse. At a meeting held last night at the Empire Hotel, by thoso interested in th e proposed swimming tournament, it was resolved that there should be no handicapping in. the various events, and that all competitors should be required to compete in full bathing costume. We understand that Mr Edwin Arnold,

basketmaker, of Masterton, cqiitemplates : making extensive alterations to his premises, which will have the effect of greatly improving the appearance of that part of Queen-st. Mr Arnold is now- holding a clearing sale of perambulators, basketware &c-, &(*, , at greatly reduced prices, Considering the weather, Messrs Lowes and lorns bad a good attendance at their Featherston sale yesterday. There was a fair competition for stock, and all lots . offered were disposed of at satisfactory prices, Fat bullocks fetched £6lss and £l, fat cows M 15s, steers £4.5s to £5 2s Gd, sheep from 6s to 7s 6d, Alfred Krupp, the owner and creator of the largest gun foundry in the world, was born at Essen on April 11,1811, and as his father was a gun-maker,' and the boy had a passion for making toy fire-arms. The lad's genius outstripped all precedent, and, more than keeping pace with modern invention, he devised implements of death which have terrorised soldiers of nearly every nation. 1 i The Greytown and Lower Valley service committee met on Tuesday evening at Mr Wood's office, when the tenders for • service were opened. There we're sevenin all, when it was decided that the one ; from Mr R. Tilson be accepted. It was also decided that a memorandum' be drawn up and signed by subscribers to : the fund, and also one to be signed bv the contractor. Mr F. H. Wood was appointed chairman,secretary and treasurer,. In the R.M. Court this afternoon the proprietors of the Wairarapa Daily sued .MrA. W, Renall for £lsloa, being the amount of certain advertisements author- ■ ised by members ,of Mr Renall's Committee at the time he was a candidate ; for the North Wairarapa electeral district. Mr Bunny appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr Renall conducted his own defence, At the time we went to press the case was proceeding, and we hold over our report of it for our next issue, The Czar of Russia has invented a very useful way of testing his popularity ; He recently advertised for any unsiven number of young men who resembled him in stature and personal appearance, to walk up and down the mam street of St Petersburg between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. daily. The salary was 50 roubles a day, and they were to get themselves up as ike the Czar lis possible. Out of fifty men who volunteered to personate Czar, only one escaped and his name was Ivan Storogoff Michaelpeanutsoyitch, •He had the sense to put on. a red« Wig and go round with a bomb in each hand, and thus passed for a lover of freedom- The other forty-nine, were all ■ assassinated .Within three quarters of an hour, their last moments being ;embittered by the reflection that they had not drawn theirsalary in advance. It is reported that New Zealand is to be visited shortly by some of the best runners from Australia. A great fire has occurred at Glasgow. The Finnieston steamship works caught fire, and were destroyed before the conflagration could be stayed. The dama°e is estimated at £20,000. ■ ° , Special attention is called to Rapp andr Hare's price list, which will be found on ou < front page. For clothing, boots, ironmongery , and grocery, they will be found the cheapes, and best house in the trade.—To Farmers— 1 Just arrived, Harvesting Gloves; 1,000 Corn Sacks, equal to new, at 7s 6d per 1 dozen,-[Am] ; i Carterton v Masterton.—As a proof of who . are the cheapest storekeepers in the Waira- i rapa \ve wish to draw our readers' special i | attention to B, A, Gardener & Son's advertisement on our front page. This firm is f determined to keep up their reputation, i From the time of then'commencing business ! in .Carterton they have repeatedly proved that they can withstand competition, no matter how strong. It is therefore ridicu-: ? lous for another storekeeper from a neighboring township to post price lists to their customers and pretend to sell at wholesale 0 prices, when for the smallest quantities B, * A. Gardener & Son supply, goods in almost o every instance 10 to IS per cent cheaper, and in large quantities still further conces b sions are made.—/ Ann - „