The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-06-12

Tr<rn ANNIVERSARY OF THE LADIES STRANGERS
FRIEND SocIETY-This Society held its Tenth Ami
versary, by invitation, At the Odd Fellows H"!'. on
Thursday afternoon and evening. June 9TH. The
I apartments were beautifully illuminated, and the
+ entertainment bountfui. having besn conducted after
the picaic style. Tue object of me two Societies ap-
pears 10 lie almost identical. although the internal
management may differ. = is gratifying to know
that both gentlemen and ladies in Honolulu vie with
each other in their efforts to alleviate suffering, re-
ueve the distressed. and befriend the stranger IN
need. While the odd Fellows literally support those
Of their own order, the Ladies spread their " mantle
( OF charity 3" over those whose claim Is only. that they
are ,. strangers in a strange land May both be
prospered in their exalted and Praiseworisy efforts
From the following report, it will appear what have
been the receipts and disbursements during the past
ten years:
To tie President Of the Strangers Friend Society:
The undersigned, Treasurer Of the Stranger Friend
Society, would respectfully present the following re-
port for the year ending June 3, 1862. BY referring
10 the account book Of the Society. herewith trans
mitted, it will appear that the ioclcjy has at this
time invested the sum Of $3.50, drawing interest at
the rate Of - per cent. per year. The amount OF
cash on hand IS Sl7I %, making the available
means Of the Society at this time, SIT 90. The
amount expended for charitable objects by order OF
the President, As will he seen by the accompanying
vouchers, has for the past year been S39l IL The
total receipts of the Society since its organization IN
1852 have been : 1913 50, and the average annual
expenditures for the objects of the Society during
that period have been $500 OS.
With many wishes for the future prosperity of the
Society, remain, very respectfully yours,
A. +. AUSTIN, Treasurer.
The following are the names of the officers for the
ensuing year
Mrs. S. c. Damon. President.
Mrs, W. Aldrieh' VTce Presidents.
Mrs. l.. Smith, Secretary.
Mrs. j. w. Austin, Treasurer. r
Miss Alice Brown, DirectreSS.
COUNTER CURRENTS The American ship -fRnis
Kim5aH arrived from Otago, New Zealand, last
Thursday, with a cargo of discontinued gold-hunters,
and sailed again for Victoria on Friday. We received
no papers by her, but from her passengers we learned
that " the diggins' were very shallow, and that the
experienced gold men from Australia who had arriv-
ed there before them had extracted all the gold.
Numbers were still arriving from the old countries.
but larger numbers were leaving-some for Austria
liza, some for Victoria. some for California. So Gibbs
and flows the tue of human population, all tending
to people the lands and islands of this ocean. with
the surplus of Europe.
p The las; issue of our contemporary corrects us
for stating that it gave utterance to the false charges
against the Lahaina Representatives as did the
Pakipika. We have not "A full file of the Polyne-
sian, but are willing to take its word in the matter,
and therefore correct our statement. The birdlings
look so nearly of a feather, that it should not be
wondered at if one is sometimes mistaken for the
other, for generally they both think alike, if they
don't always utter the same sounds.
- The Morning Star sails next week, probably
ON II Wednesday,. for the Caroline Islands.