The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-03-02

Va are informed that at q meeting Of the Privy
Council Wednesday. it was decided zone member
dissenuag) to postpone all further action in regard
to the steamship subsidy for the present
FuNERAL OF rHE LATE Mn. TREApwAY.-Funeral
services we're held Monday 2. NJ at the residence
Of the late Peter II. TrvAdway, Esq, and the corpse
was conveyed to the steamer Kiiassa, FOR transpor-
ta;ion TO Lahaina, the procession being escorted by
Excelsior Lodge, No. /, l. o. o. +. Of which the
deceased was a member.
Ar rHE Posi- O~FuCE.-The Post Master is certainly
a public servant, and 10 discharge AIS duty properly
he must have system aud form. But while he Is IA
the act u distributing a mail. with his hand fua Of
letters, It cannot but be a detriment 10 his work 10
be shouted at from without" Here hAvn't you
made a mistake' just look again 90 &c, sc. We
have more than once witnessed such ineongruites,
perpetrated too by persons Of position, who should
be the last to be guilty Of them.
THE SIDE WALKs.-In some parts Of the city,
particularly on the lower part Of Nuuanu Avenue,
pedestrians on the side walks are annoyed aud in
eommoded by the oyerhanging s~hrub6ery sweeping
oil hats and endangering e~yesight. by the untrimmed
branches. Whose business is it to keep the public
thorougfares in orderg The popular falacy is that
there is an officer paid handsomely to attend 90 it.
TRUE the Hawaiian bark
Ka .uoi had sailed on Saturday last, u dog OF the
the German shepherd breed belonging to the vessel
and which had been acciiently lett behind, came to
the wharf, and discovering his misfortune, sat down
on his launches and howled for hours in despair. a
certain medical acquaintance Of ours. who though
little corporeally, possesses a very large heart, had
the friendless dog brought into his enclosure, pro-
vided with a collar and tag, and properly fed. a
merciful man is merciful to a beast"
THANKSGIVING N ST. PAUL's.-The eremoni Of
giving public thanks for the recovery Of the Prince
Of Wales, are announced to take place Feb. p in the
Cathedral of st. Paul's, London. Doubtless the
Queen and all the royal family will be present, and
the occasion will be made one of pomp and display.
But deep feelings of gratitude to Heaven Will 60 up
from many English hearts, for the death OF the
Prince would have been regarded as q great ma
tional calamity. -
ALMOST A FIRE.-Yesterday morning, the building
on the wharf near the old Custom House, known as
the ' Hawaiian Restaurant" came very near being
the scene of a confagration. A fire was kindled in a
stove about 6 o'clock, and left. with a pair Of pants
hanging over the stove pipe, near the dry wooden
ceiling. The unmentionables were blazing finely,
when the smoke attracted attention from people in
the street, who rushed up pant-ingly, and put out
the pants. Lucky it was in the day time.
ANorHER.-At about half past IL o'clock last
night. a policeman discovered a bright light on the
premises in the rear of HOLSTERS Soda Factory,
49,, ,.-o,t op1 nromptIv Oava tba alarm,
Several persons who happened to be stirring ia
the neighborhood ran to the place and soon extin-
guished the flames without getting out the Depart
ment. 1t was a small building used for storage of
bottles and boxes, and as no fire was used there it
is supposed to have been an incendiary attempt.
HONOLULU RIFLEs.-At the meeting of the Com
many last evening. the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
Captain-Chas. I. Gultck, Qre-elected)
2nd Lieut-C. A. Castle,
Quarter Mdster-M. I. Donnen, Qe-elected)
color Sergeant-L- c. Young,
orderly Sergednt-C. Bent.
5ra@ SSsrSs INV. Williams,
5 5m S ssTgsa%t-S. II McGregor,
SecTetdry-Chas. Williams,
Tteasurer-R. c. Austin.
MEETING OF MERCHANTS AND SHIP OwNERs.-The
meeting of merchants and ship owners at the Ocean
Insurance Office, at New Bedford, January LIST, was
called to order by Jonathan Bourne, Jr., Esq who
was appointed chairman, and William G. Taber,
Secretary. The subject, the effect upon the whaling
interests of the admission of seal and other oils free
/ of duty, and the necessity of preventing such intro
kduction was discussed by Messrs. W. W. Grape,
sJireh Swift, Jr., c.. r. Tucker and others. After a
+ free interchange of views, on motion of Mr.. Swift a
committee. consisting of Jireh Swift, Jr., W. ".
I Grape, William G.. Taber, John 2. Knowles, I'd, and
George r. Phillips was appointed, charged with the
] duty of taking such steps as they judge effective to
) protect the threatened interests Of the city. After
wards, on Mr.. Crapo's motion, the chairman, Mr..
: Bourne, was added to the committee and the meeting
9adjourned to the committees call.
Z DRINKryG FOUNTAINs-We would suggest that
while drinking fountains are being put mp in vari-
ous localities in town. one be placed on Queen
street near the hay scales. There is no place now
TO get a drink of water, nearer than the nearest
saloon. Gf we except the taps in stores and ware
s houses) and many a man has felt Obliged to call for
( something for which he could pay, upon entering a
i saloon. when a glass of water would have satisfied
/ him better. The not providing these fountains
may be classed amongst the sins Of omission, and
8should he attended to. While on the subject Of
water, we would like to enquire what is going to
be done about saving the supply that is now run
8ing TO waste from the valleys on either side OF the
We are aware of the fact that surveys have
been made of the Manoa valley water supply, but
what the opinion Of our engineers is in regard to
undertaking the building of domes and reservoirs,
quierl sabe. #
GONE THE RoUSDs.-In our issue Of the 4th Of
November last, we gave a translation of an adver-
r- 49, 100. g, x.n - cue voNfya yonr
nails, in which a married woman Of Kau forbade the
re-sbinment of her truant husband, whom she