The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-12
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

Minister OF Interior
Interior Office, Dec. sth. 1874.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
81 The mail steamship from Australia is coming
into port as We go to press. The mail for San Fran
cisco will close at the Post Office this P. N.
EVENING snLE-Mr. E P. Adams will offer q
fine lot Of Christmas Goods at Auction this even
ing-among other desirable things we note two
Yery handsome porcelain dinner sets, books, etc.
The FAIR Of the Ladies' Benevolent Society at
4 the Lecture Rooms of the Fort Street Church on
Thursday evening last. was a complete success,
the net receipts as We learn, being about 500.
i ~s> ANY one wishing to purchase a nice, new.
single-seat open buggy, is advised to call at the
blacksmith shop of Mr.. VIM. Weight, at Judd's
Wharf. - .
~ Rev. C. B. Andrews has resigned his con-
Election with the Makawao Female Boarding School.
Miss NJ. E.. Green has been chosen to take part in
the labors of that school, to be connected with
Miss Carpenter. -
THE LECTURE at the Bethel last evening by Pro-
fessor Moore, drew out quite a large audience Of la
dies and gentlemen, who were very agreeably inter
ested. Friend Moore is q pleasing speaker, and
handled his subject well.
Ms- Miss NJ. E. Green has resigned her situation
as Principal of the WaiaIua Female Boarding
School, to take effect in April, 1875. The school
will not be discontinued as enormously stated in
the Gazette Of this week. Arrangements will be
made to carry on the school as in years past.
THIS Is A GoAK.-Our devil wants to know what
is the matter with our neighbours daily bulletin. He
mildly eu00asta that durin0 the prooaDk doar nth Of
items, the shots fired by men-of-war in port at target
practice be recorded under the head of protected
departures. -
Could SEE IT BETTER.-One person was heard
enquiring of another last Tuesday aftern Don as to
how long the Transit would last? The answer
was, -" From 8 o'clock until 9 or 10 at night" "Ah,"
was the response, q then we can see it better after
Gark!" He was an Irishman, of course.
WATCH REOoyERED.--In the month of March, 1873,
a valuable gold watch belonging to Gov. Nahaole-
lua, was stolen from a package sent to Lahaina,
and no trace of it was found until last week, when
it was discovered in the possession of Q Chinaman.
He had bought 1t of a native and he OF another,
but it is believed that the Sheriff of Maui has got
the thief. -
4 SICK AMERICAN SEAMEN.-We learn that arrange
ments have been made between the u. S. Consul at
this port and the Trustees of the Queens Hospital
whereby the sick from American vessels will be
lodged and treated at that institution. This it is
believed will be to the advantage of all concerned.
+ FROM HMo.-Our correspondent, under date of
I'd inst, informs us that the bark Camden
arrived at that port from Puget Sound on the lst,
with a cargo of lumber to Mr.. Reed. He adds
- After twenty-four days fine weather it commenced
to rain yesterday, and as a natural consequence
- IL 80
NATIVES DRoWNED-A letter from Mi. Meyer at
Molokai, dated Dec. 4, states that q boat capsized
in the channel between Molokai and Lanai, con-
tanning six persons, two of whom were drowned
and fourreached the shore in an exhausted condition,
at Kaunakakai. 1t appears that the boat sank
when about midway of the channel, and the men
swan over ten miles to reach the shore.
FREE Alphabetically, as we learn, the traffic in
ava is now carried on without restriction. That is to
say, the native q physicians > licensed in these days
by the Hawaiian Board of Health, , are in the
habit of granting certificates to use ava to a4y one
Who will apply for them-and pay the fsA,f The
police find that it is useless to try to stop tbs exces-
and irregular use of ava, and so it seems that
it must be allowed to run on in its destructive course,
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MUSIC THIS AfIEAhOpA.-lne Danu Will pay ~
Square, commencing at four o'clock. The
following is the programme:
La Hanau o Ka Moi, Feastmarch, new. Berger
Overture, Opera, NabucOdonosor
Pretty Birds, Waltz
Selection, Opera, La D4mebIanehe .BOildicu
Ball, Polka, Frsnqals
: aubGEs'ePs bse coitegs- Ri3isre
MASONIC The following are the officers elected
p the two Lodges in this city for the ensuing year:
Lodge e Progress de rOeeanie, No. 124 A. F.
and A. NJ.
WIN. 3. Wright..."..."W:M
B. r. Davidson ".
H. l. sheldon W.
E-B. Frel Secretary.
is. Treasurer, re-eieetedl
LHa,caiian Lodge, No. 2I, F. and A. NJ.
K. Fyfe..-.-..".....W II, (re-eleetedl
GU. ole....---....-.S-W
w. =. Wilcox.--.......J. W.
PA. Treasurer, (seleetedl-
GEoLoGY.-The study Of this science Is very fas-
inating. All it's facts, as shown by Lyell. Hux-
ey and other writer's, tend TO indicate an antiquity
which we are beginning 10 form but q dim idea.
1t the Foreign Office in Aliiolani Hale, may be
cen some interesting geological specimens, col
ected from Europe, as well as all the different
,inds of lava found on these islands, besides other
inds OF island rocks, including quartz crystals.
The latter are from the most minute in size up to
rystaIs an inch in length and half an inch thick.
The Minister will be happy to receive specimens
Or the cabinet from collectors on the other islands.
re- The Rev. DR.. OhColnor, q Catholic elegy-
nan, who is making the tour of the world, and en-
aged in visiting Catholic Mission stations, has
staying here about two months, during which