The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-04-01
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

| NOTES OF THE WEEK.
tE- Mr. Barlow will sell on Thursday the entire
stock in trade of Mr.. Amau, at his sales room.
81 Good Friday, which occurs on the Sd inst.
will be observed as public holiday.
tE- The steamship Tartar will be due here Thur.
day or Friday, route from Sydney for San Fran
CISCO
fsg- On their benefit nights, last evening and on
Saturday evening, Mr.. and Mrs. Hoskins met with
very fattering receptions
~ The election at Waikiki took place on Mon
day last. There several candidates in the field
but we have not heard the result.
tg- The bark D. C Murray is probably eleven or
twelve days out to-day, and ought to arrive by Sat
urday or Sunday next.
~ The mail steamer Mikado will be due from
San francisco on Monday morning early, if she left
promptly on her schedule day March 2Sth.
A PRAISE sEkvIcE-will take place at Fort
Street Church ON Sunday evening next, In Amcri-
can cities praise services are quite frequent but this
will be the first ever held here.
~ The residence Of the Rev p J. Gulick, To-
Gated near Punahou College, including three acres
Of land has been purchased by Prof W. D. Alex
ander, for $1,000. Mr. Guck and his family leave
In the mail steamer for San Francisco Gu route for
Japan.
CMcKET-on Friday, the amateur cricketers of
Honolulu propose to match the married men against
the unmarried The game will be played on the
KulaokahaR plains where tents and every con-
venience will be provided for ladies and other
visitors Wickeis will be set at II O'Clock A NJ.
sF- Miss Maggie Knight returned on Saturday
in The steamer from her tour to the windward, hay
ing visited Lshaiua, Waiuku, llilo snd Waimea, at
each OF which places she gave concerts, twenty-five
in all. From what we hear she was well received,
wherever she went.
LOWER RATEs.-The Bullo,in SAYS: zone effect
Of the Inauguration OF the British line Of steamers
between California and China, is in reduction
Of passenger fares by the regular mail steamers.
The Japan, TO sail Monday, offers to take cabin
passengers at $50 TO Yokohama aud $500 to Hong
kong
SAN Francisco TRADES GUrDE-wo have re-
ceivcd from the publishers, D. NJ. Bishop & Co. Of
52l Clay ST san Francisco, copy OF :he semiannual
Trades Guide and California Directory for January,
1874 giving the names OF business firms in thirty OF
the towns and cities OF California For reference it
is a valuable hand book.
A PATENT SEoURED.-william Shaw, Of HOLSTER,
Monterey county, California, land formerly Of this
city, where he published the HauaiiaE zTHcs,) has
secured patent on new style OF type for use Of
printers. The device consists 10 making type with
smaller shoulder At some point Of their length,
so that In correcting q "prooln any letter can be
readily removed by inserting thin bodkin havinEa
hook formed its end so that the hook will catch
upon It's shoulder and allow the type TO be raised
vertically without disturbing any OF the adjoining
types
BRITISH VICE CONsUL.-AmouE the official notices
viii be seen the appointment Of Major Geo. Mac
farlane 10 be acting British Consul during the ab
seuce Of I. h. Davies, ESQ who leaves in the Tar
tar on visit 10 England. The appointment is very
appropriate, and we congratulate him on being the
recipient OF the distinguished honor conferred We
have always had great faith 10 young blood, and es
peciaIly when il possesses an Anglo Hawaiian cross
Lei Us seemore OF Young Hawaii in public positions
CLERK IN TIE Posi- oFr1cE-E Feuard, Esq,
who has for some years fued the above post with
eminent satisfaction the public has resigned and
intends shorty 10 leave with his family for "a bss
France, his native land. It Is matter OF regret 10
lose good citizens like Mr.. Feuard and We wish him
safe and pleasant voyage and prosperous future.
BE is succeeded IL the Post Office BIZ Capt. / B Pc
feson, whose appointment has been approved by the
Minister or the Interior. Il is one, we anticipate,
that VIII give general observation-disclosures,
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learn that one Of the trading and passenger boats
plying across the MolokEi channel was capsizc6 in
a sguall on Monday The sSd, when in mid shaDuel
There were three men in it at the time, who cluug
to the keel OF the boat. Two were drowned, the
third Judge KamaioPili, OF MoloSai, succeeded IN .
reaching Lanai in an exhausted condition, where
he remained when las, heard from. During the 1
inst night in the water the men saw and endoavored
10 hail the Steamer, bat could not make themselves
heard. The frequency with which these accidents /
occur in the above channel should lead TO efforts TO
secure better class Of bosis than used for con-
veyiug passengers between lahaiua and MOlokai
CHINESE II NV. YoRk.-It viii be Interesting to /
our Chinese readers 10 learn that in New York, the
commercial Emporium Of America, the Chinese .
New Years WAS Observed as here and elsewhere. A .
New York letter SAYS Yesterday the natives Of the
Celestial Empire residing in this city celebrated
ono Of their great days, which commenced to-day,
as their New Years. The Chinese Temple, which
IS situated within Eve minutes walk Of the City
han, is in a tumbledoWu baiiding Baxterstreet.
The number OF persons present was about four hun
bred, Of which, over one hundred took part in the
yesterday. There arc no Chinese wo-
men in New York.
The Cocoa NUT.-In the excellent account Of
Ceylou by the late Sir J. Z Tennent, be mentions
hat be was told by native the many uses
-or which the products Of the coeoa-uut tree were
made available. They were as follows: The nut
md its juices for food for drinking for oil, curries,
axes and cosmetics; the shell for cups, lamp,
spoons, bottles and tooth-powder; the fibre which
surrounds ii for beds, brushes nets, ropes, cordage
md cables; the fruit sap for spirits, and vine
ar; the blossoms for preserves aud pickles; the
web sustaining the footsalks serves for strainers
md fambeaux; the leaves furnish tweuty-seven ap-