The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-08-21

FIEE-The alarm CT Tuesday morning last was
taused by the burning Of 4 barn on the premises
fof Judge Jones, On King street below of The Ka-
~waiahao Church. The origin 81 TIRE sre j. un-
knowu-lo>s about $500.
4 yIsTr To THE LEFERs-The .Nsnis .NerrII
sailed on Thursday for KaunakAkAi, AlolokAi,
where she will take On board II. r II. PrinSc Lelei-
ohoku and II. II. r Keelikolani and proceed to the
LepeE settlement. Returning 10 Ksurakskai. the
Prince wHl arrive at Honolulu on Tuesday next.
S,yrrARIuN on EAST MAuI-Some Of the residents
Of even that fine climate desire to Z" go up higher
aud base this summer insugura,ed the practice Of
setiFing with heir families TO a position jusi outside
the :ores; on the slope Of Haleaksls, at an elevation
Of some 1000 feet. and near a rater-ccurse, where
they intend to build 3 hamlet and cali il their = san
! i,arium.
: AXIS IN KoNt.-A recent visitor 70 the district Of
Kona, Hawaii, informs us that the ants are becom-
ing not only 5 nuisance but a pest for they injure
growing crops Of potatoes and tarof That beautiful
portion Of Hawaii, once the most densely populated
district in the group and the tavorile residence fthe
chiefs. is now comparatively deserted. there being
about one inhsbitant where there was twenty a few
years since.
VALUABLE AETICIEs.-A series OF articles in
course OF publication in the Islander. from the pen
Of Mr. c. J. Lyons, Of the Surveyor Generals
Office. on tie Land System Of these islands. are
full OF valuable information conveyed in an at
tractive style. They are well worthy Of preserva-
ton in a more durable shape than the ephemeraI
pages Of a newspaper-even though that newsPa-
per be the Islander itself.
CEEDIrABLE-In the Springfield Republican, Of
July 9th, We find the following paragraph al
"Chun Lung, whose father, Mr.. Along, is q pro-
minent citizen of Honolulu, S. l.. entered Mr.. Steb-
bins's collegiate institute early in November. 1874,
desiring TO complete his preparation for college.
About one year and a quarter Of work, as ordinarily
laid down, remained to be done. He has just re-
turned from the examination at Yale with clean
papers. This certainly is quite creditable TO him.,
since only between 80 and 40 Of the $50 candidates.
who were examined came out of the ordeal without
conditions"
HAWAIIAN CoAT OF ARMs.-The national insigniaAl
beautifully painted by the late Paul Emmert for
Mr.. Wyllie some years ago, at a cost 10 the latter
OF about 500, was recently exposed for sale in an
auction room several weeks, and at length was
down for the sum of seventy-ive cents!
appreciated by the purchaser, it was again
put up and sold for n dollar,-a significant evi.
dence of the patriotism extant. Eventually ii was
purchased at an advance on the last price by thesl
Postmaster General, who has given il a coat of /
now appropriately adorns bis Office. '
The AUSTRALIAN LINE.-A report comes by the :
of San Francisco, that the Parliament of New :
South Wales had approved of the tender by the
Pacific Mail Company to run the line via Fiji direct, '
without touching at Honolulu, a 11-knot service, the :,
subsidy to be e100,0 900. 1t is possible that it may ,"
De proposed to give these Islands the go-by, but we "
ire inclined to doubt it much. At a low estimate, ;.
,ur trade IS worth $1,000 a month TO the steamers, :
II 100000 a year, not to mention other advantages :
in making this q port Of call. We find the =
blowing telegram in the fila of the 3lst ultimo =,
New YORK, July 30th.-A cablegram has been .
eceived from Australia announcing the fact that the :"
Australian. Parliament had ratified the contract with }
he Pacific Mail Steamship Company, for a monthly ?
for eight years at $500, 900 per annum." g
NAvAL~-H. 1. NJ. s.. RspulSe, Admiral Cochrane, 81
rived at this port from Kauai on the 18th, having a
ouched at Kealakekua and Maui. She anchored ii
Inside, being unable to enter the port on account 81
f her draft of water. She exchanged salutes with sc
he PunchboWl Battery on the day Of her arrival. hi
he following is q corrected list of the officers at W
lched to the RepuiSe: pr
ARTHUR A L P CocHRANE, CB vi
T Grenfell -
scretIy:. BENJAMIN UrWick ~
terk 10 Secretary. l. Dymott If
citing Captain Frederick s Wander Meulen oil
citing Commander r Bromilow III
SCharles P G Hicks, Thomas de Hoghton, II
Lambton l. l. Bevan, Leonard 8 Ensor. th
ctfng Lieutenant. y CapeS
at Co1HmdHdeT.--. Henry 3 Ley
tdpldiH George NJ Sutton, BA on
APT. n. Robert Z Allen
.feIcy Cole1dge IN
agnastsr Edward f1 " u M aHfsan til
anal Instruct William w Lane, BA
3D. Lieufendnts .......... Spencer u Hesketh, X G Sparkea TN
dU. ub-Lieutendnt Thomas Z Thomas 20
George Curtis, Edward T. Moss, ND ID
William d Drew, James A Coliot. fol
ssistdHt P1yHdSteTS. John A Wood, William 9 Andrews
Alexander r Mcintyre, William L Beal (dcD on
Robert Findlay, John w Mckenzie, Ia,
Henry Brown o., Thomas Baldwin.
lJohn Baltic, on
l CO. ..... Jonathan Barrow, Thomas Reynolds iot
'rPenteF / Ci..:.:".....-.. .....:....Robert White me
William Hewetson, Henry c Kingsford
Charles w W Ingram, Prendergast s Garde La
''S"P"'e" Harold Charrington, Dayrel Davies, say
Thomas F w Ingram, Cecil Burney.
1U. MidshiPndH. Stanley A B Burney cal
erE. -. Francis r Smith T..
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