The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-01-30

giving concerts at Christchurch, New Zealand, at
last accounts.
ms- We are requested by the Postmaster Gen.
eral to state, that letters for the East will be re-
served to be sent by the steamer expected next
week, unless marked "per d. G. Murray"
FATAL ACcIDESr.-On Tuesday last a seaman On
the U. S. s. TuscarorG, while engaged in some
duty aloft, lost his hold and fell overheard, strik-
the side of the ship in his descent. He must have
been killed almost instantly, and the body was re-
covered only by diving. He was buried on the
following afternoon.
SUPFLEMENF.-For general information, we print
with our paper to-day a supplement containing the
Circular addressed to our planters by Col. Spald-
ing, Agent of the San Francisco Sugar Re6neries.
In the opinion of DISTINGUISHED parties, who are
we'll qualified to judge in the premises, the terms
on which Col. Spalding offers to contract for the
crop are such "a may be advantageously accepted.
SIGNAL SERvIcE.-In addition to the stations
mentioned in the article on this subject on our
outside. it is not generally known that Prof. Clarke,
of the Haleakala Boys School, East Maui, has re-
Gently received the necessary Instruments, ETC.,
from the principal Office at Washington, and that
regular observations will hereafter be taken by
him and forwarded there.
For THE EAsr.--The bark D. c. Murray, OF the
regular packet line, will sail positively for, San
Francisco on Monday next, taking a mail. The
Cty of Melbourne, steamer from Australia, it; has
been prognOsticated will arrive on Thursday next,
but experience has taught us not to look for regu-
larity in the arrival Of the boats from the south,
and consequently no schedule that can at present
be prepared here will be of any appreciable valae.
( SWEET CoRS.-Sunter, who provides the city
with green corn for the table, has recently grown
some from seed received from California, which is
of the genuine sort known in the Eastern States as
" sweet corn" This was the only kind eaten
green when we were a boy "Down East" When
boiled it is nearly a pure white and very tender.
while the sort known as Southern corn" is
yellow and has Il large kernel. Sweet corn soon
runs into the yellow in these islands, and it is nee
essary to constantly import the seed.
HOPIuM-On Tuesday last, the Police Magistrate
gave judgment in the opium smuggling case, by
Imposing a fine of 500 on the Chinese woman, in
whose possession ten boxes of the drug were found
shortly after the departure of the steamer Cyphre-
Des on her last voyage from Sydney to San Fran
cisco. 1t appeared by the evidence that the opium
was brought to the shop on Nuuanu street kept by
III HOudug Dy ~ VI II petty 9LAiCeTs Of u
steamer. The price paid was SO per box, and it
is worth SIC here. We understand that an appeal
has been noted to the Supreme Court.
4 ILLICIT Enthusiastically in the Police
Court, a native man and woman were fined, re-
spectively 500 and $50, on a conviction for dis
tilling okolehao, or native spirits, away up in
Kalihi Valley. Native detectives visited their
retreat in the dead hours of the night, and found
the man and woman busy feeding the fires of
barrel into a bowl. A bottle was bargained for
and bought with a dollar, a drink was taken as a
precautiOn against the effects of the night air, and
the detectives departed, coming straight to town
and placing the bottle in the hands of the police.
As a matter of course. in these halcyon days of
jury trials, the parties noted an appeal, and it is
very probable that they may be acquitted.
PUBLIC MEETING.-In pursuance of a call of which
we gave notice last week, a large concourse of
assembled at Kaumakapili Church on Mon
day evening last, to take measures for a proper
reception of His Majesty. whose arrival is expected
during the coming month. The Meeting was duly
by the appointment of a President, Vice
Presidents and a Secretary, and resolutions were
adopted, declaring the sense of the meeting in !
favor of a public demonstration of welcome to His
on the occasion of his return from the
United States, and appointing a Committee Of thir-
teen to take measures for carrying out that object
The following is the Committee: Messrs. E. Miks-
lemi, E. p. Adams, z. Poll, p. C. Jones, j. Makus, /
J. II. Patty, D. Kahanu, s. B. Dole, L.. Keliipio, W. /
". Hall, A. Kalauli, J. S. Smitbies, and ". s.
J