The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-12-25

pArcnly returned. ihe sail boat race which has
been in a~bsyauce ever SINCE The Kiug- birthday
will come % at 10 O'Clock tb, forenoon Three
boats have been entered
FoR THE TErAu.-The management q the Cali
fcrnia Redueries have siguidci to J c. Paager, Esl
nov a, the last, their intention 10 all by their in
auence the final passage u the Hawaiian ReciPro-
city Treaty. We have also seen 3 letter from s pro-
minent member % Congress from California, who
expresses himself as confident q its passage
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FINED TwryrY-FyE DoLLAEs-Capt Frazer. Of
the bark Hli.ois, abou, whose iltreaiment q bis
crew the san Francisco Chronicle made n great
parade. was tried in that city and 6neI the sum Of
s25-the evidence going to show that the men de-
served about al the punishment they received
PREMIUM PfcrrRr -The publisher Of the Kuokoa.
native newspaper. furnishes 10 every subscriber with
the new year. a handsome Iihograph picture Of the
Hawaiian Kings from RamehamehA l to KalakauA
The faces Of Kamehameha ~. aud V. are good like
nesses, but that Of Ills present Majesty fails TO give
the expression.
THE Scorer IN H,wAu-A recent number Of
the Scottish american Jogruul a well edited aud
well-priuted weekly published in New York city.
has an article entitled The Scotch Ca the sand
witch Islands. written from Honolulu. Iti made up
OF brief personal sketches OF prominent residents
who are from the " land Of cakes"
NAsoNc.-The Installation Of the officers elect
Of Hawaiian Lodge No q. r. aud a. NJ. takes
place at the rooms in Makec's Block on Monday
evening next at u o'clock. Visiting brethren in
viiei to attend.
The regular monthly meeting Of Lodge le
Progress De IOceanie, No. I24. \. r. aud A. NJ.
will take place at their room ou King street. on
Monday evening next, at "a o'clock. Installation.
Visiting brethren invited.
THE CONCERT at Kaumakapii church on Thurs
day last was rather SHINY attended. owing in a great
measure to an auction sale which attracted many.
The singing however was really excellent, and re-
fectei much credit on the two foreign ladies who
exerted themselves in that behalf The concert is
well worth repeating on some future evening. and
we hope to hear that the managers have decided 10
DO so during the moonlight season.
SrNDAY School CE1EHR,uo N-Tb children Of
Kawaiahao Sunday School will celebrate Christ
mas today by a procession through the streets
with banners and singing, and a choral service at
the Church. to wind up with a picnic under the
algaroba trees in the church yard. There will also
be a Christmas Tree in the Church, the fruits OF
WHICH VIII Hahc sotHt niue hearts kidu-
'Oh dear TO memory are those hours
When every pathway led 10 flowers
When sticks Of peppermint possessed
A sceptre's power 10 sway the breast,
Aud heaven was round US while We fed
On rich anbrosial gingerbread"
LIQUOR Casa case Of interest now pending
in the Supreme Court is a complaint against James
Haughton for selling intoxicating liquor to a native.
As we understand, the native went with one Koop-
mann to buy the liquor, which the defendant refused
to sell to the native, but did sell to Koopmann, who
was fined 500 for getting the liquor, and a charge
was brought against Haughton Of being accessory be-
fore the fact. This charge was afterwards changed to
that of selling as principal. The Police Court i'm
posed a fine Of $50, and on appeal to Mr.. Justice
Judd Of the Supreme Court, the fine was increased
to $50. From this an appeal has been taken to the
jury. The defense was that the sale was made to
Koopmann, and that the statute did not cover the
case.
LABOR SUPPLY IN FIJI.-A correspondent Of the
FIJI Times thus speaks Of the labor supply in that
group "Tui Thakau (the chief of a large distric)
exercises an arbitrary authority over the Cakau-
drove; he is applied to if a planter wants Fijians to
work for him, and he first receives his 1.-THE Of trade
or money, and then issues an order 10 tho subordi-
nate chiefs, who provide the stipulated number Of
men by a sort Of CONSUMPTION, which the poor ma
tives dare not resist. These are then taken by their
white employer before a magistrate. whose duty il is
to ascertain whether they are willingly engaged; but
practically they would be afraid to deny this, 6 and
they become submissive captives, in many instances,
against their interest and their WILL"
"A NOBLE SHP.-Las Saturday forenoon quite a
Of our citizens availed themselves Of the
invitation extended by Capt. Lachlan and the
agents Of the p. VI. Co. 10 visit the magnificent
steamship city Of San Francisco. The unanimous
verdict was, that she is in every respect the Gnest
ship that ever has entered this port. Her cabins
and saloons are palatial IN their arrangements and
fittings, and all the details Of the business Of taxi
ing care OF the comfort Of passengers seem absolute
Iy perfect. Capt. Lachlan informed US that every
thing in and about the construction Of the vessel
was Of American production. The City Of Sydney
soon to follow the other City" is to be in all
main particulars, a sister ship.
THE CHRONICLES LYING CoRREsPoSDENT.-In its
issue Of Dec. 9, the San Francisco Chronicle has an
other letter from " Dinwiddie, - its Honolulu CORES
This is supposed to be the Rev. I. VI.
Dawson, who arrived here last September and left
10. and who is reported in the newspapers to
have been under charges by the Presbytery Of Cali
fornia. In this letter, he repeats the story about
our people going naked " In the rural districts,
especially on Hawaii, the writer saw scores Of men
women as naked as when their mothers bore
them, with the exception, in some instances, Of a
clout so slender it could not be seen a short
distance away" We wonder what part Of Hawaii
this was, The following is a specimen Of this writer's
matter and manner
"Some years ago Kamehameha TIL, / think Il was,
his lands on the island Of Maui among his
native subjects, and to-day they DO not own a foot Of
il. What has become Of IL? The missionaries, or
their sons, or relatives, and q few other whites have
gobbled it all up, and the natives have become their
slaves, who serve on their plantations for such
wages, or none at all, az their owners see proper to
them. They are also heavily taxed 10 support
the Government, and are little better of in this