The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-11-30

MAsoSIc-Thc regular mcuthly nccting o. Hau
allan Lodge No. n. win be held a. their Hall On
Queen street. Menday evening next. At the usual
hour. A. fall attendance expected. Election q
Ofiocrs, SO.
Musrc.-Ths band will PIsy THE afternoon at
Emma Square. ., 4 o'clock, with the following
programme
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saectlsa ope1, Tbs $50 q EoeisE ....-".. .nsiE
Sack foAa, Fer fcfco. STRAUSS
The next moonlight concerts VIII take place 90
thursday. Dec. ., aud on Monday. Dec. .. At Emma
Square. at "A O'Clock ?. N. Ha..kA
ES- Oae OF The pleasanlssi Affairs Of Ne KIDD oD
Ibe holiday this weok. was The piculc given By
Capt Benz Whitney and lady At The svasids. Wal
Xii A numerous company were prexent 81 ladies
and gentlemen A1d children, numbering abouta
hundred persons. There was a sumptnOus repast.
followed by dancing. while q good many enjoyed
the luxury Of . SABBATH. Cor which the n~eighbor.
hood affords excellent facilities. All enjoyed
themselves exceedingly. and on r~riurninE 10 town.
the dancing ones Of the party proceeded 10
Williams Hall, where The pleasant exercise was
kept up until past midnight
NAVAL CouNr Of Enquiry into the causes Of the
loss Of the British bark Eskbaak on the ref near
HOnOlalu. which occurred GA the "a o. tho present
month. Was held on Saturday last, the asa, on board
II. b. Ms ship Opal. Capt Robinson. now lying
In this port The Court consisted Of Capt. Robinson.
As President. two LieutenAnis Of the Opal. aud
Capt. Daniel Smith, an experienced shiP mAstsr. the
HArbor Master Of the port. The hiding o. the
COSrt was that the mAster Of the Eskbask bed
shown a want Of Judgment In placing hhs ship In
the position in which she was when she went ashore.
and the decision WAS that his certificate a. msuier
mariner be suspended for one year. We learn how
ever that the decision is no, FINAL. a. the proceedings
must be submitted to the Board % Trade o. Lotdcu.
unlawful KEKosENE.-On the 18Th at The pres.
ent month. a ehinaman named Hoo Moon (moOn.
eyed y who keeps a small store on the corner 81
Merchant and Alakea streets, sold 10 a native
named PA, a bottle Ofkerosene OIL containing sum-
eient 10 on two ordinary bracket lamps. A lamp
was filed from the bottle AZ PAls house. aud krpf
burning through the night, on account Of sickness
in the family. Towards morning IL exploded,
coming very near causing a contagrati0n. Some
OF the oil was taken 10 DR.. StRngenvald cot AaAly,
sis and proved to be. Of quite allow grade aud
almost as dangerous A. gunpOwder. The infam-
mable vapor or gas stood at 20 ? fabgepbeiL aud
the OH Itself would take Gre at &c Fahrenheit.
By the session laws Of 1873, page 70. ia made a
misdemeanor 10 import or sell any Kerosene OF +.
other Illuminating oils, q which give od an lnHanf
mable vapor at a tempcratuus 81 less Than onn
hundred degrees Fahrenheit, 4" and the punfshment
for % doing IA "a fine OF not less than atty nor
more than one hundred dollars, or by imprison.
ment at hard labor not more than one year. oT by
both fine and imprisonment. la the discretion 0f
the Court" In the present case, which IL the nrst
under the statute, Hoo Moon was nned $50 and
costs, and the Judge warned him 10 be very careful
what quality of oil lac dealt 10, eaying that II an.
other case OF the kind came up n very severe
punishment would be administered We think 4
Is well 70 state here that the brand ~ ol Ga thla
instance was the " Eureka