The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-03-16

believe this is unprecedented.
THE MARINE TELEGRAPH-Recently we have
heard frequent complaints that vessels bound in
are not signalized until after they pass Diamond
Head. The native man in charge of the outer sta
tion has occupied the position for a number of
years, and is perhaps getting tired and careless.
A CHANCE.-A prize of $40, coo is offered by the
CounciI-G General of Guadeloupe for the best new
process for extracting the juice from sugarcane.
the cost not to exceed 40 per cent. of the market
value Of the product. The prize is open for COM
petition till June /, 1880. Cannot some of our
planters solve the problem?
MUsIo.-The band will play this afternoon at
Emma Square, at A! p. m. The following is the
programme
Overture, Opera-The Trumpeter of the Primo. .Bazin
SSrenadeGfa Ts" 11he,iuLth
b Clarinet Soo-Concert .schreiner
COrnet Quartett-It is by God Ordained, (new). Mendelssohn
CIR selection, Opera-Gerusalemme..
The next Moonlight Concert at Emma Square,
will take place on Tuesday next, March 18th, at
~half-past seven, P. N.
To WHOM IT MAY CoNcERN.-An abundance of
shade-trees is a solace, a comfort, a thing of joy,
but when the pendant limbs of the algeroba or
hau so far forget the rules of propriety as to LAGER
ate burrows across your cheek, or to light up the
surrounding gloom with flashes of lightning upon
your retina, you involuntarily invoke the shades
of your ancestors, and call upon the Superinten-
dent of streets to protect you. The public would
like to know who is clothed with power to compel
lot-owners to abate this dangerous nuisance.
W. Kenny WATsoN.-We had the pleasure this
week of a call from this gentleman, of the we'll
known firm of Glasgow machinists, Messrs. Mirlees.
TAFT & Watson-specimens of whose work may be
found on a number of our plantations. Mr.. Wat
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the islands during his stay here of several months.
saw of the capabilities of the Country. He speaks
very confidently of the splendid future that is IN
store for US as a sugar producing country-if We
but improve our opportunities. The opinion of a
practical man, like Mr.. Watson, is worth noting.
BIRD SHooTISG.-A correspondent complains that
in the neighborhood of this city he has encountered
parties, evidently strangers, engaged in the business
of i~ndiscriminate shooting of birds. Among the con-
tents of a bag exhibited by one of these "pot-hunt-
ers," were several doves, and probably other impor-
ted insectivorous birds. The idea that the shooting
of these birds was contrary to law, was treated with
ridicule. It may be well to state for the Information
of all whom it may concern, that any person in the
district of Honolulu, who shall use or carry fire arms
for sporting purposes without having first obtained
q license from the Minister of Interior, is liable to a
fine of not exceeding $50 for each ofense; and that
any person who shall shoot or otherwise destroy any
insectivorous birds-such as doves and mynahs-
brought from foreign countries for the purpose Of
propagating their species within this kingdom, is
liable to q fine of SO for each ofense.