The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-12-28

Chinese Bakery on Beretania street. near Nuuanu. IL vas
speedily extnguahei without the help ofthe FIRE Companies.
which promptly turned out That neighborhoot, IL may be
remarked. is a promising one hr a oOnaagrauon.
LIKEIIKE's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. travellers
will make a note Of the Timetable Of this nne steamer
forthe next three months. Her owners have isirly earned
the thanks Of the business public and community gene
rally for the promputude and regularity with which they
have kept her mp to her schedule time.
DESIRABLE IMMIGRASrs.-The bark q. c. Murray,
which arrived yesterday from San Francisco. brought &C
male steerage passengers, most Of whom are clAssed as
lAbcrers and will engage on the plantations. There are
however among them a number Of engineers, blGcksmiths
and tesmsters. Capt. Frost gives them n good name as
passengers.
MUsIc.-The Band will play at Emma Square this
afternoon at a O'Clock, with the following programme.
Carl.
Oyerture-Fra Diavolo.
Fantssis-Farewel to the Mountains. ........ Hasselman.
Polaeca-IH follow Farmer.
QuAdrille-Under the Palms. ................. .Kuhner.
INSTRUMENTATION by requesp ............w Wallace.
~ Letters have been received from Mr.. Charles
Derby, dated at his native city, Salem. Mass, stating that
he was in fully-restored health. He had been examined
by DIR. Van Buren,, the principal physician of BlAckwell's
Island hospital, New York, who is known As an eminent
authority on cutaneous diseases, and who had empha,i-
cally declared that his disease was not leprosy. as had
been believed here,
DERELIcT~ OPIUM.-Dame Rumor has it that when
the steamer australia sailed on Tuesday evening. a boat
was stationed OF the entrance of the hhrbor for the hu-
name purpose of picking up anybody or anything that
might 10y any chance get overheard from the ship. and
that the waiting ones succeeded IN rcscuing from a
wAtery grave a case containing 100 tins Of opium. We
give the story as we hear IL but should not be surprised
If there proves to be some truth I'm IL.
RAIN IN KAU-By recent advices from the dis
trict Of Kau, Hawaii. where during the past spring aud
summer n serious drought had prevailed, we learn that
copious showers have fallen during the past two months.
greatly to the advantage Of agricultural operations.
Moreover, a number Of springs and deposits Of water have
been discovered in the uplands. which. il is thought. will
prove ample for irrigating purposes when pipes or fumes
are laid. which we learn will be done as soon As the ne
cessary surveys are completed. Altogether, the prospects
for the sugar interests in Kau are decidedly good. \
EXTENSION OF JUDD WHARF.-We notice the pile
driver at work near the foot Of Nuuanu street. putting in
the piles for an extension Of the wharf known ~ the Judd
wharf. The late DIR. Judd was paid 81 900 per annum by
tine Government in consideration Of important services
rendered during the troublous times Of 1s43. and the sum
was always inserted in the Appropriation bill a. L" Rent
OF wharf lot" The wharf and adjacent land having re-
verted 10 Government. IT is now proposed TO extend the
former out on a line with the old Custom-house wharf.
and at the same time widen it so that a large ship or two
coasters may lay at the end.
nv " 1hAbAg - A1I RG
remembered that some months since the HaiOcfian Ca
sene printed q series Of letters Z" from our OWL correspon-
dent " in Australia, and signed j. n. Ingram" This is
what the Hawaiian Consul at Melbourne says about
Ingram "Divest from your mind all impressions which
Ingram's writings may give yOu. 1t is almost incredible
to me, a twenty-six years colonist, how any human being.
no matter what shadows Of ignorance are on his mind.
can write such a combination Of abominable lies. His
talk about reyolyers and ix-shOOters Is simply invention.
There is not such a thing carried by q civilian in the
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restless energy and the consumption Of the candle at
both ends by the inhabitants-are those Of an European
capital"
ALMOST AN AFFRAY.-On Christmas evening, a
number of seamen from II. b. NJ. s. opal, on a twenty
four hours liberty, were enjoying themselves, sailor
fashion. in the Empire saloon. One Of the party, whom
the rotations had affected TO the degree that he was quar-
relsome, repeatedly sailed into the street and underworld
to buy a hght," by " %sloshing around" generally. He
was repeatedly led back indoors by the native police,
but in one Of his escapades he struck a native bystander,
Of whom there was quite a gathering. Their man returned
the blow with interest the sailors shipnates took up
the quarrel for him the natives, who soon gathered 10
the number Of hundreds, were ready for a grand row, and
there would soon have been n serious ARRAY. but that
Deputy Marshal Dayton came along, and with G posse Of
police kept the would-be combatsnts apart and induced
the native crowd to dispense. Seven of the sailors were
arrested on a charge Of creating an ARRAY. Six were sub.
sequently released for want Of evidence, and the seventh
hned *l5 for knocking a native down with a chair. u,
ILLEGAL KERosESE.-On Sunday morning last
there wss another explosion Of a kerosene lamp in a
native dwelling near the Kawaiahao Church. fortunately
however without any serious result. The fac. however,
shows that there is some illegal oil sold in the com
munity, as we learn that a specimen Of the oil that eEI
ploded was found 10 give Of an infammAble vapor at
some - degrees. Ar IL may be that the Law I'm respect 10
the importation as well a. sale Of Illuminating oils IL not
thoroughly understood, we have been requested 70 repub-
Hsh the legislation Of 1873 on the subject, as follows
section "a; 80 ~ iLtd mi, ht R < e asYIgl 90 90, any Itb I tbir =
kingdom. benzOle. petroleum, kerosene oil, or any oils u
gives od an inhAmmable vApor at a temp Ature Of less
than one hundred degrees Fahrenheit and whoever
shall import, sell, give OF furnish, % any person In this
Kingdom, benzole, petroleum. kerosene oil, or any oils Of
which the component part il naphthA or gasoline, which
oiTes OF an iuaaTnmable yapOr at a temperatnre Of less
than one hundred degrees fahrenheit shall be deemed
Police Magistrate or any District Justice. shall be pun
ished by a fine not less than nifty dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars or by, imprisonment a hsru iAD.f
not more than one year. OF both fine and imprisonment
in the discretion Of the Court
Our statute is similar 10 that Of Massachusetts,, with the
exception that the test there f. not under 10 degrees
Fahrenheit. Recently. in 6 Melbourne paper, We noticed
that ont Of a shipment Of 1900 cases OF kerosene at that
port from New York. but IS came mp tothe legal standard.
MORE OPUM-During the week, we have had
another sensation in regard to opium. In fact. these
periodical doses Of the drug tmctaphoricaD 70 which our
community is becoming habituated Of late, bid FAIR 70
create a chronic affection, and We shall perhaps get I"
that stage that we shall be unhappy without the accus-
toned dose. For some time previous 10 the arrival OF
the steamer from the Colonies, due on the &d inst, II
was ruuored that there were strong grounds for expect
ing that a lot OF the c0ntraband drug would arrive byher,
and consequently q sharp lookout was maintained.
Among the articles landed on Tuesday from the AHarditd
were two cases purporting to contain hair and Tea
theirs. and marked &C. Z. W. consigned TO Mr.. G. J..
williams, and q number Of barrels. said 10 contain beef
marked IL. Mex" For sufficient reasons, based on cir
cumstauces, these goods were detained at the office Of the
Custom-house guard and examined on wednesday NOR
ming. resulting in the discovery Of $50 h~Alf-pound tins 81
opium, packed with the hair and beef. warrants were al
once issued for the arrest Of Mr.. c. Z. Williams and Mr..
L. X. Park, 1.-THE latter having shipped the packages al
sydney. Mr.. williams was shortly after released on
bail. but Mr.. Park was held in default Of bail. The cases
were called in the Police Court on Thursday morning
but On motion Of counsel ID. NJ. Davidson, ESD the trial
was postponed until Monday next.
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