The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-08-21
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SATURDAY,, AUGUST 81.
BRIEF MENTION.
81 We congratulate Mr.. Bickerton on his ap
pointment to the post of Police Judge.
e Orr friend Jones displays Il new suit O
clothes. and the clothes look we'll.
q Our thanks are rendered to Captain Good
man and Mate Russell of the Maloio, for late
papers.
= The propagation of Parliament on Saturday
last will be a memorable event in the annals of Ha
vail We refer to the conspicuous absence Of
Royalty.
= The health Of His Majesty is reported to have
been affected during the past week by certain
changes. Whether it is weather or otherwise we
are not informed.
3 Mass meetings have been largely attended
during the week. but the thinly attended spiritual
seances continue to hold the sway in the matter of
head twining in the higher cirles.
. The H.. NJ. c. Society will meet on Satur-
day evening August 2lst, at Mr.. W. W. Halls,
Nnuanu Valley. Members who are so inclined
are requested to come on horseback.
= Mr.. Preston's good work on the new tax bill,
and which was carefully considered by the Assembly
in committee of the whole, the debate occupying two
days, is rendered null and void by the veto of His
Majesty.
Gg- Reference having been made by the
Gazette to arrears in payment for printing the
book of 4" Sanitary Instructions for Hawaiians."
The printer of the book, who is the publisher of this
Journal desires to state that his claim has been fully
paid, as per agreement.
e The Japanese Corvette Tsukuba, Commander
Ainra, arrived here from San Francisco, en- route
to Yokohama, on the 18th inst. The vessel carries
38 officers, so cadets, with an English instructor 27O
men and registers 1880 tons. She has engines Of
$50 horsepower and mounts 10 guns.
pE- Captain Alexander Macy. who commanded
the ship Palladium in 1921. and who is reported to
have brought the first printing press to the
Sand wich Islands, died at his home in Nantucket,
Mass. on Saturday the 10th ult., in the eighty
sew enth year OF his age.
Last week we gave the full text of the new
immigration bill, and in our concluding remarks
we stated, that Sc we believe the passage of such an
admirable bill would meet with universal APPROVAL
Hardly had it appeared in print before our hopes
were ~dispelled by finding it amongst the list of
6 vetoed bills The object of trying to defeat
wholesale Chinese male immigration is consequently
upset.
Ma- An amusing thing occurred last Wednesday
night In u report which was circulated to the effect
that a serenade was to be given to Mr.. Moreno
with the intention of thanking HIM for his with
drawal from his temporary public Office. The
whole thing was seriously taken by one or two OF
our citizens to be an attempt to mob that gentle
man. 1t is unwise and wrong at such times to
spread foolish and injurious reports.
Music The Band will play this afternoon at
Emma Square, at half-past a O'Clock. The follow
ing is the programme
oVerture@Emma of Res6urg MeyerbeeGT
Csvatina-The Martyrs. -.~....""...Donizetti
Strauss
Galop-Floft and Always Strauss
e The late Alexander McDuf, whose death we
briefly announced last week, was an old resident
and 30 universally known and respected for his ster-
ling qualities that his departure from our midst calls
for more than q passing notice. Born in Scotland
in 1907, he at an early age enlisted in the British
army and saw some active service in India. Subse-
quently he entered the British navy. was for several
years on the West African station, and was a
quartermaster with Admiral Thomas. He used to
state with much satisfaction that he assisted in again
hosting the Hawaiian flag in 1843, which had been
pulled down by Lord George Paulet. In 1916 he
WdS Will II CLuOu Ia OoiliOA nlb IL INhh III thC
g Bear Flag " demonstration which preceded the
occupation of that country of the United States
troops. He was in the mines in the early days of
the gold excitement, and like many others, not
realizing the great extent of the auriferous deposits
and having secured a modest share, came to Homo
lulu finally to reside. Here, in the various employ
ments in which be engaged, he maintained u
character for shrewd Scotch sense and sterling
honesty. From 1861 up to the time of his death
he held the post of keeper of the Honolulu Police
Station. He was q very prominent Free Mason,
having attained to the 32d degree of Ancient
Scottish Masonry. He was also a member of the
Order of Odd fellows. Knights of Pythias, and Red
Men, populations from all of which attended the
funeral. The beautiful Masonic burial service was
read at the gave by p. M. Dayton of Lodge lie
Progress, No. 124. assisted by P. M. w f Allen,
C. s. Barlow and D. K. Fyfe of Hawaiian Lodge No.
81. Mr.. McDuff leaves two daughters by a deceased
Hawaiian wife-Ga=ete.
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