The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-06-05

Commercial Aobertisrr

Commercial A0bfrtlstr
SATURDAY, JUNE 5.
BRIEF MENTION.
- Natives with royal blood-feas.
The Rockets fight was sudden.
- Another in come tax. The duty on silver
p Whitney S Robertson are preparing a re-
vised code of signals.
y Doctor Merritt of the Casco weighs (OnlyI
s42. No stufzng.
3 Hills Business Manual is a useful book and
should be on the shelves of all libraries.
81 The agent of the Board of Health decline.
to wrestle with the waste water question.
- The latest order-Step up TO the assessors
Office and disclose your bank account. We are
unrufied.
- In eating mangoes. the centre OF a bath
tub, filled with water. is the most agreeable loca.
ton.
r There will be a special meeting Of Hawaii
an Lodge No. 81. F. Il A. NJ, this evening at $50.
Visiting brethren invited.
= The school examinations will soon commence,
and fond parents should not require too much work
in the shape of chores from expectsnt graduates.
3 Our neighbor in a late editorial, speaks OF
the " Rising Star of Hawaii who is he2
Twinkle, twinkle. rising star.
Now we wonder who you areI
81 The cultivation of the Park has begun, the
steam road-roller having already done some work
towards smoothing the rough roads, they are being
pressed on. by the pressure.
G5- DR.. Carver thinks be has invented a flying
machine, and says he will hy from Australia to San
francisco. Will he rest at Honolulu en- route?
Eg- WooL.-The attempt to breed sheep in
Japan has failed. it has been determined to import
Australian wool to supply the wooden factory at
SEMI. Would not Hawaiian wool find a good mar
ket in Japanf
e II is currently reported that the doctor of
q. B. NJ. gunboat Rocket has forbidden the use of
the island water on board that vessel for drinking
purposes. Probably afraid that its use might
bring the crew to their bier.
The preparations for the coming celebration
on Friday next, the 11th inst, as far as horse rae
ing is concerned, are being well attended to by a
corps OF cOf1lOlSSleUTS, anu every luluB DIuS ldlI U
"a gala day at the park.
e The annual election of Engineers for the Ho-
nolulu Fire Department will take place on Monday
evening, the 7th inst, and the "laddies " should
turn out strong and poll a vote that would show
they were interested in such matters.
- A drunken individual accused officer
McKeague of stealing a bottle of whisky from him
-. -. cot
and another bottle of whisky all fell to the ground
together, and Sam and Schneider retired in good
order
+ e The Hawaiian Mission Children's Society will
hold the adjourned Annual Meeting at Fort Street
Church, this evening at Z O'Clock. The Treasurer
and Secretary will present their reports, and the re-
firing President Rev. DR.. Hyde, will give the usual
address. The public generally are invited to attend.
Mus1c-The Band will play this afternoon at
Emma Square, commencing at 4;30 P. NJ. The fol-
lowing is the programme:
Msrch-The Elite .Kuhner
Overture-Fra Diavelo .Auber
Ballad-Go let me stevenson
seiection-scotch Songs......b by request. ...... .Maanen
Polka-A Good ..Waidteufei
- A correspondent draws our attention to the
dilapidated state of several of the tombstones in
the Nuuanu Cemetery. and which might be olivia
ted by a little ordinary care on the part of the
curator. Probably this grievance will speedily be
removed if brought to the notice of the proper au-
thorities.
ELECTION OF OFFIcERs.-At the business meeting
Of the British Benevolent Society, held at the Haw-
allan Hotel on the 29th ult., the following gentlemen
were elected as officers for the ensuing term: Major
j Hay Wodehouse, President; Rev A Macintosh,
Vice-President; Hon A S Cleghorn, Treasurer; J s
Smithies, Secretary. Consulting Relief Committee,
Messrs. Rhodes. Lucas and Young. Collections
Committee, Messrs. E Preston, a Macintosh, E b
Thomas, H Warehouse and W G Irwin. The total
amount of money received by the organization since
its inception to date was S10,6316 Go, and the dis
bursements have been $lO,22779.
+ HIS ExcELLENCY S. G. WILDER AND LADY gave a
reception and ball at their new residence in Nun
anu Valley, on Judd street, on the evening OF the
3lst ult.. and received within the portals of their
elegant mansion a host of invited guests. Their
Maiesties the King and Queen, members of the
Cabinet and Legislature, and of the Diplomatic
and Consular Corps and a large number OF our
citizens, were present and enjoyed the festivities
of the occasion. The music of the band and indul-
gence in the dance induced a large majority of the
guests to prolong their stay until the tocsin tolled
the midnight hour, when the company dispersed,
well satisfied with their reception by Mr.. Wilder
and his charming lady.
SUPPER OF THE B.. B. S.-The annual supper of
the British Benevolent Society took place at the
Hawaiian Hotel on the evening of the 29th ult,
and was as we'll attended in point of numbers as
on any previous like occasion. Major J. Hay