The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-03-05

was inagurated President of the United States OF
America.
e There will be no music this afternoon al
Emma Square. on account of nine of the band
boys being quarantined.
. A whaler coming up from the southeast, and
engaged in trying out" caused some sensation
yesterday being at first mistaken for a large steamer.
- The immigrants per "Pomare" have all
been vaccinated and will not be allowed to land
here, but will be sent down to plantations on
Hawaii.
Gy- The new quarantine establishment, consist
ing of a series of sheds and corrals, which have been
just erected at the rear of the prison, being ready for
occupation, the passengers ex .Mesfoo we're on Tues
day transferred there.
y The Y. NJ. C. A. employment committee re-
ported at the last meeting of the Association that
g there are many young men now seeking employ
ment, but it is almost a hopeless quest to search for
any place in Honolulu
% On the bulletin board of Messrs. Whitney
Il Robertson, the following comment on the
present state of affairs was exhibited yesterday
s. If there are only s cases of smallpox, and II
deaths every day we will soon be rid of the cpl
demic.' Does this echo any sentiment prevailing
here
- One of the Tanna chiefs informed Capt.
Trip when he was there last year, that Capt. w.
j. Macdonald of the bark Melbourne, had pur-
chased a tract of land from him, having seven
miles frontage to the sea, by a depth of ten miles
inland, for a cattle run, and had gone away to
fetch stock from Melbourne.
~
- Building operations at present in progress
on Mr.. Campbell's property on Fort Street, hav-
ing interfered with the entrance to the Rooms
occupied by the Honolulu Library and Reading
Room Association, these have necessarily been
closed for some days past. AS soon as it is pos
sible to restore the former means of entrance,
the Institution will be reopened.
~ Messrs. Levers & Cooke have taken
possession of their fine, new premises in Fort
street. The internal fittings of the store and
Office are unusually handsome. Surrounded by
the evidences of opulence, the firm did not fer
get their less fortunate fellowmen. The first
check written in the new premises was for a
contribution of $50 to the American Relief Fund.
II At Havanah Harbor in the New Hebrides
Group last November, the Pomare fell in with
the schooner Tubal Cain, Capt. Mcdonald, on a
labor voyage from Fiji. Capt. Mcdonald had
secured 94 labOrers, and reported that a great
number were to be had Mt the Solomon Islands.
He added that great caution was needed, that no
confidence should be placed in the natives and
that it was necessary to be well armed.
q A party or excursrvs,1 -hc vent round to
Pearl River on Saturday evening, nearly came to
grief. Endeavoring to enter the river in the dark,
their boat was upset and most of them subjected to
an involuntary salt water bath. Meanwhile the
schooner in which they had made their trip got on
the reef. If excitement be an absolutely necessary
of pleasure they no doubt had q fair spice
Of it to help render their search for pleasure success
full.
g The Friend for March contains No. so of the
Rambles in the Old World" by Prof. F. w. Damon,
whose graphic descriptions of European scenery aud
places are so well-known to the readers of this
' oldest paper in the Pacific The leading article
is devoted to an examination of the question " Does
not our Postal system need refOrm?" Besides a
variety of paragraphs on subjects of interest there is
} review of Miss Birds book " Unbeaten Tracks in
- The Government must have learnt from
the experience of the past few weeks, that in the
present emergency it is in need of more skilled
than its present staff affords. This is
obvious only in the medical profession,
the want of an Attorney General is seriously
conspicuous. The Government needs to be
advised continually as to what it can or cannot
safely do, and what its rights are as against
Individuals during a crisis like the present. If, E
IS some have urged, the Minister of the Interior
mas enough to do without being also President I
If the Board of Health, how great is the farce of :
making him also Acting Attorney General. '
CRICKET. The monthly meeting of the Honolulu I
Cricket Club was held on Tuesday evening last at \
he Pacific Hose Conpany's room on King Street. '
The attendance was below the average-several a
who usually turn up being out Of town or /
,ngaged at the musical rehearsal which occurred on '
he same evening. The Secretary and Treasurer, .
dr. G. II. Luce, reported that a considerable sum I
u the way of arrears of subscriptions was due to 6
he Club. If these and the special contribution of L
per member for the purchase of c%ricketing d
material we're paid up, he would have on hand $1O9,
ut of which about $50 was due to Mr.. Lishman for ;
he material imported by him. Three new members
unanimously elected, making the total number
n the books of the Club thirty. nine. 1t was resolved a
o consider at the next meeting a draft of Rules E
lhich the Vice-P and Secretary were request :
d to prepare. '
- A correspondent writing to us on the sub
ect of South Sea immigration says 1T a
5 quite certain that responsible parties s
ould obtain any number of these immigrants by ,
roper arrangement with the P. NJ. Company, .