The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-05-07

e A f~oot-race was run at Kapiolani Park
last Saturday afternoon, between a native and a
foreigner, the former being the winner. The
distance, which was about a quarter of a mile,
| appeared to be too much for both runners, as
they came in at little better than a walking pace,
the native far in advance.
- Improvement seems to be the order of the
day, and as the improvements in buildings offer
the opportunity, our master mechanics avail
themselves of increased facilities for carrying on
their various business and move into more COM
modious quarters. The latest departure from an
old stand to a new depository, is that of Mr..
G.. West, who has removed his carriage building,
repairing, blacksmithing and hOrseshoeing to
the commodious building, situated on Queen
street, directly opposite Mr:J. I. Dowsett's. We
We call attention to his advertisement in this.
Issue. -
OBITUARY.-The Hon. Henry A. Kahanu ex-
pired at his residence at Leleo, near Honolulu,
on Thursday evening last, May 5th, aged about
SO years. The deceased was a member of the
Privy Council of State and of the House of
Mobiles, his Commission and Patent both bear
ing date of August 20, 1864, with the signature
Of Kamehameha V. He was appointed a men,
Der of the native Hawaiian Board of Health in
October, 1868; and held the rank of Major on
the Staff of the General Commanding in Chief.
7 A WORTHY HAWAIIAN CONE. Il. Mahiai, a
well-known native policeman of this city, died
on Thursday night last, after an illness of sew
eral months. He was one of the old-time sort
of Hawaiians, intelligent, industrious, honest
and true, and had been on the police for twenty
five years. He was always on hand when duty
called, and during his long service in a position
not calculated to make men popular, no we'll
founded word of complaint or accusation was
heard against Mahiai. His active help has been
much missed by the Marshal during the preva-
lence of the smallpox epidemic. His funeral
took place yesterday afternoon, leaving his late
residence on Fort st. soon after three o'clock.
~ A narrow escape from a serious fire
occurred last Saturday evening. Between half
past seven and eight O'Clock smoke was observed
by some people who were passing a house of Mr..
Bolster's, in Richard-street, makai of Merchant
street, to be coming out of the c~revices of one
part of the building. They burst open the door
and found part of the floor blazing but were for
t~unately able to extinguish the flames at once by
the aid of some old clothing which was hung in
the room. Apparently the fire was the work of
an incendiary as kerosene had been split on the
floor and a bottle partly full of that oil was left
in the room, which the two men who occupy it
declare was not there when they left the place.
- 1t is currently reported, the tale being
told on good authority, that an over-zealous
would-be informer, thinking he was on
the point of discovering a plant of opium or a
gambling hell, lately attempted to get into a
house in the Chinese quarter, by the window of
a room in which the wife of the occupant was
in the act of oivinu birth tO n child The effact
of the alarming invasion upon the unlucky
woman may be imagined, and she has been
lying in a precarious state since. 1t is not i'm
probable that the details of the affair will come
to light in the Police Court if the authorities can
get over their strong dislike to having the con-
duct of police officials and their proegeeS investi-
gated before the ordinary tribunals of the
country.