Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-07-16

tity OF earth has been spread on the road for the
| purpose Of mendng IL. All this material which
| needed nothing but some occasional watering in
the dry season to render IL serviceabe IL baked by
the sun, and 80 cut up by the traffic especially on
race DAYS, nth of June and Fourth OF July, that
IT is now ground into fine powder. pest 90
passers-by and dead loss to the Government, as
il is being blown away by the ton. good drench-
ing now and then is all that il wanted to make a
good road.
MOONLIGHT concert given at Emma
Square by the Hawaiian band ON Monday even
ing. The night was pleasant but very cloudy. and
the moonlight was scarcely recognizable till after
the concert was over. We think IL would be well
IL large many .branched light placed in the
centre of the garden, better still, If lamp was
alioht nj each of the square and one in the
middle Of the long sides of the enclosure. These
lights are needed not only on concert nights, but
every night when the street lamps are lighted, and
an extra half-dozen lights would not entail any
very eNtravagant expense. However, band or no
band, the square needs lighting
THE members of the Library and Reading Room
Association will be glad TO hear that the enter
tainment committee of that organization will be
able through .he kindness of number OF ladies and
gentlemen well and fayorably known among us, TO
provide an entertainment Mt the rooms of the
association on Tuesday evening next at o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. J. +. Brown, Mrs. Simmons, Miss
Coleman Miss Florence Luce and perhaps others
will take part. This entertainment whick prom
lses to he of high order will be free to the mem,
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such friends as they may invite.
NUMBER of people took advantage of the lift
ing of the tabu to proceed to the other islands.
The hiidped Hon sailed for Iilo last Monday on
an excursion going by the way of Kahului, and
took large number of passengers. The Likeiike,
G. r. Bishop and LehHd sailed their usual routes
on Tuesday and carried a great number of people
The Likeiike particularly was crowded. many of her
passengers being bound for Hilo to see the lava
How. There was very large crowd on the wharf
to see her off and every one seemed pleased TO
know that Honolulu is again an open port for
passenger traffic, and that the ongl and disagrea
BILE tabu is thing of the past.
AN adjourned meeting of the Building Commit
tee of st. Andrews memorial church was held at
the schooI-room on Thursday. The Ri. Rev
Bishop of Honolulu occupied the chair Rev. Alex
ander Mcintosh Secretary. Resolutions were
passed recommending the forwarding of n letter
to the architects in England, requesting their adj
vice as TO certain notifications in the plans with n
view to reduction of tine expense of the building
and making them acquainted with the price of
labor and material here as compared with cor
responding undertakings in England 1t also
decided that the quarrying and dressing Of stone
ascertain the amount of work already done and
the rate at which it is proceeding. The meeting
adjourned till 7:3O p. NJ of Tuesday next.
FOLLOWING is the record of the Police Court
proceedings for the week: Kalama, larceny of
jewelry. remanded TO to-day. Ahee, cruelty to
animals, fined $40, costs Sl.3O. Alloy, Asng.
Alng, Aqui. Chow Sam, Anon. and All Sam,
assault and battery Chang Yee, fined 50 each
and costs 81 each. Soomona, driving an express
without 9 license, s1us prose9d entered by the
to to-day. James Smith and Heinrich starks,
drunkenness forfeited S6 bail each. Soloman,
same charge, fined So, costs 81 Nika, assault and
battery on Van Van KsSe p pross entered cred by pro
fined So each and costs 81 each. John Magoon,
driving without lights, "olie proseqm entered by
prosecution. All Yam, larceny, fined $40 and SEN
fenced to six months Imprisonment at hard labor
and to pay costs $3.50. Felix Freitas, disturbing
the quiet of the night, note prosegm entered by
prosecution. All Hui and Manuel Paes, furious
riding. forfeited $40 bail each. Makakoa assault
and battery All Inoi, fined 50, costs 81 Paili
and T. Bee, drunkenness, forfeited Sc bail each.
b. Kruse, p. Dolch, ID. Ollenbusch, @. Cords and
N. Engel, refusing duty on board Hawaiian bark
Kaie, on which they were seamen Enge, Cords
and Kruse were fined $40 and $3.50 costs each, and
in default of payment, sentenced to eighty days
busch we're fined $50 and 1920 costs each, and in
default of payment sentenced to $50 days impris-
onment at hard labor, and ordered to be returned
to the vessel upon the requiston of the master as
provided by statute. James McManus, Kikau,
Jack Murdoch, drunkenness, forfeited So bail
each. Q. O'Niei, same charge, fined 80, costs 81
| Panaewa, assault and battery on Nihou, W. fined
| 81, costs 81. Albert Benton assault and battery
on Kaaihne, forfeited $40 bail. Kauhane drunk
| enness, forfeited S. bail Civil Cases.-T. X.
Foster Il Co. vs.. Keau, deserving contract service,
defedant ordered to return to his employer and to
| pay COSTS SO. Wilder d Co. Vs. Geo. Kaia same
| charge, defendant ordered to return to his en-
| ployer and to pay costs, 49, Kaleo vs. Kahulu,
deserving bound service, Judgment for defendant
costs 1910. j. l.. Richardson vs.. All Wo, desert.
ing contract service, fined So and ordered to pay
| SO costs and return to his employer. Aisu va
| Kupau, action of damages for 500, continued to
the 22d inst. q. s. Cummins VS.. VIM. Clark
assumpsit, continued to 18th inst Kuikuikahi VS.
John Il. Silva, trespass, dismissed, the Court hav-
| ing no jurisdiction; appealed to Supreme Court
HAWAII NoTEs.
| Hon. s. G. WILDER reports favoraby of the
| progress of his railroad construction; about four
miles graded, and the party is now entering
| Mahukona is down something over n hundred feet
and the we'll sinkers into very hard stratum,
| but success is confidently anticipated.
| The schooner Tici,ght, Captain Whitney. arrived
at Hilo on the 4th inst. at noon. She left San
| Francisco on the 22d of June at noon and made
| the passage in twelve days. She brought large
cargo of assorted merchandise for Hilo, Pauka
| Papaikou, Onomea, and Hakalau. She will run
| regularly between San Francisco and Hilo in the
| future. She brought passengers Miss h. A.
Ames, W. II. Kaiser and A. A. Todd.
An examination of all the Government Schools
was held the 9th inst, at the Native Church, at
| Kolala Each school WAS called upon the stage
| in turn, for each of the several recitations Al
least two of the schools also attempted an exhibit
ton in calisthenics, or rod and dumb-bell exer-
| cses, in imitation of the English schools. The
| examining committee rated the schools at the
close, (for proficiency and good dicipline pro-
baby, as follows LIST, Makapala, 90 pupils with
but one teacher; End, Honomakau, 90 pupils with
| two teachers imam and wife,; Bird, Kaipuhaa.
| The exercises we're doubtless very interesting 10