The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-09-30

We are Obliged to omit much matter prepared
Tor to-day ; Issue, amongst other things the latter
half Of Professor Pratt's speech which viii be given
in our next issue.
A sydney telegram of 18th instant says; The
waTship Destrees arrived here to-day from New
Caledonia. The Destrees recently visited the New
Hebrldes Group, 10 punish the natives for the muir
der Of a certain French trader at Espiritu Santo
Island One Of the principal native villages was
bombarded for two hours and completely de-
stoyed."
The receipts at the Custom House for the month
Of September will be fully $50, 600. over ) 5000
had already been paid into the Treasury from this
source alone on the 2sth inst. This large receipt
OF customs indicates an extraordinary importation
Tor our small population, and proves that there
must be a very fOurishing state of business in the
country.
For the benefit of those who have heard of con-
crete sugar, but have no idea what 1t is, we give
IN another column q short account Of it, extracted
from the marlborough Sugar Planter. The con-
crete process has excited much attention in Queens
land and certainly, If financial results are the
same, 1t possesses the great advantages of simplicity
: i of reduced cost of plant. We expect TO re-
I've by an early mail some fuller information
bAsed on actual returns, which we shall publish on
receipt We may add that the Mr.. Tooth referred
TO in the article is the Claus S~preckels of the
Queensland sugar country, and backs his ideas bv
heavy investments of capital.
A complaint has been made to us that the noise
at the Chinese theatre Is a nuisance to people liy-
ing in its neighborhood, especially on account of
the late hours to which the performances are al
lowed To be continued-some times long after mid
night. As the license to this theatre is renew
able every fortnight We suggest that those who are
annoyed should memorable the Minister of the
Interior ON the subject. and ash him to reimpose
the restriction u "a the hour Of closing which
was formerly enforced. Another annoyance com
planned of i Is that the Chinese drivers-Of expresses
leave their horses and vehicles in The road in front
OF the theatre whilst they amuse themselves inside.
There are no p5,.s there to trther to, and
the horses occa>ii.aily wander into the middle of
the road. In "a .:Iit case that has come under
our notice these Expresses were left unattended for
a length Of time aud one of them was found stand
ing right acros- rhe road. Our informant who was
driving, after waiting to see If anyone would turn
up, had to get rat Of his vehicle and leave his own
horse standi - unattended whilst he cleared the
road Of this obstruction. A policeman on the spot
would be useful-if he were outside the theatre.
One is generally comfortably seated within ; but
he is specially paid by the theatre people to keep
order there.
That School street bridge has been enlarged ia
the full width of the street is, no doubt, a circum-
stance highly satisfactory to the limited number OF
persons who have occasion TO Use it. There is,
however, another bridge in this city, which has for
years needed a similar improvement, to which i
would be well if the attention of the authorities
were at once directed. The traffic over the King
street bridge is very great. both by day and BY
4 night, and is constantly increasing. The bridge
Is too narrow, and is positively an unsafe place fo1
pedestrians on a dark night. There is no side wall
for them, and the horsemen and horsewomen who
frequent that road are mostly hard riders and very
careless. A foot passenger can generally get
ont of the way Of the expresses as these carry
lights. although where two vehicles are meeting
on the bridge the room left for anyone else is very
trifiing, but it is not always SO easy to dodge the
horsemen. The approaches to the bridge are also
decidedly unsafe and are not even fenced. Seyeral
expresses have found their way into the water
there. The bridge ought at least to be so fan
widened as to admit of a distinct raised track being
laid for foot traffic.