The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-04-05

such an opinion is not complimentaryto the Anglo
Saxon races who have large consular establish
ments in the Treaty ports of Japan.
The Ladies in Honolulu and also on the other
islands, viii nov find all they could wish for in
the way Of furnishing aud apparel at our stores on
FOrt street. AlCSsrs. B. T. Ehlers d Co. have
very superior lot OF laces, velvets and silks on
show in addition TO their well stocked store. At
los, Mrs. W. Ii. Wilkinson who recently returned
from The Coast presents n very complete and
choice stock of ladies' and chidren's millinery
goods. On the opposite side the clothing empo-
rum Of Mr. i. NJ. Meilis IS a source of attraction
TO gentlemen who like to have the reputation OF
being well dressed while Mr.. C. ]. Fishel publicly
advertises that he has 3" the largest and finest
stock of hats, clothing and furnishing goods in
this city What more can the public ask for.
On Saturday last eleven Chinese appeared before
the Police Magistrate, charged with gaming a
poEr ps0seg~i was entered in the case Of four.
The rest entered plea of mot guilty 2. O.
Mehrtens stated that on Friday evening about
O'Clock he found these people in a house of Hotel
street. sitting around table on which was placed
a bowl (bowl produced in Court Each one had
several 'rb.fe buttons in front OF him. When
Mehrtens entered, they all scattered. He found
fifty cents on the table near the bowl There
were three CIce inside of the bowl. All Lee, one
of I.oY. ,T1seyvi lot stated that these buttons
counters represented one cent each. This closed
the prosecution. All Chan, the keeperof the room
was fined so and sentenced to one weeks impris
onment at hard labor. The other six were also
fined $40 each and sentenced to l. hours impris-
onrneut at hard labor. Taxed costs Of Sl.lO for
each defendant, additional TO be paid
A Naval Court was held In this city at the Brit-
ish Consulate on Monday aud Tuesday to iuvestI-
gate and report upon the circumstances attending
the destruction of the ship Norr1i from Hull to
san Francisco laden with coal which took fire
February 18th, and uecessitated the abandonment
Of the ship on the 4th Of March in lat. Is 80 y.
long. I'D W Tie following gentlemen composed
the Court ]. II. Wodehousa, Esq, II. Is. NJ. Con
SUI General and Commissioner, Captain II. w.
Mist Il. n, Captain :. Moignard, Li=sie Bell Cap
tain j. g. Jarves Earl D4lh0Usis. After examining
the master. second mate, carpenter and seaman,
late OF the ship Norrr' the Court were Of opinion
that no defiant OK neglect Of any on board. was IN
any why contrhutory TO the loss of the ship. but
the events OF the four days from the discovery Of
the fire % the final abandonment Of the snip show
an excellent state Of discipline board and that
Captain Halliday is entitled to the highest credit
for the efforts made 20 save his ship and FOR his
foresight and the iudlcious arrangements made by
him which enabled him to bring the greater part
Of his ships company in open boats 700 miles
across the Pacific. report TO this effect will be
sent bv the British Consulate 10 the Board OF
Trade in London. and il may be confidently pre-.
dictcd that the behavior OF Captain Halliday and
his crew viii be long and widely known as credit
o. the British Mercantile Marine.