The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-10-30

THE friends of Mr.. Ii. w. Purvis met
at his house at Kukuihaele on Saturday
week to celebrate his safe return. after
his "trip abroad.
DAVID and William We're each sem
fenced to six days imprisonment yestcr-
day at the Police Court. and 10 eases of
drunkenness were dealt with.
AS THE Zealandia was leaving the
wharf on Sunday. one of the lady pas
sengers, bound for Australia, called for
three cheers for Mr.. Hoffnung. The
cheers were heartily given.
ANOTHER ice cream caravan peranl-
bulates the town at nights The new
one belongs to Messrs. Boardman and
McDougall; their creams are made by u
lady, and said to be of very superior
quality.
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WITH reference to game licenses. Il
correspondent hopes that the Minister of
Interior will be careful not to grant them
to many little boys who go about shoot
ing, but hardly know how to hold a
gun.
HACK-DRIvERs should carefully study
the rates of fare, published in the Id
7'eytiScy on Saturday, which are to come
into force on the LIST of November. The
public are not likely to forget the re-
auctions.
THE SPARTAN was at Kelung, Formosa
on 10th August. The missing boats
crew had not been found. Captain
Crossley had received great assistance
from Mr.. John Dodd, English Consular
agent at Tamsui.
THE latest envoy. Mr.. Carson, prior
to his departure, announced that he was
sent to Canada to act on behalf of the
Government in the matter of effecting
treaty between that country and Hawaii.
If true, what are we coming to-?
AT meeting of the Hawaiian Car
rage Manufacturing Company, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: President
and Manager, Gideon West; Vice-Pres-
ident, j. n. Wright; Secretary and
Treasurer, f. G. Schuman; Auditor, S.
M. Damon.
IT is believed that Mr.. Hoffnung, who
will remain here Il few weeks, has come
with the intention of endeavoring to
arrange for the continuance of Portu-
guese immigration, and to ascertain
more particularly the causes of it's sus-
pension.
SENATOR MILLER, when in Chicago
recently, said. "Our trade in sugar
from the Hawaiian Island is sort of
exchange for their sugar. Our exports
to them have grown, and our imports
from the Hawaiian Islands still exceed
our exports to them, but they have been
buying considerable American machin-
erY'
The following item of Foreign News
from Mormondom will be read with
interest. Salt Lake, October 49,
Bishop Hunter, of the Mormon Church,
| who died last Monday at the advanced
age of 80 years and months, was
buried to-day with great ceremony. The
funeral was attended by great number
| of people," A vacancy in the church.
LORD and Lady Rosebery expressed
themselves as much pleased with what
they saw of Honolulu. They purpose
returning to England on one of the p.
| M. S. S. Co.'s steamers. and remaining
| for short time on the Islands, with the
intention of visiting the volcano. They
! took with them, as a memento of their
visit, a number of photographs of Ha-
waiian scenery.
| THE bewildered Chinaman at the
Hotel on Saturday afternoon caused
considerable merriment Poor John
was hack driver, and, went into the
billiard room to look for him. He was
there received by genial man from
Maui and introduced to everybody, but
could not spot his fare. His blank face,
at the shouts of laughter that greeted
him, was study worthy of the brushes
of local artists.
The eclipse of the sun will commence
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