Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-06

oi the Elelc, attempts 10 satisfy the
cutS of Justice by discharging its
editor As that pure minded young
man has recently been seen "in and
around the foreign office, il is sug.
gcstcd tn n Mr Gibson. in his capacity
OF minister OF foreign affairs, intends to
still further punish the offender 10y feed
ing him on government pap
By the way 1t is coincidcnt that
employment upon one or the other OF
Nit GihSon's virtuous and yi,acious
family journals Is in the line OF promo
uon to some office Of petty prelermcnt
in government employ There is a
hin, IN this for underpaid sctibblers OF
the naughty opposition Go to work
for the Advertiser. young fellows Some
day you may each bc made a govern
mcut spy or department doorkeeper
The roads throughout the kona Dis
trict, including the Honolulu streets,
are in picturesque illustration OF what
had road making can do Tor a purblind
and easy going people too prosperous
to be tenacious of their rights, and too
short sighted to think very much about
it. "rha, II be all right, YOU know" "
The Advertiser takes considerable
credit to itself for telling the world that
the band BOYS were not lepers. Al the
other papers did the same 1t would
be Just as creditable for the Advertisers
young man, when he visits his friend
the butler before writing his gushing
descriptions OF Honolulan residences,
to boast in public that he hadn't stolen
any spoons.
The Advertiser showed its enterprise
and accuracy in the account of last
Thursdays entertainment by commend
ing rs specially excellent the duet
which was not sung. 1t showed also
its venom hy insinuating that few OF
the working class were present. As
specified in our local account, it was
unfortunate that the attendance was not
larger, yet one of the gentlemen who
distributed the singing books counted
nearly one hundred and fifty of the
very class it was designed to reach.
Captain Bradley did not return in
the Madras The Advertiser explained
his absence by detailing actsof alleged
brutality said to be performed by
Captain Bradley The Captains state
ments deny the charges OF brutality
and declare the truth will yindicate him
when enquiry is made at Hongkong
But, ofcourse, the "other side" was not
what the Advertiser wanted.
a "round hundred is the charge
made by the government for the impor-
tation Of each Portuguese immigrant
The Messrs. Hofnung & Co, have
contracted to bring in Portuguese for
500 each. Planters, however, pay
500. Who benefits by the extra as
sesSment9 Does ii aid the improve
ment Of Lanai mutton, or does it 90 to
encourage the laudable labors of the
Society for the Encouragement of Sons
in-lawe
The Flowcrdew case is now in diplo-
matte hands. 1t will be vastly funny il
Mr., Flowerdew's case. which the erudite
and cautious al interim declared to
have no legal leg to stand on, should be
" amicably settled" and the public be
bled to pay for public convenience
that has not been made, because the
far-sightcd ad interim would not let ii
be made.
Mr. David Malo is said TO have been
appointed to a leadership of an Eng
lish school in the Eva district. Those
who know the morals OF this man natr-
rally ask is this the best the president OF
the board of education can do for the
inculcation OF knowledge and morality
in the minds OF the coming genera
iions
When the Fort Street School closed,
last July, the president Of the board of
eddicashun I" made a speech to the
spectators and the kingdom, over the
heads of the children, in which he spoke
OF the pupils OF the public schools as
" the hope of the king and country"
II Mr.. David Malo is TO be made Gus
todian of the nations hope though in
never SO small degree-the nations
hope is leaning upon an exceedingly
fragile reed.