The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-25
LOCAL AND GENERAL.


In the matter of Queen Emma's will, the
hearing in banc has been postponed until
the return of the Chief Justice from San
Francisco.
The steamship Australia will sail for San
Francisco on or about December 18th.
Apply to H. HaclIfeld & Co. for freight and
passage.
The usual weekly service will be held at
ST. Andrews Cathedal this evening, when
Rev George Wallace will deliver a short
lecture.
The Board of Education has appointed
Mr.. Henry Turton, School Agent for the
district of Lahaina, Maui, in place of Mr..
r. Newton, resigned.
The Post Office dispatched by the steam
ship City of Sydney 2,4OO letters, weighing
50 pounds, and 1,155 packages of papers,
weighing 191 pounds ounces.
Quite a large mail arrived from the
Colonies by the City of Sydney for the
members of Woodyear's Circus. 1t was
forwarded to them at Maui yesterday.
The Royal Hawaiian Military Band will
! give concert at the Hawaiian Hotel
| Thursday evening in honor of the Captain
! and officers of H. B. NJ. S. Constance.
Messrs. H. Drysdale and L. E. Cliff, who
arrived by the steamship City of Sydney
from Sydney, left by the steamer w. G.
/ Hall yesterday afternoon for trip to the
! Volcano.
Mr. George w. Lincoln has distrained
/ certain goods and chattels, belonging to
w. L. Holokahiki, for non-payment of
rent, and they will be sold at public auction
within fifteen days, if the rental is not
/ paid.
= On Monday evening, about 8 o'clock,
Officer William Tell caught a native named
Kala smoking opium i'll his own house,
near the Reformatory School. quantity
of opium in little shells and pipe were
captured.
The regular Christmas vacation of all
Government schools in the Kingdom will
extend from Friday, December 18th, to
Wednesday, January 9th, 1886, on which
date the first term of the new school year
will begin.
We have to thank Mr.. John Cassidy, Su-
perintendent of the Bell Telephone Com
pany, for quick dispatch to the scene of the
fire at Waikiki yesterday. The horse Mr.
Cassidy drives does not let the grass grow
under his feet.
One of the passengers by the City of
Sydney was the Marquis Feano, member
of the Royal Geographical Society, Italy.
He is registered at the Hawaiian Hotel
and will remain here several weeks in the
interests of science.
The winning crew of the senior six-oared
race at the late regatta were photographed
yesterday by Mr. J. Williams. When the
! picture is completed it will be framed and
| presented to the winning crew, as one of
the promised prizes in the race.
The Fort-street Church vestry is not yet
ready for occupancy, hence the weekly
/ prayer meeting will be held tonight in the
! Y.M c. A. Hall. At the close of the
! prayer meeting the Standing Committee
( will meet candidates for admission to the
/ Church.
The Post Office yesterday dispatched
+ fOrty-eight mail bags to as many different
+ post offices, including nearly every office i'll
! the Kingdom. Over five thousand letters
/ and papers were sent off by the five
/ steamers, which left for Hawaii, Maui,
Kauai and MOlOkal.
\ On Saturday, November 2Sth, Hawaiian
/ Independence Day, there will be a grand
/ native feast in the basement of the Kauma-
/ kapili Church, from - to , o'clock. The
( proceeds will be devoted to the Church
/ building fund. Tickets can now be OBJ
tanned of J. NJ. Dat & Co, Merchant street,
and Mr.. 4. l.. Smith, Fort street
The Post Office will dispatch mail for
San Francisco on Monday, November 3Oth,
closing at IL O'Clock a. IN. Applications
for money orders on the United States,
Great Britain, Hongkong, Portugal and
her colonies should be made before
O'Clock on Friday afternoon. The next
following mail for San Francisco will
probably be forwarded by the Australia,
December 18th.