Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-01-04


~ NJ c. A. department cont,ns,
besides the regular notices, several in
teresting short articles; the mis-
sion department contains emission
Statistics" an article on "Micro-
nesia," "News from Ponape," etc.
The boat race on New Years Day,
between two picked crews from the
Myrtle Boat Club, was won by the
Stranger" the crew consisting of H.
S. Davidson, coxswain; J. Torbert, A.
Robertson, W. Monsarrat, c. Purdy,
w. c. Wilder and c. ]. Mccarthy.
The crew of the "Alice NJ" were G.
Wilder, c. T. Wilder, A. Brown, W. C.
King, S. Monsarrat and A. Branch. Each
ofthe boysof the winning crew were pre-
sented with a leather medal, after
which the boys adjourned to the resi-
dence of Mr.. w. Monsarrat, where a
bounteous repast was awaiting them.
The Stranger" made the distance from
the boat .ouse around the spar-broy
and hack in I6 minutes SO seconds.
Rev. George Wallace, of the second
congregation of St Andrews Cath
edral, has issued a New Years circular
of congratulation, etc, which contains
a programme of the officers of the
congregation, announcements, etc
The new congregation will hold SER
vices every Lords Day, with sermon at
eleven O'Clock, and evening prayer ser
vice at halfpast seven o'clock. Even
ing prayer with brief address, will be
held on Wednesday evenings at half
seven O'Clock. Holy Communion will
be held on the first Sunday of each
month at the eleven o'clock service.
The Sunday School holds its sessions,
for the present, in Punahou Prepare
tory School, on Beretania street, at a
quarter before ten O'Clock on Sunday
mornings.
They say that the "bone with the
marrow still has good juice in it ;
that Kamakele's Honolulu friends
supplied him with several cases of
Jersey lightning" for his New Years
feast that the Ministry are cooking
over and patching up their accounts so
that they will show the road money
actually expended in the district, where,
ETC.; that it would take more that twice
the taxes now raised to pay the interest
on ten-million loan; that the natives
would sell out the Islands for fourteen
million dollars provided it was di-
vided amongst them that they have
been having some booming kuokoa
feasts in the Makawao district, Maui;
that the manner in which the Opposi-
ton "gobbed" the Government meet
ing held recently in Honolulu, caused
lots of laughter on the other islands;
that the Post Office was we'll guarded
yesterday after the "dumps" were
stolen; that the Post Office was robbed
either by experts, thieves, or by some
body else who knew the ropes, as it
were; that no blame can be attached to
the back door of the Post Office for
iiOI DCihR Cqudl W tlC CHlCi SChSy,
that there are as many theories to the
robbery as there are voters in Honolulu
after the police force is subtracted;
that the police were all doing quietly
in chairs and on curbs when the rob
berry was committed; that the money
was not taken out Of the Post Office
building until after one o'clock on Sun
day morning; that the present affair
is repetition of the old Custom
house robbery Of many moons ago; that
the Government ought to hire some
efficient outside men to ferret out the
matter; and that the steamer Ltkelikt
was in luck in not getting into port on
time.