Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-01-11

LOCAL NEWS.

from the Colonies on next Saturday.
The St Paul has not been telephoned
up to the time we 90 to press
The Y. NJ c. A. bookkeeping class
meets at half-past seven o'clock this
evening.
No news has as yet been heard of the
schoon,r Domit,a, which left here for
HAo, Hawaii, four weeks ago o.day.
The new two-story brick building
belonging to Mr. 7. Warehouse, on
Queen street, is fast nearing completion,
Their Majesties the King and Queen
and suite returned from the other
Islands by the Kinau last Saturday.
The Postoffice robbery still remains
mystery The police force are work
ing mysteriously-but what can they
accomplish ?
The Merry Makers variety company
are expected to arrive here by the
steamer Zealandia, which is due from
the Colonies tomorrow.
The band will give no concert at
Emma Square this evening, but will
give moonlight concerts tomorrow and
Thursday nights, weather permitting.
The S. S. Zealandia is due ftom the
Colonies. en- route to San Francisco,
tomorrow. Applications for money
orders should be made at the Post
office before twelve o'clock to-day
The immigration wharf is being re-
paired, and new rails are being laid for
the running of hand cars from the end
of the wharf to the depot This looks
as if there were more immigrants ex
pected-aS in fact there are.
The annual meeting of the Honolulu
Yacht and Boat Club will be held at
the club house at half-past seven O'Clock
tomorrow evening. Members are re-
quested to be present. as officers will
be elected for the ensuing year.
There will be a meeting of the
Pacific Hose Company this evening at
half-past seven o'clock, at their house
on King street. All members are re-
quested to be present, as important
business will come before the meeting.
The election of officers for the ensuing
year will take place at this meeting.
The Ward Vernon entertainment
takes place at the Hawaiian Opera
House this evening. Most of the re-
served seats have been already taken,
and there promises to be full house.
The company will be assisted by local
talent, and Mr.. L. Montgomery
Mather will make his first appearance
before a Honolulu audience.
The steamer Alameda, American
owned by Spreckels & Co., of this city,
started on a race for Australia with the
Zealandia, and won. So it seems that
we are ahead in yachts and steamers
too. The Alameda was built in. Phila-
dephia in 1883. Her victory renews
the glory of the old clipper days
f. ALa
The first exhibition of the Pacific
Bicycle Club was held at the Central
Park skating rink on Saturday night
There was fair audience present, who
applauded the riders with much vigor
There were four contestants who entered
for the race, but at the last minute two
of them dropped out. The race was
for five miles, twenty laps to the mile
The medal was won by Geo. Hardy
time I7A minutes
1t is reported that a Chinaman wa
seriously injured on the road to Koo
lau, Just the other side of the Pail, las
Saturday night. 1t seems that he wa'
in town on Saturday, and started home
about five o'clock in the afternoon
When about a quarter of the Wa.
down the other side of the Pail hi
horse slipped, throwing the rider to tn,
ground, where he lay unconscious unit
about ten o'clock. When he recovered
consciousness he managed to drag him
self to a Chinese hous about mil,
away, where he was attended to.
They.say; That the bicycle race las
Saturday evening was not glarinl
success that the political circula
issued day before yesterday will hav
to be amended before it is Endorsed
that there was great deal of SINAI
political talk on matters in genera
among Government men during tn
last of last week that the new silve
certificates of Spreckels & Co.'s Ban
are as neat as greenbacks that it is
pity they are not worth as much tina
cork legs are worth more in San Frar
cisco that cork heads in Honolulu
that the next Legislature ought to pas
a law against what is known as "legf
Matchmaking" being practiced in HonC
lulu that an official once caught in
illegal Matchmaking suit ought to b
dismissed from Office by the King; thu
political rights should not take prect
dehce over vested interests which repre-
sent taxes that some of the Chimes
should be taught "street pollteness
that Sunday riding parties are agai
coming into fashion that the entertain
ment tonight will draw large audienc'
that the Premier started branc
hash-house on Molokai; that ii
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