Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-01-08

The Hawaiian Bell Telephone Com
pany has issued new list of subscrib-
ers for customers, corrected to date
Chinese carpenters are doing good
business throughout town; in fact they
are doing about all the cheap work
that is done in Honolulu.
Members OF the Palace Sunday
School are respectfully requested to
attend the next meeting of that poll
tical institution and bring bottle Of
gin with them.
Gold fish we're in great demand for
the passengers on the Australia yester-
day. The Chinese and natives did a
good business in the fish line while the
vessel was in port.
There was "steen" hundred police
officers watching the steamer Australia
yesterday, to catch the Post Office
robber if he tried to escape. 1t is
said that he eluded their vigilance and
escaped by her.
Nothing more has been learned
about the Postoffice robbery. The
officers who have the matter in hand
look very grave when questioned, and
say, "We are not at liberty to reveal
what we know"
China and Hawaii went to war on
Nuuanu street yesterday morning over
a game of tag. In the youthful ARRAY
which followed, Hawaii raised the poi
standard while China was obliged to
haul down the "black flag"
Orange sellers still persist in leaving
their carts in the streets, where they are
in everybody's way, while the owners
sit on the sidewalks engaged in 'sweet
communion" with their friends
generally smoking the common pipe.
Street-cleaners were at work yester-
day, raking up piles of dirt and rubbish
again in some OF the by-streets. 1t is
to be hoped that they will be carted
away this time, together with the old
piles of dirt raked up eight or nine
weeks ago.
We welcome back Mr.. Walter f.
Frear, son of Rev. Walter Frear, for
mer pastor of Fort-street Church, who
arrived from San Francisco by the
Australia yesterday, to fill the vacancy
at Punahou College made vacant by
the resignation of Geo L. Bates.
The steamer Australia arrived here
yesterday morning, six days and six
teen hours from San Francisco. She
brought large list of passengers, and
three hundred and fifteen tons of freight
for this port. She reports fine weather
the entire passage.
The new schooner Domitila is out
rs days. to-day. She left here for
Hio, Hawaii, on Monday, December
I4th, since which nothing has been
heard of her 1t is supposed that she
has either capsized in squall or has
been blown out of her course
1t would be great improvement
at the delivery window of the Post
Office, when the mail arrives from the
Coast as we'll as when they go out, il
applicants were ordered to form line,
SD as to avoid the rush which always
crowds ladies and children away from
the window.
Mr.. John M. Dat and family returned
by the steamer Australia, yesterday
after visit to the Coast Johnnie says
he doesn't know whether he will try
business again or not. Some of his
friends have suggested that he get uI
a new baseball club and clean out the
Oceanics next season.
Captain Holland, who left here a:
commander of the Hawaiian brig Allie
Rowe, returned by the steamer Austria
liza yesterday Captain Holland wa'
compelled to leave the vessel in Hong
kong and go to San Francisco, OF
account of i'll health He says that thu
brig sailed from Hongkong for thi
place on November 2Sth.
There has been large mud hol'
formed at the intersection of Bethe
and King Streets. by the constan
escape of water from pipe in the yarC
of the machine shop adjacent TIL,
water has formed pool across thu
entire sidewalk, and is now fair sam
pie of one of the many street nuisance
of Honolulu.
Yesterday afternoon at half-past fou
o'clock a new Chinese flag was dis
played from the flagstaff of the Chimes
Club House, lately erected on Kin
street. The flag is large and yello,
and three-cornered, and has a beautifu
dragon with twisted tail curled up i
black heap in the center Ever
Ghinaman who passed that way smile
periodically and thought of fre-cracker'
Yesterday evening just after dark
collision occurred on Beretania stree
near the Central Park Skating RIM
between a hack and buggy. Th
buggy had no light displayed where
could be seen, and the consequence
was that the hack ran into it, as it wa
standing near the curb The bugg
had one of the hinder wheels broke
and the top, which was down, some
what damaged The hack escape