The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-02-21

day having been observed for the 18th
as the anniversary of the King Access
sion.
The Australia departed in peace and
quietness Tuesday. The band was
not there, md owing to the tabu on the
steamer and wharf by the Board of
Health, the crowd of spectators was
thin.
The Literary Committee of the De-
batting Society has adopted the follow
ing subject for discussion at the meet
ing on Thursday evening next: Gre
solved, that education prevents
crime.n
King street beyond Judge BECKER
toms towards Pawaa is reported to be
in an exceedingly bad state. Resi-
dents whose daily avocations bring
them that way are crying loudly for
some repairs.
Among the coming events will be
an exhibition in the "manly art of
self-defense,n to be held in the Opera
House week after next, when there
will appear "teams" from the warships
in port, assisted by local talent.
During Saturday and Sunday the
police booked twenty-one arrests-one
for deserving service, three assault
and battery, one conspiracy, one ma
licious mischief, seven drunkenness,
six gaming, one vagrancy, and one
violating Sunday law.
The Minister of Finance issues a
notice in the official column, asking
all having any money transactions
with the Government, requiring or
capable of settlement before March
3lst, to come forward promptly with
vouchers or cash, as the case may be.
The San Francisco Chronicle fears
that the steamship City of New York
has been locked prematurely, and
that it may lead to the same serious
result as the docking of the steamship
City of Sydney some months ago,
after which there was an outbreak of
smallpox.
An incipient blaze in the roof of a
building on Nuuanu street mauka of
No. engine house, on Monday week,
was reduced by timely application
of water with buckets. 1t is supposed
to have been caused by the fireworks
in connection with the Chinese New
Year celebration.
The Kaimiloa received a cOnsidera-
BILE number of dodgers from the Aus
tralia, on the 18th inst, consisting
of quarantined passengers moved off
the latter vessel preparatory to her de-
parture next day for San Francisco. The
I'm tha Australia Ntrar.a f11foi-
gated during the day.
The entertainment under the aus
pices of the Blue Ribbon Society on
Saturday evening was attended by
large audience. The programme, as
previously announced, was carried out
and most of the numbers on it encored.
Rev. Geo. Wallace's address was brief
but powerful. Two names were added
to the roll of membership.
Oliver SWANS genial countenance
smiled his hearty alohas from the deck
of the steamer Tuesday for friends
left behind. A GAZETTE "fendp who
dropped somehow or other on the
dock went near enough to the vessel
to eXtort from collie" promise not
to forget to come back again.
Princess Liliuokalani gave a recep-
ton in honor of Mr.. Theo. H. Davies,
British Vice-Consul, at her Palama
residence on Thursday evening. The
mansion and grounds were brightly
the Royal Band furnished
music, and a distinguished company
enjoyed the pleasures of the occasion.
The person having charge of strip
ping the wharf next to the p. NJ. S. |
Co.'s wharf left the breakup I'M
lighted Wednesday night. Captain
Nordberg, of the barkentine Geo. c.
Perkins, returning in the darkness to
his ship, fell through one of the open
ings and had a narrow escape with his
life.
The Jennie Walker has had her keel |
damaged by rub against some of the
reefs during her recent voyage. She |
goes to the Marine Railway doctors. |
She brought a load of copra. Mr.. |
Greig, the proprietor of Fanning's !
Island and also of the Jennie Walker,
intends to come to Honolulu next trip |
of the schooner.
LOCdl u6dlGlS Will plODelblS uuu II w !
their advantage to communicate with |
Messrs. S. Foster & Co., San Fran
cisco, whose advertisement appears in
this paper. At least, they should con-
fide strongly in the sagacity of a firm
that has the "sabe'i to advertise in the
quarter where they seek custom, and |
not leave patrons to drop on them ac-
The second number of the Paradise
Of the Pacific is, like the first, credit
able production from a literary or
typographical point of view. Both
the original and eclectic contents are
of kind TO engage interest abroad in
attractions. 1t is just the |
thing to wrap up with the weekly |
GAZETTE and address to friends in
foreign parts.
The shipments of sugar from this
port to San Francisco, according to
Custom-house clearance entries, from |
4 ~ ~ l.