The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-11
NEWS AND NOTES.
spells Of Pen and Scissors From Many
Sources.

UeSCeuutu SdIelg.
Herr Steubel, recently appointed
German Consul at Samoa, arrived III
Sydney, April 18th.
The Assembly of New South Wales
has decided to favor payment of
fixed salary to Legislators.
The German warship Olga, on
being locked at Sydney, was found
to have not sustained the slightest
injury below the water-line by going
ashore at Apia.
Emigrants who have returned to
England from the Argentine Re
public in a destitute condition com
plain that the country is crowded
with unemployed.
All the printers in Brisbane,
Queensland, struck work in April,
because offices employing men be
longing to the Typographical Asso-
citation were executing work for non
association Offices.
Westport, n. T., coal is now cred
tied with getting the CalliOpe out of
the Jaws OF death Under It's super
Tor steam generating power, the
engines registered more horse power
than on their official trials.
An officer Of FL. 3. NJ. S. Calliope,
at Sydney, in telling the story Of the
Samoan disaster, said: As the Cali
ope steamed past the United States
flagship Trenton the latter ran up
the signals, Good luck to you, boys"
Good bye, Cailiope."
Lord Knutsford has telegraphed
the Queensland Government that
the new Chinese restriction bill of
that colony differs in material parti-
culars from the one agreed upon at
the conference In Sydney last year.
He added that the bill should secure
exemption of classes entitled to such
exemption under any treaty to be
made with China.
The ratification of the Sugar
Bounties Convention by the British
Parliament was considered doubtful
in London on April 18th The su-
| gar market Is much excited owing to
the remark let fall by Baron de
Worms in his speech introducing
| the Bill in the House of Commons,
| to the effect that there was likely to
be a scarcity Of sugar in the market
this season, in consequence of the
small yield estimated to be obtained
| from the Cuban Crop.
Private letters from Samoa re
e we'd in Sydney state that all the
c OBS have been destroyed by the
roC t hurricane, and that as all the
| stores have been used up in prOvid-
| ing for the shipwrecked sailors, there
is every probability of a famine at
! Samoa. Several churches in Sydney
! have announced the intention to de-
vote collections to the relief of the
/ Samoan people. This would be q
| good sort of memorial service for
Honolulu churches.
When an imp from the Auckland
Herald Office ran into Government
House with an extra recounting the
S moan disaster, Admiral Fairfax
was shocked at the news, but was
| gree Jy relieved and elated when he
found that he had not to account to
"NIy Lords of the Admiralty" for the
loss of the CalliOpe. He put his
hand in his pocket, and taking from
it sum which made the boys eyes
| glisten, he remarked, Here, my lad,
L always like to give the devil his
due"
President debating club: well,
we have had some stirring speeches
on the negative side of the ques-
ton of the evening, Is Marriage a
Failure?' but none of the gentlemen
appointed to speak on the affirma-
tive side have responded" Secre-
tary (whispering): Their wives are
here" The President Qoudly)
Owing to the lateness of the hour,
| further debate is postponed" Ad-
| journed. (The foregoing does not
describe the recent discussion in the
Honolulu Debating Society,"
Among the lengthy reports of the
Samoan disaster published by the
San Francisco papers, those of the
| Post and Chronicle were by far the
| best. The former paper had an ex-
! ira edition on the streets within a
compile of hours of the Alameda's
arrival. The Chronicle of course
had longer time and gave a little
more complete account. Both these
reports were from the pen Of John
/ Z. Dunning, of the Associated Press,
who left here three months ago by
/ the Alameda for Samoa. He was
| formerly connected with Whining
\ ton, Delaware and Philadelphia
papers. He stood on the beach at
Samoa for thirty six hours in the
drenching rain, and almost blinded
by the sand aud flying scud, taking
his notes ana observing every incl
dent of the disasters. His letter
! contained 22,000 words of which
10000 words were telegraphed all
, over the country, the New York
Tribune devoting nine columns to
Mr.. Cummings report. This was the
longest dispatch ever sent East from
San Francisco. 1t was a clear and
succinct account Of every detail of
the storm and wrecks, without any
attempt at sensationalism, yet was
heart-rending enough to draw many
a tear from those who perused it,
and 1t kept all riveted with interest
from beginning to end.