The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-12-23


Messrs. E. Hofschlaeger & Co.
have just received and have for sale,
two of those fine Westermayer
pianos.
Mr.. Allen Hutchinson, the sculp-
tor, has sold his bust of King Luna
lilo to the trustees of the Lunalilo
Home.
At a meeting of the Steinitz Chess
Club it was decided to include the
game of whist to be played by the
members.
MIR. E. B. Thomas has been
awarded the contract for building
the new British Club. Work will be
commenced at once.
Purser J. B. Sutton of the Ala
media has our thanks for prompt de-
livery of files of late San Francisco
papers and other favors.
f. NJ. English, B. A., will lecture
at the Y. NJ G. A. Hall on Tuesday
evening, assisted by Miss Nolte, who
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In our By Authority column will
be found a notice regarding Mr..
Hikohichi Ito, Attache to the Jap
auese Consulate General.
Miss johnson of the Kamehameha
Preparatory School has been obliged
to resign on account of ill-health,
which is much regretted.
The attention of photographers is
called to the supply of the cele-
brated NJ. A. reed dry plates just
received by Hollister & Co.
Bids are called for by G. Brewer
d Co. for digging cellar and build
ing cellar walls on Fort street on
the site of Williams photo gallery.
Mr.. Armstrong Smith of the Ku-
kuihaele Government School re-
turned on the Alameda from six
months visit to England, looking
well.
James Swinney escaped last Sat
urday from the prison gang working
at the Punchbowl quarry, and thus
far has baffled the search of the
police.
His ExcelIency Hon. H. A. P.
Carter has been appointed delegate
to the international American None
tary Union, to be held at Washing
ton, d. g.
Mr.. Lincoln D.Spencer, Inspector
General of Immigrants, returned
Sunday from a tour of inspection
around the island of Kauai. He was
absent two weeks or more.
Thursday evening a luau was
given at Moanalua in honor of the
departing baseball team. The Ha-
waiian Quintette Club was in atten-
dance. 1t was a very fine affair.
Marshal Hopkins offers a reward
of $500 for information which will
lead to the arrest and conviction of
the party or parties who shot and
killed Chong 1t Sing at Waimea,
hdQal. D6C6mD6I iZbQ.
Col. p. G. Ballingall, President of
, the Ottumwa, Iowa, Coal Palace,
called at this Office last week He is
stopping at the Hamilton House, nd
is en- route to Australia The colonel
is famous globe trotter.
The departure of the Australia
on Friday for San Francisco was
witnessed by large number of peo-
pie. Many of the departing passen-
gers wore leis. The baseball team
caused much amusement by their
antics.
" Mai Fai F." has accepted an en-
gagement with the Olive Berkeley
Troup for the purpose of doing "
the islands and the Volcano. She |
will play the character of Dearest in
Little Lord Fauntleroy. We wish |
her success.
At IL O'Clock Monday morning,
Mrs. John L. Stevens and Miss
Nellie Stevens were presented to
II. R. H. the Princess Regent in the
blue room, Iolani Palace, by Mr.. JAS.
w Robertson, Acting Chamberlain.
Mrs. G. Clark attended on the
Regent.
a correspondent, writing from
Hamakaa, Hawaii, says of the late
storm The weather has been very
heavy the past week, with sharp
thunder. Cane has been washed out
in places, while Waipio Valley is
under water Fortunately the rice
in the valley is all harvested, or the
loss would have been considerable.
The public road in the district has
also been damaged, and some of the
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