The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-10-24
MAUI NEWS.
lao Water - Personal Mept,on
Etc.
(From our special correspondent, ,

sion OF laos waters is one of great
Importance, and, Judging by the
three cornered contest that has been
Waged for several weeks through
numerous attorneys-Messrs. Thur
ston and Smith for Waikiki Planta-
ton, Messrs. Neumann, Hatch and
halua for Col. Spreckels, and G. w.
Ashford, Esq, for Waikiki people
the parties concerned fully realized
how necessary and momentous a
Just and wise decision In the matter
is. Sam Kaiue is the regularly ap-
pointed Water Right and Private
hoad Commissioner for Waikiki, but
several weeks ago, when the present
case came into prominence, he was
found to be ineligible to act as Judge
Ia TINS instance, owing to the fact
mat he was an interested party
through his wife's ownership of some
property irrigated by the water in
question.
The attorneys for the plantation
presented the name of s. +. Chilling
WORTH as substitute, and Spreckels'
lawyers advocated Jno. Kalama, but
ID. w. Halstead was selected by the
authorities as the compromise man.
and received a commission to sit
upon this special case. Mr.. Halstead
proceeded to hold hearing in Homo
lulu, and at the conclusion he adj
Journed the whole affair for two
weeks. On the same day the LEGAL
gentlemen employed by Spreckels
and the Waikiki people decided that
Halstead had no Jurisdiction in
Honolulu, but that the case should
be heard in Wailuku. Accordingly
they took the steamer for Maui, per
suaded Mrs. Kaiue to sell her rights,
reinstated Sam Kaiue as Judge in
the matter, and set in operation a
three days trial at Waikiki Court
House. The only decision reached
was postponement till November
I'd. AS in philosophy, two objects
cannot fill the same space at the
same time; so, two men cannot leg
ally fill one-man position during
the same period of time. This casus
belli, though ostensibly triangular
fight, is in reality simply Spreckels
and Waikiki owners versus Waikiki
Plantation. Hence the raison d. etre
of petition to the Court by the for
mer for the removal of w. III. Hal
stead, and one from the latter for the
taking away of Kaiue's commission.
It is understood that hearing of the
petition against Halstead occurred in
Honolulu last Monday, the 18th inst.
Ages ago there was decision by
tbs Supreme Court in regard to Wal
luku water rights, but in the course
of years it seems to have grown
somewhat rusty and obsolete, and it
remains to be determined whether
the claim Of their opponentsssses
it's r;ebtfs'.as pup pqbiif TAKEN more than
inst ~ a nntu + share of the water-is
OF not.
Rumor has it that the secret his
tory of the affair is most exciting,
and that, whatever the decision may
be, the future is fraught with many
interesting developments.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Last week w. II. Bailey, Esq, OF
Oakland, paid short visit to his old
home, Waikiki.
News was received per Waimanalo
on Tuesday that James Cowan, of Ka-
huku, had been attacked by paralysis.
His old Hamakuapoko and Maui
friends are deeply sympathetic.
II Mrs. III. G.. Alexander, of Makawao,
has Just returned from Hilo and the
volcano. She reports splendid
time"
Many friends congratulate Mr..
Erdman Baldwin, and hope that
November 2Sth's sun will shine most
brightly on his Hilo bride.
MIR. ii. B. Bailey, a former resi-
dent of Maui, had the honor OF
placing the last brick of the collar Of
Makaweli's 175-foot chimney.
Miss Ida Campbell did not again
disappoint her friends and relations
but returned home per Claudine las
Wednesday. Between Z and . P.
on the evening of the 10th instant
twelve couples of young people coult
have been seen promenading iron
Paia Reading Rooms to Miss Camp
BELLS residence. They halted JUS
outside the gate and sang My Bon
ME, tits Welcome to Thee" till tn
dogs barked and the surprised youni
lady put in an appearance. Ate
being greeted most effusively by tn
ladies, and most cordially by tn
men, she was taken captive for tn
evening and led back to the parlor'
where merriment held high carnlvs
for several hours.
HERE AND THERE.
The knights of Pythias still houl
ish on Maui, holding their regula
twice-a-month meetings. Last Satu
day night, the 18th instant, witnesse
an unusually large attendance at tn
lodge rooms in Kahului, the occaslo
being an initiation of new membe
Last Sunday, the 10th instant,
the Makawao Church, Rev. L.
Gulick delivered most interestln
reminiscent discourse on the life
Rev. John Peyton, of Glasgow,
heroic missionary to the New ID
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