The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-09-09
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Through passengers by the China
took in the sights in and around the
city to-day.
The mail for San Francisco by the
S. S. China will close at Z o'clock
this evening.
Mechanics Benefit Union will meet
this evening in annual session and
elect officers.
Diamond Head, 3 p. m.-Weather
hazy; wind light northeast; schooner
Mile Morris off the head.
The Tahitian mail of the Tropic
Bird will be despatched by the S. S.
China for San Francisco this even
ing.
Lieutenant Commander B. f.
Richards, U. S. n, is through pas
senger for San Francisco on the S. S.
China.
Protection Hook ~ Ladder Com
pany, H, f, D., will celebrate its 35th
anniversary by social at its hall to-
morrow evening.
The Portuguese Benevolent So
ciety has received spar eighty feet
long for new flagpole at the club
house on Alapai street.
The Y. w. G. T. U. coffee rooms
at Queen Emma hall will be in full
blast this evening, after suspension
of two weeks. Try the young ladies'
beverages.
A Chinese washman stated the
other day that about eight thousand
pieces were destroyed by the fire at
the Government wash house on
Tuesday morning.
The Misses Adeline and Beatrice
Willis, nieces of Rev. Bishop Willis,
will leave on the steamer w. G.. Hall
on Friday next for Kona, Hawaii, to
accept positions as teachers in the
South Kona Boarding School.
The publishers of Husted's Direc-
tory have sent specially bound
copy as gift to the Queen. 1t is in
white vellum with leather corners,
bearing in gilt the inscription, "Li-
liuokalani, Queen of the Hawaiian
Islands"
The Liberal party held a mass
meeting at the Old Armory, Queen
street, last evening, and appointed a
committee to nominate a Noble tC
fill the vacancy caused by the resig
nation of Hon. p. Neumann, and re-
port next Thursday. An inharmo
NOUS discussion of the situation
took place.
A large and brilliant party wa.
given by Hon. and Mrs. w. G.. irwin
at their Waikiki residence last night
1t was in the nature of reception
to recently returned friends from
abroad. Steward James of tn,
steamship Australia catered for tn,
event, surprising even his great sue
cesses of former occasions.
The promoters of the lottery bill
have agreed to have the objection
able word policy" stricken out o
the bill, by request of many wh'
considered this the most objection
able part of the bill, and it is alsC
stated that it was never the inten
ton of the originators to embrace
anything of the kind in the bill.
The P. M. S. S. China, which al
rived last evening, brought one hun
dred and three Chinese passenger
from Yokohama and Japan, and tw
hundred and thirty tons of freigh
for this port. She had forty fv
cabin passengers in transit for Sa
Francisco. The China will continu
her voyage at 8 o'clock this evening
The Myrtle Boat Club have &c
cepted the challenge of the Hea
lanis on condition that the race b
on Sept. 24th and for cup value
at $50. The Healanis have granite
the request and the cup is tn
only hitch. A Healani when aske
to-day if the race was coming o
sure pop" answered "yes, unles
they want head start"
, AT the meeting of the Fire De
partment last night asfuneral bi
, of SIS for John Sullivan, decease
member of Engine Company No,
was passed. A report from the ex,
cutive committee on the accident t
{ No. Is engine stated that the Chi,
Engineer at the investigation eel
= sured the driver for his want of car
5 The Department voted down mC
> ton to consider the report and aC
jourped.
An Elegant Table.
. In the window of the Pacif
, Hardware Company is an elegar
card table composed of immunerj
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