The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-02
HAMAKUA NOTES.
COMPLAINT ABOUT RED TAPE
IN THE POST OFFICE.
The Dry Weather Causing sickness
Tennis Courts Opened-Per-
sCnal Items, Etc.

ling. One new man on the force
may account for the work.
Judge s. L. Austin and wife of
Hilo reached Hamakua today.
They are On their way to Kohala,
where the judge presides at the
next term of the circuit court.
Chas. Kempster of Kohala has
been the guest of Hamakua friends
n part of the week.
Mrs. Judge Copp of Makawao,
Maui, is the guest of her daugher,
Mrs. w. B. Harley. Miss Lydia
Copp, who came over at the same
time, returns home by this trip of
the Claudine.
Masters Teddy and Frank Green
field have returned to school at San
Rafael, California, after two
months vacation spent at home.
They have made quite collection
of ancient Hawaiian curios, inciud
ing many kinds of stone work and
many specimens from the volcano,
all collected by request of the
headmaster of the school.
Mrs. Chas. Williams, wife of our
assessor and collector, is reported
to be quite sick at her home in Ka-
pulena.
A good dentist can pick up a
hundred or two stray dollars by
paving our district a short visit.
The sheriff of Hawaii has re-
Gently rendered a decision that
makes his friends smile. Some
months ago Bordfelt shot Jap at
Kukuihaele, and the Pacific Sugar
Mill Co. went on his bond, which
was signed by the late c. Won
Mengersen as manager of the
p. S. M. AS soon as the sheriff
heard of the death of Mr.. Menger-
sen he decided that the bond was
void, and ordered that a new bond
be given. Wonder if he would
have thought it was a void bond
had Mr.. Bordfelt embraced the OPP
portunity and skipped? " Those
, are my orders, and [ don't want to
talk about the matter"
Our country post offices are
loaded down with red tape enough
TO run the San Francisco office.
The officials here claim that they
are only acting under orders from
the general postoffice. The first
l bit of tape that WAS VISA iItrssliScse
f was the requirement of not issuing
any dopnestTc money-order unless
q It was placed in the letter aae
IF mailed before the party left th'
office. The second was requiring
II gold for foreign money orders, ant
refusing to accept silver with tn
1t premium added when no gol'
Y could be had. The last one is tn
worse of all, for it is silly, as wei
as a nuisance and a loss. 1t re
quires postmasters not to canoe
any old issue stamps. Unless yo'
can use a surcharged stamp yo'
need not write, seems to be tn
motto. We have been noticing 70
If some time that the postmaster
" general was going to come up on
way, and we hereby extend spe
% ciai invitation. We know a mum
"a Der of men that want to talk t
him. Our mail service is GOOD
but it requires a steady nerve t
9. work the combination.
Hamakua is getting to be quite
place for amusements. Tennis
the leading variety in the east enc
there now being three courts. Mrs
IS James Renton opened her coul
=. with a tournament on Tuesda
9 afternoon, making the third ont
= Dancing is the form most enjoyed
in the west end. There is alread
talk of a ball for the holiday sea
son. James Renton has been talk
ing up archery since he came HON
from Chicago, and there seem
desire to form club. 1t is all tn
rage in the east, and of course W
Is must endeavor to keep up with tn
- procession. =,
On The weather continues in tn
ng same old rut. We cant imagiu
}" what great sin is charged u
An against US, but Hilo has rail-
n Kona has rain, Maui has rain, an
even Honolulu has enough to r
lot vive memories of time that ono
ny was, but we do not even have
sprinkle. Every known sigh
the weather prophet, corns, rims
around the moon, rainbows in tt
morning, and even the old reliab
euuinoxial storm have failed to
= of any benefit to US. The dust
something awful, and a stror
trade wind keeps it moving an
none are sighted. Every plant
ton in the district but one is sho
IE of even drinking water for the
M men. Brackish water being FL
ne nished to the men, and hauled
- wagons at that, with the result
much sickness. All the plant
tons have about one-fourth of Il
men on the sick list all the tim
and in two places the men ha'