The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-06

.HAMAKUA, January 3, 1893
The rain has again stopped for a
time but this afternoon it began to
cloud and is showering little now
at 6P.M. Before night we expect
to be deluged by Pluvius' liquid.
The Honokaa Rifle Association
held its annual match shooting yes
terday, but of the members only
two were present, beside a few other
persons. Below is the score of
Mr.. r. T. Richard and Mr.. M. v.
Holmes. The former had already
won the medal twice, but in order
to become its owner, he had to win
it a third time, which he did, as
shown by the score:
TWO HUNDRED YARDS.
RI. Rickard...4 5 4 4-43
NJ. ". Holmes.4 4 4 4-42
Notwithstanding the wind, which
was blowing pretty hard, the shoot
ing as to points was a success. Both
participants are "old hands" in the
use of firearms.
Another match, FIVE rounds, be-
tween G.. F. Alfonso and Thomas
Richard, Jr., took place at 1 80 P.
NJ. Below is the score:
Thomas Richard, Jr-.....4 4-19
Both participants are novices in
the use of the rifle.
A Paauhau Portuguese woman
was stricken with paralysis on De-
cember %, 1898, on the oath a
child was born to her, and on the
25th she became delirious and raw
ing, and attempted to bite anyone
going near her. 1t took all that
two strong men could do to keep
her down on her couch of pain.
On the 18th, after long sleep of
fourteen hours, she woke up and
spoke and acted as nationally as
any person
Yesterday two of the Government
homesteaders at Papalele were ar
rested in the act of distilling
sokole-hao." Three bottles had
already been distilled when three
Observation-Disclosures, Lunahiwa and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS were in ambush
watching the "moonshiners," think
ing that enough of the illicit liquor
had been manufactured, arrested
the two busy law-breakers. They
were locked up and today were tried
and found guilty of ''contraband
distillation of liquor" A fine of
800 and 1926 costs was imposed
on each, and in addition they were
sentenced to three months impris-
onment apiece at hard labor, with
board and lodging at the expense of
the Government, on the Volcano
road from Hilo. The honor of having
the first Court attendance, however,
belongs to a number of refractory
Japanese from one of the planta-
tions.
The Honokaa plantation is dis
charging some of the old reliable
white laborers TO make room for
Japanese who will do worse work
and get less pay. Thus are the
Europeans and Americans deriving
their benefit from the importation
of Japanese cheap labor into Ha-
wall.
The Hamakua homesteaders are
complaining at the neglected state
of the roads running among the
homestead settlements. The Homo
kaa homesteads, which are thriv-
ing in population and Importance,
have only one wagon road, and that
has been made at their own ex-
pense. The whole main Hamukua
road is in a pretty fair condition,
better than it ever was. Some ask,
why not stop working on it for a
time and do a little on the neglect
ed homestead roads? The road re-
Gently described as following the
lot of the late Evans, has not yet
been opened, although the Govern
ment issued the order for the work
to be done.
The Kilauea Hou leaves Paauhau
tomorrow for Honolulu with sugar,
and the Waialeale is expected daily
with the Hamakua portion of the
foreign mail.