The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-03-13
THE DEMANDS OF COMMERCE.
Dry Weather at Present-Sudden Death
of a Child-Deccision in Important
Law Suit-Building to be Removed.
Many Other Items of Interest, Etc.

ing last a most earnest protest was
entered against the expenditure OF
any funds for the present wharf at
Hilo. The meeting was most en-
thusiastic and the following reso-
lutions were unanimously carried:
Whereas, the present as well as
prospective commercial develop
ment OF Hilo demands the erection
of wharf, or wharves, capable of
accommodating deep-sea vessels /;
and, whereas, it is understood that
bill is about to be introduced
into the Legislature making pro-
vision for the extension of the
present wharf at the foot of Waia-
nuenue street; therefore be it
Resolved, that the citizens of
Hilo, in public meeting assembled,
hereby protest against the proposed
bill or any measure having for its
object the extension or reconstruc-
ton of the present wharf, and fur
ther urge the immediate appropri-
alton of sufficient funds to insure
the erection of wharves at Waia-
kea, which is the only part of the
bay where a good wharf can be
erected for a reasonable amount;
and it is further
Resolved, that our Senators and
Representatives be instructed to
use their best endeavors to procure
a sufficient appropriation to build
a wharf and breakwater at Waia-
kea; and it is further
Resolved, that copy of these
resolutions be sent to each one of
the Senators and Representatives
from the island of Hawaii.
In a suit in equity brought by
Joseph Vierra against Ropert F.
Gulstan, Bishop of Panopolis, and
Emile Very during the January
term of the Fourth Circuit Court,
the hearing of the case occupied
nearly week and excited a great
amount of attention. The decision
of Judge Austin has just been
heard in open court, whereby the
plaintiff is held to pay all costs
and to pay over to defendant Very,
the lessee of the premises in ques-
ton, all the ground rents and rents
of all the buildings belonging to
the land, as collected by plaintiff
since June !, 1895, to date of this
decree; and that plaintiff, Vierra,
have thirty days from date of de-
cree wherein to remove his build
ings, he to pay ground rent for
them to plaintiff from June 1, 1895
to date of removal. The premises
are the property of the Catholic
Mission on the Puma side of Waia-
nuenue street lying between the
Catholic Church and Volcano Sta
bles, of which Mr.. Vierra was the
former lessee. He claimed to hold
a contract of renewal of the lease,
but Judge Austin sustained the
ground taken by defendants. The
case will likely go before the Su-
preme Court. The attorneys in
the case were G. F. Little for
plaintiff, and F. NJ. Wakefield and
Paul Neumann for defendants.
One of the most entertaining and
delightfully."- social affairs given by
the Hilo Social Club was held at
the charming home of DIR. Wet
more on Thursday evening last.
1t was purely an evening with
Dickens, the poet and humorist.
The selections taken from his hu-
morous writings were so well rem
dered that even the most stoical
could not prevent the ripples of
laughter.
The following is the program,
every number of which was
a gem:
Sketch-"Charles Dickens"
.................. ..................M Miss DeyO
Vocal Trio ..........M Mrs. Austin, Misses
Austin and Richardson.
Recitation from "Cricket on the
Hesrth"-"Song on the Kettle
Raymond Coau
Reading from "Great Expectations
Mr. Cyril Smith.
Music-Zither.... ............. Miss Rose
Reading death of Little Paul
Dombey' Miss Mary Lyman
Vocal Trio-"What Are the Wild
Waves Saying Mrs. Austin,
Misses Austin and Willis.
Reading-"Courtship of Mr.. Bar
kis" ........ -......... . Miss Forbe.
Quotation from Dickens.
The Ladies Sewing Society Of
the First Foreign Church, at theil
annual meeting, decided to change
the name of the society. Hence.
forth this helpful organization Of
social Christian workers will be
known as THE Ladies' Social Cir
Gle of the Foreign Congregation
They will continue to assist in
charities and church needs and