The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-05-04
LOCAL BREVITIES.
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paper in rolls or reams.
This is the day for a regular meet
ing of the Board of Health.
Davey has made group picture of
the new officers of the Y. NJ. c. a.
The circus people will rest tonight
and the tent near the fish market will
be dark.
Practically new household furniture
of three rooms and kitchen is offered
for sale
The notorious All Loi is now at the
police station awaiting trial in the Cir
cult Court.
A sale of work by the Sewing Society
of St. Andrews Cathedral will take
place on June Is.
Bishop Willis has gone to Kauai to
attend to matters in connection with
the church he represents.
Mr. and Mrs c. II. Bishop returned
to their home in Kauai on the w. G.
Hall yesterday afternoon.
There will be cricket practice this
afternoon at o'clock at the British
Commissioner residence.
There will be special decorations for
the Theosophical white Lotus Day
This is Ladies' Day at the courts of
the Pacific Tennis Club. All friends
are cordially invited to attend.
Rev d. P. Birnie left for Kauai yes
terday afternoon. He will return
Saturday night or early Sunday morn
ing.
Rev NJ. L. Berger, d. D., will be
heard again in an account of travel at
the Y. NJ. c. A. on next Sunday after
noon.
Members of the Board of Education
hope to be able to have meeting this
week to dispose of quite an accumula-
ton of business. !
VIM Vida is now a substitute on the
police force in the place of Nigel Jack
son who went to Maui yesterday after
noon to spend vacation. II
All claims against the Kwong Now
Wal Co., rice planters, Waikiki, must |
have immediate presentation to Theo.sI
II. Davies & Co., Ltd, agents.
Assessor C. H. Dickey will introduce
the California poppy on Maui, having |
sent a quantity of seeds forward by |
the steamer Claudine yesterday.
Prof A. Koebele, the Government |
entomologist, left last evening for Ka
uai to look after blight and the welfare
of the insect enemies of dangerous
pests.
Today at 10 o'clock a. m. at the
premises, Punchbowl and Beretania
streets, J. F. Morgan will hold a sale
of household furniture, crockery, glass
ware, etc.
A WaverIey Club meeting will be
held on Saturday evening next to elect
new members and receive a report
from the committee on revision of the
constitution.
The Aloha Alma newspaper, property
of Mrs. JOS. Nawahi, is publishing
serially in the native language Liliu-
okalani's book "Hawaii's Story by Ha-
waits Queen"
Among the arrivals from Maui and
Hawaii ports on the Mauna Loa yes
terday were p. T. Phillips, John Lane,
Mrs. o. P. Emerson, Mr.. Chillingworth
and A. w. Carter.
considerable force is employed at
the down town station of the Hawaiian
Electric Company placing new ma
chinery brought from the States by
Manager Hoffman.
s. B. Rose of the Wilder Steamship
Company will leave for Kau on the
Mauna Loa, Friday. While in the dis
trict he will be the guest of w. P.
Fennell of Punaluu.
general meeting of the Leilani
Boat Club will be held at the hotel at
1880 o'clock this evening for the trans
action of business of Importance. Ev-
cry member is earnestly requested to
be present.
The British Commissioner has called
a meeting of British subjects to take
place at the Pacific Club this evening
for the purpose of considering the plan
of celebrating May Path, Queen Victo-
rias birthday.
At the meeting of the Woman's
Board in the Central Union Church
yesterday afternoon, Mrs. w. A. Bowen
told something of the Inland Chinese
Mission that is supported entirely by
offerings sent in answer to prayer.
Miss McDonaId's lecture will be Civ =
en- on Thursday morning of this week
on the lanai at Mrs J. B. AthertOn's
on King street. 1t is hoped that this
change in the place of meeting will
not interfere with the usual attend
ance.
In the Police Court yesterday morn
ing, the case of II. Walters the former
Andrew WEIGH sailor, for assault and
battery on two police officers, was
nolle pross'd Domingo, a Portuguese
lad, was reprimanded on pleading
guilty to the charge of disobedience to
parents.
Now comes a complaint from the re-
sidents of Punchbowl, who allege that
ever since a couple of days after the
cessation of the recent heavy rain,
they have been deprived of their sup
ply of water during the day time and
only in the morning and evening is the
water turned on.
Warehouses; delivery wagon was
seen disappearing in runaway style
Oward the water front early yesterday
. fternnnn Thn horse 1raS standing