The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-04-01

Routine as well as extra or special
| business was handled with neatness
and dispatch at the adjourned meeting
of the National Board of Health yester-
day. The members. etc, present were:
President Smith, Secretary Wilcox, Dr.
C. B. ToOd. Dr. n. B. Emerson, c. A.
Brown, D. l.. Keliipio, Dr. W. W. Mon
sarrat, Dr. Campbell of Waimea, Kauai,
DR.. Alvarez. The Executive Officer,
Mr. Reynolds, is absent ON Molokai.
| Inspector Monsarrat reported that of
the sheep and hogs killed during the
past fortnight, all but one of two were
free from liver disease, and that but
few of the beeves were fonud to be
| troubled.
| The veterinery further submitted
| that the stock in the dairy of Mrs. P.
Neumann was free of even symptoms
of tuberculosis.
The board voted to recommend that
a license to practice medicine be issued
by the Minister of Interior to DR.. Hum
phreys, partner Of DR.. G.. Herbert.
Applications for the proposed new
position of milk inspector were receiv-
ed from DR. Rowatt, DR.. KarT and ]. A.
McDorald Orderel fled 2rr Smith
said that if the pure food bill, now in
the House became a law, the inspector
would be required to be a bacterolOgist,
chemist, physician and man Of business
and executive talent of the first order.
Miss McDonald's petition for place
as nurse at the proposed Lihue, Kauai,
hospital. was read and will be acted
upon later.
About 10000 fish have been sold at
the local market during the past two
weeks. This information came from
Mr.. Keliipio.
Several complaints against Superin-
tendent Feary have been received from
MOlOkai. It is charged that he is dicta-
tOrial and arbitrary. Officer Reynolds |
reported on one case where there was
a grievance against Feary, that the |
matter mentioned was something set
tied before Feary succeeded Ambrose
Settlement people to the number of
13 protest against fence building.
The case of John Haulani, in prison
at Kalaupapa, for conviction on the
charge of opium carriage, was brought
up again. 1t has been discovered that
a number of names on a petition for
Haulani'S pardon were fOrgeries. How
ever Mr.. Reynolds finds that it appears
Haulani is being too severely punished
and should be released. There was lit
lie if any evidence against the man and
one Of his accuSers is now in Jail for
petty larceny. The board referred the
whole matter to the Attorney General
with the endorsement of the plea for
pardon
Rev. D. Kaai, a native pastor, tells
.he board that members of his flock
ire being solicited to become Catholic.
In this complaint he is joined by an
Yther pastor. The Board declines to
enter ecclesiastical discussion" !
Mr.. Turner asks the board if he can !
make some minor improvement to the {
lilo hospital and have the building in Y
ured. Mr.. Turner is instructed to pro-
,eed on his Judgment.
The Hebron Drug Co. wished to bid q
m supplying vaccine virus to the :
BOARD. 1t was voted to advertise for !
enders from the various drug estab- 7
ishments. Secretary Wilcox reported
hat the board at present had an excess
upply.
Minister Cooper notified the board
hat the Interior Department could not
ondemn as unfit for residence certain d
DIV lying land until the preliminary /
teps required by law were taken by q
he Board Of Health. There was quite o
bit of conversation on President
mith's query: "Is this place really un-
for human habitation?'' f.
he physicians could not make so r