The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02
PHILHARMONIC
SOCIETY FORMED
1t Had a Preparatory Meeting
Last Night at
Punahou.

| A meeting of the Philharmonic So
ciety of Honolulu was held last night
at Pauahi Hall, at Punahou. Although
| two preparatory meetings had been
held before this, the meeting last night
was the first in which real start was
made.
| The first three choruses 'of Handlers
| Messiah" were practiced, and were
very well executed indeed, when 1t is
considered that it was practically the
| first time that they were tried. Even
the difficult chorus. For Unto Us a
Child is Born succeeded very well, al
though il was sung at sight by most
of the members
After the practicing had finished the
election of officers for the society took
place. The following are the officers:
President, Hon. w. r. Castle; vice
president, Mrs. Theodore Richards;
secretary, Miss Ethel Cameron; treas
urer, Mr.. w. j. Forbes; librarian, Mr..
Q. C. Beardslee; auditor. Mrs. L. H.
Miller, and musical director, Prof f
a. Ballaseyus.
The following is a list of the mem
bers of the society:
Mrs. j. f. Brown, Mrs F. S. Dodge,
Miss Belle Johnson. Miss Blanche
Frost, Miss Florence Osborne Mrs. r
Richards, Miss E. Cameron, Miss Lau-
ElG 1OOhs MISS Amy roe, MISS 11CiEu
SorensOn, Miss. Dagmar Sorenson, Mrs.
q. r. Rugg, Miss Gertrude Whfteman,
Mrs. j. A. Hall, Mrs. G. w. r. King
Mrs. Leadingham, Miss Sophy TrueI-
san, Miss Hanna Briefly, Mrs. Lilah
Brawn Pratt, Miss Myrick, Mrs. Ysabel
Davis, Miss Claire Uecke, Mrs l. H.
Miller, Messrs. Alfred a. Benson, w.
NJ. Campbell, +. L. Collins, o. G.
Beardslee. G. du RoI, V. Constahel,
l.. II. Miller. Rud Miller, w. l.
Fletcher, DR.. G. w. Burgess, F. Wei
chers, G.. B. Mcclellan, w. Beakbane,
c. Hit, ]. H. d'Almeida. II. w. Phue
ger.
Hereafter the rehearsals of the So
ciety will be held on Thursdays at
p. m, at Pauahi Hall. Punahou.
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to prevent the boats leaving from
Queensland direct on the homeward
run.
AUCKLAND MERCHANTS VIEWS.
The mail service proposals of the
postmaster general, published on Sat
urday morning, created a great deal of
talk in business circles. and consider
able alarm was expressed at the posi-
tion in which the proposals place the
San Francisco service. Among Auck-
land merchants, and, indeed. among all
classes of the community there is bur
one opinion regarding the utility OF
the San Francisco mail, and a unani-
nous feeling that great injury viii
be done Auckland by it's stoppage. Our
reporter spoke to several business mer
on the subject on Saturday. He founC
the majority hopeful that the Auck
land members might be able to d.
something to change the ministerial
proposals. but all were strongly of the
opinion that should this fail, and tbs
service be ultimately threatened, the
movement should be most stubbornly
resisted by the citizens of Auckland.
CABLE FROM MR.. SPRECKELs.
WELLINGTON, Oct III under
stand that Mr.. Duunet. the agent o.
Mr. Spreckels in New Zealand, who i
at present in Wellington. has received
cable, message stating that Mr.
SpTeckels- declined the proposals made
in the resolutions now put before Par
lament by ministers 1t was fully ex
pected that this would be the result b.
all parties.