The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-12-20
LOCAL BREvITIES.
The directors Of the Hawaii zach

The directors of the Hawaii Yacht
! club will meet on Saturday.
d Robert Hawxhurst and wife (nee
Nickeus). returned to Hllo yesterday.
The letter carriers appeared yester-
day In their new regulation uniforms.
benefit concert is planned for Ka
waiahao Church, to be given December
.Ith.
The naturalist, r. G. l.. Perkins,
claims To have seen parrakeets, BIRDS
of brilliant plumage, on his visit 10
Maui.
The bust of Kalakaua, raised by
public subscriptions. in the early nine
ties, is in the Kilohana Art League
d rooms.
Mejor Purdy, who has been in Ho-
nuiulu for the past two weeks on bus
ness. returned to Hilo yesterday in the
Kinau.
a second meeting of the Island tax
assessors was held yesterday, after
which adjournment was taken to
March g.
Rev. A. b. Weymouth, of Lahaina,
who has been in attendance on the
Anglican synod, left yesterday for
Maui in the kinau.
Feet inspection" is now the order of
the day at Camp Mckinley, as over
I
resulting from the Pearl City march.
The bond of Collector of the Port +.
Il. Stackable has been reduced from
$500 20 $4,000. and the Treasury De-
partment has accepted the new bond
furnished.
The heavy rains of Tuesday night did
no material damage to either the cleo
trio light or the telephone service.
| They did much good by replenishing
| the reservoirs.
There is some talk among local Chi
| reese of a dollar subscription to aid in
' the fight against the re-enactment of
/ the Geary law. Nothing definite has
been done in the matter as yet.
Theodore Wores, the artist, is work.
! ing on a portrait of Governor Dole He
will leave on December 31st for Sa-
moa, but will return again in March
! TO execute commissions of Honolulu
patrons.
George Robinson, n motorman. stop
ped his car the other night near ka-
nehameha School and seized the reins
of a runaway horse. In the wagon was
a small Portuguese boy who, other
wise, might have been killed.
Eben Low is complaining that the
hawks are responsible for the eXter-
mination Of many Hawaiian birds. He
the States. and expects a number of
them to arrive here in the spring.
The Claudine. which departed for
Maui ports yesterday afternoon, took
with it apparatus which is going to be
used in Weighing out the nitrate which
the Manila has brought to kahului.
The Manila will leave $50 tons of nj
trate at Kahului, and will proceed to
Victoria with 450 tons more.
The Claudine took quite large
amount of machinery for Huelo. Ow-
ing to the southerly winds she did not
take much freight for Lahaina, where
bad weather is expected. but If the
wind keeps as it is she does not expect
much trouble at the other ports she
is to touch.
The strong wind which prevailed yes
terday prevented most of the schooners
of the mosquito fleet from venturine
, out of the harbor. The schooner kaui-
keauli went out in the morning, now
ever. and the Concord went out in the
7 afternoon, being towed to sea by tn,
Eleu.
: Yachtsmcn are warned to be careful
in navigating Pearl Harbor just a
present. The cane on Ford's Island Is
being cut and is taken over to the
mainland in Il scow hauled by an end
less wire cable which runs under thu
water In passing the ScOw 1T is SAT-,
= to go behind II where the wire is slack
The proposed changes in the electro
wire regulations in Honolulu Will no
be made before the middle of January
Superintendent Boyd said yesterda!
that he was awaiting the receipt of th'
new rules of Philadelphia and Chicago
which are published the first of ever!
year. and after which the local regula
, tons will be patterned
A new tax assessment list wa!
adopted by the assessors at their meet
. ing here. The new blank covers prop
erty more in detail, and the taxpayer
affidavit is more explicit. Oath mus
, be taken to the value as well as th'
!, list of the property returned. SeNera
, of these changes were made as resui
of the Federal Court CRITICISMS during
the progress of the Pearl Harbor case
. Owing to the economy Of Chinese
, stable keeper in Palama, horse was
, nearly drowned last night In an eNcava'
, ton in "a carriage washing house, neces
/, stating the removal of the entire build
ing before the animal could be saved
The Chinese had originally dug the ex
cavation to hold waste water. Over the
hole he placed planks. but failed to Sc
cure them. On this rickety platform thu
horse was driven last night. with the re-
suit that the planking spread away anC
the horse dropped into the water.