The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-11-12
LOCAL BREVlTIES.
DIR. sandow is in town from Kauai.

MIR. and Mrs. W. J. Lowrie have re-
turned to Kahului.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. D. Lufkin left on
Tuesday for their Maui home.
Mrs. Il. ID. Baldwin was an outgoing |
passenger in the Claudine the first of the
week.
The minstrel shows at kealia and
Lehua netted $3.50, with which a new
social hall will be built at Lihue.
Every steamer continues to bring re-
ports of rains at Hamakua, and there
is no further fear of drought over
there.
1t is reported that Media, the famous
singer, will pass through Honolulu on
her way to Melbourne early next year,
and may sing here.
The new German Arion Society will
hold meeting at the new Eiks' hail
Thursday evening There will be re-
ccption and dance for the friends of
the club
George Alien, WAC has been absent
from Honolulu for more than a year,
returned ON the Alameda. He is con
nected with the freight department of
| that vessel.
Bishop Willis read the second part
of the bishops pastoral letter to the
Episcopal church, at st. Andrews,
Sunday morning. a very small con-
GreSation was present
The commissioner of agriculture has
received some seed of new fodder
plant which is said to be an enormous
yielder. 1t viii be experimental with
in the Capitol grounds.
Another civil service examination for
postal clerk and carrier will be held
next Saturday at the High School. APP
| plications for blanks must be made to
a. b. ingalls, before Friday.
Those who are interested in coffee
ought to pay visit to the Louisson
Brothers plantation, Hamakua, Ha-
4, wall. 1t is a fine sight the trees be-
ing loaded with heavy crop.
J. NJ. Donn draughtsman in the sur
i veying department., is hard at work on
IL new map of oahu, which will be
very complete in detail. The last Off
cial map of Oahu was made about
4 twenty years ago.
Governor Dole has received notice
from the Ordnance Department at
! Washington that the Fitzpatrick will
bring for the National Guard 420
blouscs, APO caps, and 100 stands Of
arms.
In order to get information with re-
gard to the pending application OF Mr.
Freeland for a hotel liquor license Mt
Lahaina, visit was paid by Governor
Dole this morning to the Moana Hotel
and the Waikiki Inn.
There seems to be absolutely no chance
Of even II match race being arranged
h,re for Thanksgiving day, and Iilo is
liable to monopolize racing interest until
next June. The rainy city has prepared
line cards of races for both Thanksgiv
ing ana New Year.
Saturday the jury in the case of Ohta,
the Japanese charged with violating the
elght-hour law upon government con-
tracts, returned verdict of mot gull
ty." \ conviction in this case seemed
hardly likely, after n jury had acquitted
Contractor Campbell
Eight cavalry horses and thirty-five
government mules, left over by the
various transports, were sold at the
corral at Iwiei yesterday. Five of the
horses brought 1925 apiece. one $l35, one
S75, and one $3.50. The mules Were
bought at prices ranging from sl25 to
SlS5.
Saturday was the birthday anniver-
sary of King Edward. but there was
no observance of the event in Honolu-
In, though a big celebration had been
prepared in Hilo. The flag at the
British consulate was at the mast
head. but there was no other public
recognition of the event.
In Chicago fire of October % the
twenty-five automobiles sent from Ho-
nolulu for repairs were burnt and are
an almost total loss. The machines
were stored in the Woods Martin We.
hicle Company's buildings, which Were
destroyed with total loss of 100000
The machines from here We're in charg,
of Louis 4. Grant.
Among the passengers on board the
( fitzpatrick is Capt George L. Ahern
who is at the head of the forestry di
, vision of the Agricultural department
, in the Philippines. He is returning
from Washington, where he presented
. a report of the conditions in the Isl
, ands, and goes back now to resume
charge OF the work there. Captain
/, Ahern expects to take from Honolulu
slips of the various varieties OF suga
, cane growing here. and will call upol
,, Jared Smith and Wray Taylor today.
Nothing definite has as yet been learn
, ed about the schooner Mile Morris
which struck the reef ut Punaluu yes
, terday. but a resident OF Kaneohe, VIII
3 came over the Pail to this city yesterday
stated that a report had reached Kane
r ohe saying that the schooner was on tn,
r reef, but no particulars could be had
, lie further states that there has been
strong gale coming from the sea owe
Q the Koolau districts and that this prob
, ably drove the schooner aground. A
4 the telephone on the other side Is on
e Of order, no communication could be has
}. In this manner yesterday.