The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-12-27
LOCAL BREVlTlES.
Kauai

Kauai
The Lehua left for Molokai last night
with seventeen lepers on board.
Iron supports for the police and fire
alarm boxes are being put in place.
Five and half inches of rain fell
at Waikiki in eleven hours on Tues
day.
The sale of the old dredger belong
ing to the Territory to Cotton Brothers
has been authorized.
Mrs. Robert Haight mother of Har-
ny Cobb, arrived yesterday in the Peru,
for visit in Honolulu
Jean Sabate was released YESTERDAY
upon furnishing bond signed by Ed
Towse and George =. Castle.
Island captains report that the an
chorage at Eleele Is rapidly becoming
unsafe. The moorings are said to have
close together.
The petty larcenists are paying at
tention to the waterfront these days.
OF late, several parts of donkey engines
have been removed and carried away.
w. w. Kicker, who returned yester-
day in the Peru, superintendent the
lConstruction at Cincinnati of three Of
the Kicker patent cane leaders, which
are to be used at Spreckelsville.
Former Superintendent Corcoran. of
the telephone company, who departed
for Chicago Tuesday, will look up Il
successor to himself for the local conf
pany on arrival at San Francisco.
J. T. Dawson and $. n. Shafer have
entered into Il partnership to go into
the general plumbing business after
the first of the new year. The former
is at present manager of Emmeluth
& Co, and the latter has been in bust
ness for year past.
The question of "A public playground
is causing the Bishop estate trustees
much worry 1t is difficult to secure
suitable grounds near the city, and thc
question of giving the Hawaiians their
share of the benefits is very trouble
some because of the domination of Por
tuguese, japanese and Chinese.
1t was reported unoiiicially last even
ing that Capt. Paul Smith, who servec
with the Fortieth Infantry Regimen
in the Philippines, had been appointed
to a first lieutenancy, and had beer
ordered to join the Fifteenth Cavalry
There were eleven of the captains ole
soldiers on the Hancock.
NJ u. Monsarrat. the surveyor, ha:
just issued the most complete map OF
Honolulu that has been published fol-
many years. 1t is very full. giving al
the new streets, and indicating tn,
lines of the Rapid Transit road, a:
well rs the new additions to the cit,
which have only recently been open
ed.
Juan Rvara, a Porto Rican boy charg
. ed with vagranoy. was sent to the re
form school for six months He came
; here as a laborcr and went to work OF
y. lantat,on at 81 Il month. Juan did no
IKE his job, and quit II for the ennoblinl
occupation of loating around the water
front. He'll not loaf for quite time t
come. ...
Invitations were sent out yesterda,
for the annual New Years reception t,
the young men of Honolulu by tn,
Young Mems Christian Association
The board of directors will receive il
! the association parlors from II to
p m, during which time the ladies vii
serve lunch in the hall. A program %
gymnasium events will be given at
y m
The Chinese who escaped from III,
Alameda was found yesterday and re
turned to San Francisco on the steam
er. The mans name Is Harry Hing
and he claims to be an American citi
zen, born in California. He came t,
Honolulu to practice his profession "a:
Is dentist, but as his affidavit as t.
citizenship was not properly acknowl
edged, he was refused admission. Or
the same grounds he may not be allow
ed to enter San Francisco again.