The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-22
LOCAL BREvlTIEs.

| The Zendas will give their initial
dance at Progress Hall next Thursday
| evening.
The First Battalion Nationa, Guard,
held a fine drill last evening, under
command Of Major Ziegler.
Judge Estee has adopted a new>ruIe
providing that in the future Monday
should be law and motion day.
The Initial dance OF the ''Zendas" will
be given tomorrow evening at Progress
Hall. The grand march is scheduled
for 8 p. m.
The steamship Sierra yesterday
brought news of the death of the Ton
gan Princess Ola, of consumption. at
Nukualofa, December II.
The regular meeting OF the Board Of
Health will be held this afternoon.
though there are few matters of I'M
portance to come up at this time
Will the author who wrote a story
for the literary contest using "Kauka''
for nom de plume, please send his
oesn name to Mrs. Selma S. Kinney.
Y p. d. Kellett Jr., former Circuit
ICourt clerk, was yesterday commissions
ed by Treasurer Wright as an agent to
grant marriage licenses in Honolulu.
r. L. G. Perkins. the naturalist, left
yesterday for tour of Molokaf. where
4 he will endeayor to increase his COL
lection of birds, and continue his study
OF the Islands.
Unsightly accumulations of garbage
and refuse are to be seen at many
places along Young street, owing to the
failure of the garbage gatherers to cart
the same away.
Y The Misses Mabel Jones. Eva Dennis
4 and Bessie Church, who have been
guests of Miss Stella Jones for several
| months, returned to the States on the
Sierra yesterday.
! The fot OF khaki cloth recently sent
here by the United States war depart
ment for the Hawaiian National
Guard. is being made up into uniforms
| by the regimental tailors.
Melvin Vanniman, the photographer
who took some very fine birds eye
views of Honolulu, has contract with
the Oceanic Steamship Company to
! make photographs in Australia He
will pass through here on the Ventura
today.
The Lusitana Society, which was to
have met last evening for the election
of officers, adjourned without taking
action. The meeting for the election of
officers will be held Sunday, and a
lively contest between rival factions IS
expected.
The Wilder Steamship Company has
resumed the carrying of paiai to MOI
lokai under the old contract. The new
arrangement which was contemplated
with Young Brothers by the Board of
Health, for some reason, fell through.
and the old deal will be carried out.
Paymaster Brown, of the Mohican,
is q son of Admiral Brown, who was
at one time in command of the fleet
stationed in these Islands. He wears
a handsome diamond ring presented to
him by King Kalakaua, and which the
admiral, being an officer Of the United
States navy, could not accept at the
time Admiral Brown and Kalakaua
were reputed to be great friends.
Chris Less, a sailor on the Iroquols.
and a native of Norway. was made a
United States citizen by Judge Estee
yesterday morning. One Of the wit
nesses was a sailor also, and he intro
duced for the first time the modern
shirtwaist into the local Federal Court,
but Judge Estee's dignity appeared in
no way offended, for he paid no atten-
ton to the much discussed article of
wearing apparel