The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-27
LOCAL BREvITlEs.

q -hIIAllASy 4. u T. I1cGIS TO-
night
E. D. Moore of the Associated Press
arrived on the Silvertown.
The band will play this afternoon al
8 o'clock at the F'ishmarket, by general
request.
Bishop Restarick breaches at ST. An
drew's Cathedral Sunday morning at
! IL o'clock
The Christmas tree celebration of the
Methodist church Sunday School was
| held last evening.
Installation of officers this evening at
the Hawaiian Lodge. All members are
requested to attend.
Wray Taylor is preparing a shipment
of ladybirds to be sent to California at
the request of State Quarantine Officer
Crow.
st. Andrews Priory and the Sunday
School of st. Andrews will have their
Christmas tree celebration on Monday
evening
The death of Mrs. Charles Nordhoff
is reported from Lucknow, India Mrs.
Nordhoff was here with her husband,
the distinguished journalist in 1893.
Subjects for services at the Methodist
Episcopal church tomorrow are as fol-
lows: IL a. m, THE Parable of the
Leaf" 7:30 p. M, 'The Influence of the
Future
Captain Joseph B. Douglas, Artillery
Corps, has been ordered to proceed by
the first commercial liner from the
mainland to Camp Mckinley. Honolulu
to join his company.
~.
Sierra their cancelled bank checks,
bearing the revenue stamps imprint.
The Treasury Department redeemed
the stamps for their full face value, but
the blank checks are total loss To the
bank.
Mrs. George Harrison swore out a
warrant yesterday against her husband
charging him with assault and battery
alleged to have been committed on
Christmas Day. Mrs. Harrison's face
bore evidence of having come in con-
tact with something, there being sew
eral nasty bruises upon her cheeks and
mouth.
The box of lantana insects and seeds,
supposed to have been lost, turned up
by the Sierra and were at once taken in
hand by Prof. Perkins. 1t appears that
the State quarantine officer who re-
ceives the packages at San Francisco
from Koebele, Mexico. was away at the
time and did not get back in time to
catch the last steamer.
Commissioner of Agriculture Wray
Taylor received by the Sierra another |
large quantity Of lantana pests from
Professor Koebele. In the consignment |
was the box of bugs which was sup
posed to have been lost in transit sew
aral weeks ago. Koebele is now visiting
relatives in California and will return
to Honolulu next month.
A Sunday School class comprised of
sixteen children with their teacher from
Aiea will join with Kaumakapili Sun
day Schools in, their review exercise,
which will be held at Kaumakapili
church on Sunday, at 10 a. m. ITO en-
the poor and helpless Sunday
Schools is the only main spring of sue
cess in our Sunday School works.
The aged Hawaiians of the Lunalilo
Home had an excellent Christmas din
ler on fish, kindly furnished by Prince
and Princess Kawananakoa. They ex-
pressed much satisfaction at this atten-
ion, reminder of the relations of the
I'D natives to their aliis. Over this re-
yival of an ancient custom, several of
hem sung oleole's in the ancient Ha-
xaiian language.
The inmates of the Kapiolani Horne
1t Kalihi enjoyed a very merry Christ
mas, thanks to the philanthrophy of
many ladies and gentlemen who
remembered the unfor-
innate beings detained there. Besides
rood things to eat many useful presents
ound their way to the institution.
Among the contributors were Mrs. c.
ou Roi, who sent clothing; Lewis &
To-, groceries; Mrs. Walter Hoffman,,
Tolls, candy and fruit; Mrs. A. E. Muir
,hy toys, and Mrs. H. II. Williams.
BY the Sierra, Commissioner Wray
Taylor received request from Alex.
raw, State quarantine officer at San
for a strong colony or more
# the ladybird known as the Cryptic
aemus Montrouziera. Mr.. Craw states
hat the mealy bug is very troublesome
n several districts in California, and
his ladybird is an enemy to it. Mr..
Taylor will at once collect a number of
he larvae of the Cryptolaemus, breed
hem and send them to Mr.. Craw. He
S particularly anxious to do this for
hat gentleman for the local entomolo-
lists have received many courtesies
rom him.