Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-07-26
CURIOUS CRINKLES
By LANAI LOUNGER.


Next great Hawaiian community
event will be the Horse Centennial in
May. None may say 1t neigh.
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Those satisfied with their own stand.
ing ground are not the ones who try
to undermine others with SANDER.
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Party tickets will not be scratched
in the present Hawaiian campaign.
They will be run through centrifugals.
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II Hilo could have entered a sure
winner for Delegate, II would have Sc.
cured the convention quick enough.
Good citizens would travel far and stay
long to find the man for the hour.
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A Home Rule Delegate would be de.
lightfully at home in the Cherokee
Strip" of the House OF Representa-.
tives, but from the circumstance Ha,
wall would be as bereft of neighborly
attentions in Congress as a pioneer
domiciled fifty miles from the frontier
ol ClNlllZatlOl.
A tax on fads would produce much
revenue. Its popularity would, howev.
err, be on a par with the income tax
"Have you paid your ping pong tax?
might cause more homicidal mania
than the exasperating query, rs this
hot enough for your"
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IL thought | saw q voice." as the
wireless operator in Honolulu said
when his tape showed dots and
dashes from California way.
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Any mail now may bring sensational
news OF wireless telegraphy across tho
Atlantic. At last accounts the New.
foundland station operators were at
their post, awaiting the arrival of Mar.
conf to begin the exchange OF signals
with the Cornwall station. Possibly
the advent of the cable to Hawaii may
prove a repetition OF history, as a par.
allel to the inauguration of horse cars
In Honolulu on the very eve of the sue.
cessful demonstration of electric cars
abroad. Nowadays progress is so rap.
Id that the newest utility at one place
may already be a back number else.
where. This consideration Is indeed
one OF. the prevailing obstacles to prog.
ress.
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vessel, have to inform you that, upon
submitting the matter to the collector
OF customs at New York for report as to
practice, that officer advises the De-
partment that is is the practice OF his
office to exact a strict compliance with
the provisions Of section 5 OF the Gus.
toms administrative act of June TO-
1890, and to compel the inclusion in one
entry OF all the goods arriving on one
vessel, and consigned to one con.
signee, when all papers necessary 10
entry have been received or are in the
possession of the importer. In the
event of the nonreceipt OF bill Of lad
ing or an invoice, the consignee is per.
mitted to state the fact in his declara.
tion on the entry of packages for which
all papers have been received, in the
following words: Except case or
cases for which ! have no invoice" OF
bill OF lading, as the case may be, CIV
Ing the marks and numbers Of the va.
rious packages. After this declaration
of facts the enry is passed without fur.
Their ceremony.
In case the importer has not received
an invoice, and it is apparent that the
nonreceipt thereof arose from causes
beyond his control, he is allowed to
enter on pro lorna invoice, giving bond
for consolidated invoice. In case o;
fruit free OF duty, or that paying q
purely specific rate of duty, a pro
forma invoice is easily made up and
can be used with safety to the revenue
and to the importer. desire to state
that this practice is in strict conform
ity with the provisions OF section OF
the customs administrative act OF June
10, 1890, which has superseded section
2S4l of the Revised Statutes, and
should be adopted at your port.
Respectfully,
II. A. TAYLOR,
Assistant Secretary
| Collector OF Customs, Honolulu, II. l.