The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-29
LOCAL BREvlTIEs.
!. G. Biting has returned.

tee for discharge in bankruptcy.
The band gave concert at the Capt
4 tol grounds yesterday afternoon.
: There viii be no rehearsal of the 81
? Andrews Cathedral choir this week.
A. Christmas Poverty Masque'' is t,
!, be given this evening at st. Clement
Parish House.
There will be regular meeting D
Lodge lie Progress tonight at the usua
. time and place.
j Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Parker have
given $500 to Kawaiahao church as {
4 Christmas present.
/ Dudley Bucks cantata ''The Coming
of the King" was repeated last evening
at Central Union church.
w. w. Bruner has been awarded the
contract for the building of the new
Kona road, his bid being about So geo.
| There will be a meeting of the Mis-
sionary Cleaners - at the home of Miss
| Margaret Cooke on this afternoon at
3:15 o'clock.
Hawaiian Lodge No. q installed its
newly elected officers Saturday evening.
Members of other lodges were present
and enjoyed the occasion.
The st. Andrews Cathedral Sunday
school will have their Christmas tree
festival this evening in the Sunday
school room at o'clock.
Colonel Davidson of the Tramways
Board of Directors visited the govern
ment offices on Saturday. He spent
yesterday with Manager Pain.
The Monday evening and Wednesday
afternoon gymnasium classes of the Y.
w c. A. will meet this evening at 1880.
full attendance is requested.
A civil service examination will be
held this week by Secretary ingalls, to
determine the fitness of a local post
office clerk for transfer to the Seattle
office
Tickets are only 81 admitting lady
and gentleman to the New Years Eve
ball at Progress Hall under the auspices
of the Pacific Rebekah Lodge No, 1,
I. o. o. F.
Rev. John P. Erdman preached his
last sermon yesterday morning at Cen
trail Union church His theme was 'The
Abiding Character" Mr.. ErdnRn
leaves soon to take UP missionary work
in the Orient. 81
E. N. Boukofsky was seized with a |
fit yesterday in Lovejoy & |
Co.'s place of business where he is en-
ployed. He was slightly injured by the
accompanying fall and was removed to /
the Queens Hospital.
D. E. MetZger who returned Satur-
day from visit to McBryde plantation
is very enthusiastic over the prospects
Of that enterprise. He says with sugar
re nrinn MoP 10 hou
paid off half a million dollars of its in
iebtedness within a year.
Catholics here have sent a memorial .
10 Archbishop Falconi, Papal delegate
to the United States from Rome, asking
that a delegate be sent to Hawaii for
he purpose of investigating conditions
here, incident to a change to conform
with Americanized institutions.
The little son of Bishop Restarick was
lutte badly hurt last week He was
getting off tram car on Beretania
street when a reckless hackman drove
,ver him. Besides several bad bruises
IN the body the boy received a cut on
he head which required few stitches.
Godfrey B. Pinchott, chief of the For
stry Division of the Agricultural de-
,artment in Washington, was a passen-
-er by the Maru Saturday. During
he stay of the steamer in port he visit
d with Geo. r. Carter, Wray Taylor
md others. Mr.. Pinchott expects to
eturn to Hawaii in a short time for an
of conditions here.
The Federated Council of Labor is
gitating a census of the laborers of the
sIand in order to find out the proper
ion of Orinetals employed, as against
Deople of other races. 1t is expected to
scertain by. this census just how far
he Oriental is forcing out skilled
american labor. Committees from the
Builders and Traders Exchange and
he Merchants Association have been
sked to cooperate with the labor uni
ms in the work.
Yesterday being the festival of Holy
nnocents, it was observed at ST. An
rews Cathedral by a special service in
he afternoon for children. There were
resent the Sunday school children
rom ST. Andrews, st. Clements and
It. Peters with their parents and
riends. The service consisted of the
inging of Christmas hymns, prayers :
nd reading of the Scriptures. Bishop
.estarick delivered an address appro-
riate to the occasion.