The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-04
LOCAL BREVlTIEs.

The Planters Monthly estimates this
years sugar crop at 100000 tons.
kamehameha Alumni Association
has postponed its meeting until next
Friday evening.
Repairs are being made to the culvert
crossing King street near the old Pa
lama tram stables.
The Ahahui Iolani will hold a. special
meeting next Wednesday at 8 p. m. in
st. Andrews cathedral Sunday school
house,
WIN E. Fisher has taken out an
auctioneer's license and opened place
| of business in Merchant, near Alakea
street
G. V. Sturtevant has removed from
k1lau street to the house at Victoria
and Lunalilo streets recently vacated
by j. A. Kennedy.
The Rapid Transit Co.'S gang did
quick work in putting in the rail-cross-
ing at Fort and King street. 1t was
completed at knocking-off time yester-
day afternoon.
Hustace & Co, Ltd, has not vet
concluded it's purpose of selling out.
or merging with Peck & Co. Ltd. The
latter some time ago absorbed the
Union Express Co.
There will be no more public band
concerts until Monday the 26th inst.
when the Territorial band will break
its vacation by a morning concert at
the Capitol grounds.
to the island of Hawaii this week,
supplied with maps and directions by
CommiSsfoner E. S. Boyd, to look at
lands with intent of taking up farms
if conditions are inviting.
Exchanges of land, to procure street
widening space, have been recorded
between the government and H. NJ.
Won Holt and E. S. Cunha. The
streets to be benefited are Beretania,
Bethel, Hotel, Maunakea, Nuuanu and
'Pauahi.
College Hills has been rid of it's ac-
cumu1ations Of tin cans the Board of
Health having cleaned up the district
during the week Mosquitoes do not
seem now to be so plentiful as before
when several wagon-loads of empty
cans were excellent breeding places
The Church in Hawaii will lose and
the Church in California will gain two
devoted members by the departure of
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Allen. They
| ieaVe Honolulu with the kindliest feel
ings of all who know them, mingled
with the greatest regret-Anglican
Church Chronicle
The half yearly conference of the
Mormon church in Hawaii is being
held at the church on Punchbowl
street. A large delegation came to
town yesterday from Laie. A cor
responding conference is also being
held in Salt Lake City, Utah, the head
quarters of the church.
A native woman reported to the DO.
lice yesterday that she had seen the
Chinese hfghwayman a few minutes
after he shot Oda. He was Their
and one other policeman watched il
the lantana all day for the footpat
but got no trace of him.
Kealiiepala, venerable Hawaiian
lady of nearly so years of age one o
the oldest adherents of the Anglican
Church in these Islands, died at Waia
She was the nurse of Col. P. Curti
Iaukea, and for many years he hat
taken care of her.-Anglican Churcl
Chronicle.
The "boy orator. was arrested las
night. The police said he was drank
but the native denied it in his mos
emphatic oratorical voice He deniet
it so vigorously that the police hac
to use force, and he came into thu
police station with the blood streamin,
down his face. He was put down be
low to cool off and no charge wa
placed against him.
The many friends of Miss NJ. B
Tanning gave her warm welcome oil
her return to Honolulu after an alb
sence of five years. During this tim
Miss Tanning has received the train
ing of nurse at the New York hos
pital, and she has undergone mucl
I valuable experience, which has full,
equipped her for her career. 1t il
to be hoped that she will receive sucl
encouragement as will determine he
to stay here.-Anglican Church Chron
icle.