The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-21
LOCAL BREVlTlEs.

Alligator pears are again on the local
market.
Charles Gay of Lanai is at the Royal
Hawaiian Hotel.
The Honolulu Gun Club held another
practice shoot yesterday at its Manoa
grounds.
The Honolulu delegates TO the church
convention at Hilo returned on the XII
nau Saturday.
The Myrtle Boat Club is arranging for
| a series of smokers to follow the one
given Friday evening.
The annual meeting of the japanese
| Charity Association will be held tomor-
row evening in the japanese Primary
school.
Rice is becoming a costly luxury on
Maui, since the recent war began. The
price jumped dollar a bag last week.
Maui News.
The ladies of the Pirates of Pen
zance" company. chorus and principals,
will meet at the Elks Hall this after
noon at three o'clock.
Judge Lindsay returned yesterday
from two weeks vacation visit TO his
parents on Kauai. He will preside in
The Sunday afternoon concert of the
Territorial band was given yesterday
at the Capitol grounds. 1t was attend
ed by the usual large Sunday crowds.
The Kapiolanf Park AQUARIUM was
largely attended yesterday by the pub
lie. The place was lighted up last even
ing and crowds inspected the tanks of
fish.
There is to be another meeting of Hart
& Co.'S creditors this afternoon to de-
eide upon a final policy to be pursued
in connection with the company's af-
fairs.
Mrs. Cambria, a Portuguese woman
residing near the Mormon church, drop
ped dead suddenly last evening. She
was sitting in a chair at her home,
when she suddenly toppled over, and
was lifeless when picked up.
Treasurer A N Kepofkai returned
weeks visit on Maui While there he
consulted with prominent Maui people
as to the course to be pursued relative
to the governments financial policy.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Thurston enter
tanned at dinner last evening, Mr..
George KEENAN,, the author; Mrs. Ken
nan, Mr.. Frederic Unger, the war, cor
respondent; Miss Potter, Paymaster
Brown and others. Mr.. and Mrs. Sim
clair. Miss Sinclair and Mr.. Freeman
of the yacht Lurline augmented the
party later in the evening.
Articles donated to the Rummage Sale
will be received today after a. m. at
the vacant store above the pumping
station (Alapai street,. Clothing of all
kinds, bric-a-brac, furniture and kitch-
en- utensils will be gratefully received.
Many useful articles will be sold very
reasonably commencing Tuesday morn
ing, March %, and will continue four
days.
Because of the restricted steamship
traffic between the United States and
Japan, due to the withdrawal, for pur-
poses of war. of three vessels of the
Togo Kisen Kaisha line, the Japanese
government, sometime last month, it
is said, increased the maximum of i'm
migrants for each outgoing steamer to
400, and, until further notice, restric-
lions as to the number of women imni-
grants proportionate to the number of
men have been uspended.-Hawaii
Shinpo.
Mr.. K. Yamamoto of the firm of Ko-
jima Shoten of this city will leave for
Japan by the Siberia. He goes there in
the interests of his firm, and intends to
be back on the return trip of the same
steamer For almost a decade, Mr.. va
mamoto has been occupying the posi-
ton of manager, and his business abil-
ity is almost by-word among the Jap
anese merchants. During his absence,
Mr.. S. Kojirna will personally attend
to the management of the store.-Ha-
wall Shinpo.