The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-06
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

The Territorial grand jury did not
| report yesterday afternoon.
Tuesday and Wednesday are the. last
days of the Kilohana Art Exhibition.
Judge Dole will hear the Honolulu
Clay Co. bankruptcy matter on Thurs
day.
The Royal Hawaiian Hotel is being
offered for sale or to lease in the Main
/ land papers.
Governor Carter was kept at home
yesterday afternoon by a slight indis-
position, but will be at his Office to-
day.
banquet will be given this evening
at the Masonic Temple for Mr.. Goetz
of Lodge LIE Progress, who leaves for
the mainland on the Mongolia.
Contributions for the rummage sale
of the Ladies' Catholic Aid Society will
be thankfully received today at Alapai
street, near the corner of Kinau.
There is a probability that the dis
pute over Mr.. Walkers bid for the
Alakea street slip will be referred to
the Supreme Court on a submission OF
facts.
1 Secretary Atkinson meant to be home
by Christmas when he went to Wash
ington, but the nearest he can come
to that will be to arrive on the steamer
Que on December 31st.
There will be an important meeting
of the Woman's Guild of ST. Clements
church this afternoon at o'clock. 1t
is earnestly requested that all mem
bers attend this meeting.
AT the next meeting of the Young
Mems Research Club. Captain Niblack,
U. S. N, will read paper on THE
Modern Rattleshfp.' The meeting viii
be held about December 16.
Honolulu Branch of the Theosophical
Society meets now and until further
notice in Kapiolani building, room No.
%. at 7:3O on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings. Visitors welcome.
Reserved seat sale for the evening
performances for the House That Jack
Built is on this morning at Wall,
Nichols Co. The matinee tickets will
be on sale on and after December 18th,
next Monday morning.
Work of the new jury commission will
be facilitated toward efficiency by the
service VIVA. T. Rawlins performed as
chairman of the board of registration.
He marked the names of native. voters
who were familiar with the English
language.
Land Commissioner Pratt viii leave
for the Coast on the Ventura today.
He expects to be away twenty-five
days, but may be absent thirty. No
steps will be taken TO open the Palolo
lands to settlement until his return, al
though the surveyor will keep on work
ing to get the tract ready to offer.
Another sale of fancy articles viii
be held in the Y. w C. A. rooms in
the Boston Block on Wednesday and
Thursday of this week. All members
of the Association having articles they
would like to sell can display them at
the rooms. The public is cordially in
yited to attend. The rooms will be
benefit of those who place their goods |
there.
The Brotherhood of st. Andrew will |
celebrate their second anniversary by |
combining with the Womans Guild and
of St. Andrews cathedral in |
giving farewell reception to Rev. and
Mrs. Simpson on Thursday, Nov. 8th, |
at p. M, in the Sunday school rooms. |
NO IufIl0f lHNitdllOUS Will De lSSueU, |
but church people generally and their |
friends are most cordially invited.
Hack Inspector Sam Macy yesterday
caused the arrest of E. H. Lewis of
the Stockyards Stables, the warrant
charging the defendant with having
rented an unlicensed vehicle for the |
purpose of carrying passengers for
hire. The arrest arises out of COM |
plants made by regularly licensed |
hackmen that Mr.. Lewis sent rigs to
meet steamers and to pick up passen- |
gers The matter will be made a test |
case.
On Thursday evening, December 8, |
at o'clock, Mrs. Walter r. Frear will |
speak at Engfeside. the Y. w. G. A.
Home. her subject being, 1.-The Poetry |
of Edward Roland Sill: An Apprecia- |
ton" The paper will be illustrated |
by readings from Sill's poems, and two
of the latter have been set to music |
by Mrs. F'rear and will be sung. The
public is cordially invited to be pres !
ent, special invitation being extend |
ed to all Y. w. and Y. NJ. C. "A. mem |
bers.