The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-14
LOCAL. BREvITIES.

AsO&6sAEs ONLyEtiGs9s
w. O. Aiken returned to Maui yes
terday on the Claudine.
DR.. Derby is now permanently loeat-
! ed in the Boston building, third floor.
The handsome cover for the Mother
Goose programs was designed by a. r.
Gurrey.
The planting of grass on the vacant
lot opposite the Young Hotel was be-
gun yesterday.
The Chamber OF Commerce meets
this morning for the transaction of
routine business.
Robert Mist has become a member
of the clerical staff in the Office of Alex
ander & Baldwin.
A meeting of the Republican Precinct
Club, Second Precinct, Fourth District,
has been called for tomorrow night.
Mrs Robert Brennan and son leave
today on the Aorangi en- route to san
Francisco where they will remain dir
ing the winter.
The Aorangi is due to leave for Vic
toria and Vancouver today. This will
be the last chance to send Christmas
mail to the mainland
There will be an election of officers
for the ensuing term at the regular
meeting of the Eagles this evening. All
members are requested to attend.
Matsumoto Moritano, the japanese
condemned to be hanged on Thursday,
has taken to religion somewhat and is
receiving ghostly counsel from a local
Christian clergyman.
The Metropolitan Meat Co. are dis
tributing very neat calendars to the
friends and patrons and are also pass
ing out some very neat coin purses,
containing their advertisement
A holiday camp is being projected to
be held at Wahiawa from Monday,
December 26 to Saturday, December 81.
Arrangements are being made for the
same by Secretary Brown of the Y.
NJ c.. A.
The annual New Years lunch of the
Young Mems Christian Association will
probably be given on Monday at noon,
January 2. The lunch will be served
by friends of the association, largely
composed Of members of the Y. W..
C. A.
Charles Motley, the defeated Home
Rule candidate for the delegateship,
ganizing. He promises woe to the men
who work for the Road Department,
and asserts that none of these men will
again vote for the Republican party.
While doing their Christmas shop
ping ladies are welcome to make the.
Y. w. C. A. rooms their headquarters,
where they may rest, leave parcels
and meet friends by appointment.
Lunches are also served daily from
1880 to q For members the lunches
are Is cents and others 20 cents. These
include hot meats, vegetables, tea or
coffee and dessert.
The japanese, Ota, who threatened
the life of his wife, domestic employ
ed at the Tenney place, was yesterday
put under $500 bonds in the police court
to keep the peace. with the alternative
Of a year in jail. Ota, however, will
be given the option of leaving the coun-
try if he prefers to do that, and his
wife has offered him money to pay his
fare back to Japan. He is still in the
city prison
The Territorial officials. that is to say
Governor Carter, Treasurer Campbell |
and Superintendent of Public Works
Holloway, were in consultation yester-
day over the cablegram from Secretary
Atkinson relative to the offers made in |
New York on Monday for the new
bonds. No determination was reached, |
beyond that already announced in the !
Advertiser to cable to the Secretary /
for farther advices. No word was re-
ccived from Mr.. Atkinson yesterday. |
It is expected, however. that he Will
be heard from today
One of the many pretty booths which
will be arranged at the Fair for st. |
Peters Church on Saturday next, will
be that devoted to the sale of fancy |
goods. which will be presided over by
Mrs. G. w. r. King, assisted by Mrs
Restarick, Mrs. John Osborne. Mrs |
Capt. Lyons Mrs. Laird, Mrs. Giffard |
Mrs. Geo. Davies, Miss Ella Dayton,
Miss Dunn, Miss Bernice Cook, Mrs.
L. F. Chin, and Miss Lucy Kong. TheI
articles on sale will be both useful ard
ornamental and will include many ar
ticles made by the Chinese ladies of
the church, and will be particularly |
adapted for holiday gifts. These will /
all be sold at reasonable prices.