The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-08
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Miss Honey Voss will leave for the
Coast Wednesday.
DR.. ]. H. Raymond is resuming prac-
tice at Waikiki.
Frank E. Thompson, attorney, cabled
| the news of Isaac Noar's death to his
relatives.
| Excelsior Lodge No. l. I. o o. F..
meets this evening at Odd Fellows hail.
| Work in the second degree.
The Board of Education will meet
| on next Friday afternoon at $3.50 in
the Superintendent office
There will be a special meeting of
Pacific Lodge tonight at the Masonic
| Temple. Work in the first degree.
Eva mill finished grinding the 1905
crop last Saturday. The yield is about
the same at that of 1904, about 10000
tons.
A special order of business at the
meeting of Court Canoes. A. o. F.,
this evening will be revision of the
bylaws.
Judge Perry's appeal was heard by
the tax appeal board yesterday. J. A
Magoon's and DR.. Hoffmann's appeals
have been settled out of court.
A statement presented by the Board
of Trade of Hilo to Lieut.. Slattery
represents that the loss to the port of
Hilo last year from the want of a
breakwater was $20S,291.75.
The Hawaiian Poultry Association
will meet tonight at the residence of
w. E. Fisher at 7:30 o'clock. The sub
ject of holding the first annual poultry
show will come up for discussion.
1t is stated that Captain Berger
elected to travel steerage with the
bandboys SO that Mrs. Berger might |
have a stateroom, which she could not
otherwise have had owing to the |
crowded condition of the Mongolia.
w. A. Kinney leaves for Hilo today
to represent A. W. Carter, guardian Of
Annie T. K. Parker, minor. in an
application before Judge Parker for |
leave to sell the Paauhau lands at an |
upset price of s124O0O. The hearing is |
set for the 18th inst.
Joe Carroll who has been a member
of the local corps of the Salvation |
Army for the past six years, is leaving |
in the Alameda tomorrow for the |
mainland. He will be given farewell |
in the Salvation Army Hall, |
corner Nuuanu and King streets, this |
evening at o'clock. A cordial invita- |
ton is given to all friends to attend. |
Teachers examinations for Primary |
Grade certificates will be held on |
and Friday, August 10 and |
II, at the following places: Honolulu, |
Lihue, Waikiki, Hilo, Kohala and Ho-
lualoa. The Honolulu examination |
will be held in the High School, be-
ginning Thursday morning at nine |
O'Clock. Rev. A. Macintosh and In
spector Wells will be in charge.
James Bicknell, the county attorney, |
received a cablegram yesterday from |
E. B. McClanahan at Suva stating that |
his claim to- an undivided one-half in
terest in Tanning and Washington is
lands had been sustained by the Brit
ish High commissioners court. Mr.. |
went to Fiji as Mr. Bick-
nelFS attorney in the matter. The
elder Greigs and Bicknells owned the
islands in partnership and latterly the
Greig descendants, who had continued
to live at Tanning Island, set up a
claim to sole ownership.
Judge Dole yesterday rendered a de-
cision refusing Delegate Kalaniana-
ole's motion for rehearing of his libel
against Pacific Mail Steamship Co. AS
o the allegation that the court erred
N awarding but one dollar damages,
he court held that the complainant
having neglected to produce evidence
If value at the time of suing, but only
evidence of original cost of the prop
erty alleged to have been damaged, he
could not raise that issue on motion
'or rehearing. 1t was not a matter of
newly discovered evidence as claimed.