The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-24
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Cars ran an hour later on all routes
last night.
water connections are being made
with the College Hills system.
Col. soper collected between $3.50 and
$500 for Diamond Head Charlie Peter
sons Christmas box this time.
The Crockett refinery in California
will be turned over to the Hawaiian
Sugar Factors Co. on March 1.
The Advertiser will not appear on
Tuesday morning. There will be a pa
per on Christmas morning, as usual.
The Honolulu Improvement Commit
tee will report on its doings to the
Hawaii Promotion Committee on Tues
day.
There was a large mail, including
many Christmas presents, from the
windward ports by the Kinau last
night.
Purser Geo. c. Beckley of the Kinau
was presented with a fine koa wood
cribbage set by Manager Metzger of
the Hilo Railroad Co.
Christmas day football: Males VS.
Punahous. 8 p. m. Admission rs and
News Co, Young Building.
Governor Carter sent wireless from
the cruiser Chicago at sea to Clerk
Buckland telling him when the ship
would reach port. It proved a close
verify.
High Sheriff Henry arrested and re-
turned to Hilo by the Claudine, a Jap
anese woman named Hiroshi for gross
cheat in borrowing a watch and pawn
ing it for $50.
DR.. Armitage, the humorist of the
Hawaiian Medical Association, will re-
move from Wailuku to Honolulu the
first of the year, joining DR.. Humphris
in partnership.
The Oahu Railway Co. gave away
500 fine, fat turkeys, 70 employees of
the road yesterday for Christmas. This
was done through the ranch depart
ment in the hands of Harry Won Holt.
Governor Carter has granted num-
Der of Christmas pardons, as will be
made known at Oahu Prison today
Paroles recommended under the new
statute and rules will be given out
later.
At the Waikiki chapel in charge of
Father Valentin, there will be mass at
midnight tonight. On this occasion
number of Honolulu society ladies of
the Catholic faith will assist in FENDER
ing special music.
NJ. Yamakami is making soy, the
japanese national relish, at a factory
in Kalihi from soy beans raised in Ko-
ma, Hawaii. H. Hackfeld & Co. will
handle the product. If the domestic
product can be made to fill the local
demand a large drain of money to
Japan will be stopped.
D H Case yesterday communicated
by wireless with C. D. Lufkin, secre-
tary of the Maui committee. regard
ing the Washington delegation. While
the matter was not decided. Mr.. Case
said that in all probability he would
go if he could arrange his affairs as
county attorney satisfactorily.
Captain Niblack, commandant of the
Honolulu naval station, has lost his
subsidiary office of customs inspector
of Midway Island, which carried a SAL
airy of one dollar a month. 1t is sup
posed that the revenue cutter Man
ming, that brought the commandments
deposition, will do the Midway in
specting.
Supt. J. D. McVeigh, who came to
town for Christmas, reports that con-
tributions for the Settlement Christ
mas have been so generous, in money
as we'll as kind. that there will be a
cash surplus for later holidays during
the year. The grand 1uau will be on
Saturday next, and the Congregational
church will Snread q feast next day
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