The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-19
LOCAL BREVITIES.


Governor and Mrs. Carter are expect
ed home by the Mongolia on September
End
Fred. ]. Lowrey visited plantations
along the line of the Oahu railway
yesterday.
Chinese couple and japanese
Lyle A. Dickey.
William Mckinley Lodge. No. S. K.
OF p, meets this evening in Harmony
hall, King street
Allan Dunn, formerly of Honolulu,
delivered an address at Portland, Ore,
lately on THE Booklet in Advertis-
, ing"
on a visit of inspection to the Boys
Industrial School at Waialee yester-
day.
Internal Revenue Collector Chamber
lain says the makings of swipes has
been practically abolished by cheap
beer.
Mr.. Mayfield of the Peniel Mission
Will speak at the Y. NJ. C. A. hall,
Sunday afternoon. at 4:30 o'clock. Sub
ject: rs the Young Man Safer"
The Republican Territorial Central
Committee will meet Saturday even
ing, Sept 2, to receive the report of the
subcommittee on revision of rules
Captain Drew, on the arrival of the
Andrew WEIGH at San Francisco this
trip. will take vacation trip of several
months. visiting relatives in the East
Mr.. Albert Boscow will conduct
gospel meeting at the Pencil Mission
Sunday evening at p m. Meetings
evtry night except Monday All are
welcome.
Property at Waikiki in the Sterling
estate failed to attract any bidders at
the salesrooms of Fisher, Ables Co.
yesterday. The sale was postponed for
a month.
There was considerable life on the
Stock Exchange yesterday. many deals
in stocks as well as bonds having been
recorded. o. r. & L. Co. showed
rise of So since last week.
A Japanese named Fugita who kept
store at Waialua is reported to have
absconded with about s1400 borrowed
from his countrymen at that place 1t
is supposed he left in the China on
Thursday for California.
The Pickering party of scientists
from Harvard and other Eastern uni
versities paid their respects to Acting
Governor Atkinson yesterday. They
afterwards visited the various depart
ments of the Territorial government.
Treasurer A. J. Campbell yesterday
formally. called in $613O00 of five per
cent bonds of the Republic of Hawaii
which are to be taken up by the gov
eminent under the refunding bill. Oc-
tober 4th is the day set for payment.
Postmaster Joseph G. Pratt and G.
w. Carr, assistant superintendent OF
railway mail service, have devised an
improved service of mails for people
living along the line of the Oahu rail-
way. All outward trains leaving after
the arrival of mail steamer from San
Francisco any day will be utilized.
The regular meeting of the Honolulu
Engineering Association will be held
Monday evening, the 21st inst. at S
O'Clock at their rooms. The subject
to be discussed will be 1.-THE Use of Oil
as Fuel Continued from last meet
ing) Arrangements will also be made
and committees appointed for the semi
annual smoker.
Anyone who went to the police court
yesterday afternoon to hear anything
spicy in the Kruger-Vida assault case,
was disappointed, for Judge Hum
phreys, attorney for the defendant,
Dan Vida, stopped the offering of testi-
mony by waving the preliminary ex-
animation. This means that the case
goes to the next grand jury. Vida's
bond was fixed in the sum of $3.50, his
old bond remaining good until this
morning when the new one will be
filed.