The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-26
LOCAL BREVITIES.


= Of the Kinau passengers yesterday.
Rev. E. Thwing who has beer
spending some time at Kohala. return.
ed to the city yesterday.
The Merchants Association banque
to Delegate Kuhio will be given at the
Alexander Young hotel on Tuesday
Delegate Kuhio has promised to visit
Hilo this week to discuss with his con-
stituents there the need of appropria-
lions.
Miss Powers, of Melbourne. is visit
ing her sisters, Mesdames w. L. Eaton
and H. w. Bowen. She arrived on the
Maheno.
Former members of Cos. E, N. G and
H. under the Republic, will hold their
annual meeting on the evening of next
Friday.
| The name of S. B. Rose was uninten-
tionally omitted from the list of nomi-
nees in the Eighth of the Fourth Dis
trict yesterday.
Miss Kate Kelly, formerly chief clerk
of the Executive is back from Hawaii,
having been one of the incoming pas
sengers of the Kinau.
A protest is, threatened from the
Ninth of the Fourth because the NOM
nations on Friday night were not in
writing as the rule requires.
John T. Wright left for the Coast
on the Alameda and will remain there
to engage in business. His wife will
join him in the near future.
There was a smashup on the Tanta-
1us road on Friday, an express wagon
of the Comes Express company falling
off the track and injuring one of the
horses.
J. r. Gait bid in the Ahlo homestead
yesterday at the auction sale of that.
property at Morgans, the price being
$4,000. Other Ahlo property in the Ka-
palama tract realized $500.
a special meeting of the Womans
Guild of st. Andrews Cathedral will
be held tomorrow at p. m. with Mrs.
H. B. Restarick to decide important
matters pertaining to st. Peters fair.
Owing to the fact that so few persons
expressed a desire to make the trip to
the Manchuria on the Kinau this
morning, the Inter-Island S. n. Co. has
abandoned the idea of running an ex-
cursion to the stranded steamer today.
The attractions at Haleiwa are the
sort that draw people to that excep-
tionally fine resort. There were no
rooms left in the hotel last night. The
tournament is drawing a crowd, and
the exceptionally good meals and SER
vice keep the people there.
w. A. Mears, the representative of
the Portland Chamber of Commerce, |
returned yesterday from Hiio. He is |
well pleased at the reception given him |
by the Hilo merchants, who promised |
to do what was possible in the way Of |
reciprocal trade with Portland.
The Manchuria' passengers will meet
at 5 p. m. tomorrow in the roof garden
of the Alex. Young hotel to take up
the matter of attempted reservations
by cable of berths in the Korea, which
H. Hackfe1d & Co. have brought to the
consideration of the passengers.
There were no convictions registered
in the police court yesterday. eight
cases beng continued out OF the ten
up. OF the other two, F. Baker was
acquitted on the charge of maliciouslyl
cutting grass and Vim Kow discharged
on the charge of selling adulterated
food.
The site for the Makapuu lighthouse
has been selected by Admiral Very and
Captain Slattery, being the seamost
point and at an elevation of 800 feet
above the water. on shelf half way
up the rocky height. This location will
enable the light to be seen even when
the summit of the point is hidden by
clouds.
The goods and chatte1s of T. Iwata,
for the possession of which the de-
partments of the County Sheriff and
the High Sheriff clashed some days
ago, were brought to the police station
and safely stored away.
Twata is a japanese ice cream vendor
on Hotel street, against whom two
judgments are outstanding.
An interesting service will be held at
St. Andrews Cathedral tonight at 1870.
The Rev. A. NJ. Sherman of Hankow
will make an address on Progress in
China telling of the great forward
movement in the Chinese Empire. The 4
Rev. w. F. Made1ey will speak of the
work in Japan. The Chinese and Japa-
lese congregations connected with the
will unite in this service.
Rev. w. C. Isett addresses the Y M.
:. A. meeting this afternoon at 4:30
o'clock. All men are cordially invited.
4 social tea follows the service Mr.
sett belongs to that great band of T
student volunteers to the mission 4
ields, of whom there are about =
900. He has just graduated from
Princeton theological seminary, and is =
n his way to the Shantung province,
'hina. Being a pleasing and forceful
peaker, he should have good au-
Hence.
At Central Union church Rev. J.
Walter Sylvester will preach al II a. m.
1t 7:30 p. m. a union praise service will
Re held the Christian and the Metho-
list congregations joining with Central
Union. number of short addresses
viii be made by visitors. The resident
ublic and all strangers are invited to
9th services. DR.. c.. Heber Jones will
cad the Scripture lesson. Rev. G.. F.
itch of Shanghai viii offer prayer and
ddresses will be delivered by Rev. w.
;. Parshley of Yokohama. Mrs. S c.
'eoples of Laos. Siam; Robert M. Ross
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