The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-02
LOCAL BREVITIES.

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The Board of Supervisors will NEE
| this evening.
Excelsior Lodge meets this evenin;
at 7:3O o'clock.
| Governor Carter will return from
Waialua today.
Most of the business houses were
| closed yesterday.
Oahu College will reopen in all de-
partmcnts today.
The Promotion Committee meets this
afternoon at $3.50.
Princess Kalanianaole gave a luau
last evening in honor of Her Majesty
Queen Liliuokalani.
Mr. Herman Focke retired as a
partner of the firm of f. A. Schaefer 4
Co. on the last day of the year.
o. MayaH has given a Henry Water
house Trust Co. bond for $1,000 to the
Federal authorities for his appearance
The regular monthly meeting of the
Hooulu Lahui Society Will be held
Wednesday morning at the Maternity
Home.
High Sheriff Henry will investigate
the Hilo Jail scandal He has received
letters taking issue with the findings
of the grand jury
There was a large attendance at the
New Years service and Sunday school
festival of the German Lutheran church
yesterday morning.
One of the actors Of the BUTLER COM
pany has written a Hawaiian sketch
to be presented at the Orpheum. Ii IS
called the ''Half-white.'
Bernard H. KeIekolio will again
present his play, THE Fall of George
Washington Jefferson at kauluWela
at o'clock this evening.
NJ S Grinbaum & Co. are clearing
out their stock to retire from the mer-
camille business and conffne their en-
terprise to sugar planting.
Employees of McBryde celebrated
Christmas at the Laval beach house.
Manager and Mrs. Stodart, with all the
leading people of the estate, patronized
the festival.
The Japanese will take two more
days for their New Years. They |
make the first day for the men, the
second for the women and the third |
for the children.
Informal shooting at the new butts
off Kewalo by National Guardsmen
md L. S Marines was prevented yes
erday owing to the impeding of pre-
iminary arrangements by high tides
asst week.
Hanalei and Wainiha people Joined
n a heartsome Christmas celebration
at the Deverill place, Hanalei. Mrs.
5. 3. Deverill supervised the dinner.
W. E. Rowen personified Santa Claus
1t the Christmas tree.
1t is talk among local japanese that
Minister Takahira was called home
from Washington and Consul Saito
rom Honolulu to confer with their
Government regarding the agitation on
he mainland for exclusion of Japanese
Judge Dole and all the L. S. Depart
1ent officials We're al their offices yes
erday, but there was no court work.
Judge Robinson will charge the grand
ury for the January term at 10 o'clock
his morning. About $50 criminal
asses are on the calendar already, to
5hich the new grand jury will prob
bly, make additions.
On Friday evening" Mr. X Okura en-
at dinner at his residence at
Aoicho, Akasaka, Mr.. Oliver Balm
ridge, a round-the-worldt traveller The
after during the evening gave a lee
ure on his past experiences. In addi-
ion to the principal guest, there were
present Viscount Nagaoka, Mr.. s.
sui, Mr.. Y. Okuda DR.. S. Tsuboi, and
thers.-Japan Times.
Paul Ehlers, c. Elschner and B.
'ruhn, young business and profess
iOnaI men of the German colony, oc-
asioned anxiety to their friends be
Teen Sunday and yesterday noon by
heir unexplained absence from town.
general alarm was given and a gaso-
ne launch of Young Brothers found
lie trio in a little skiff between Ho-
olulu and Pearl harbors. They had
led to beat home on Sunday, but
ind and wave being too much for
leir boat they tied it up to a buoy
f Pearl harbor over night