The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-30
LOCAL BREVITIES.

| Interest on the second pay
ment (property and income
taxes) now delinquent, will begin
on December I, at rate Of 10 and
II per cent. per annum, respec-
lively.
Mrs. Allan Herbert is better.
Mail by the Alameda possibly to-
night.
Governor Carter is building a beau
| tiful house at the beach.
The car service held up fairly well
yesterday in spite of the storm.
Allan Herbert held open house for the
| ietter-carriers at Waialele yesterday
! In twelve hours yesterday 1870
| inches of rain fail at VIM. r. Castles
| place in Manoa.
Mrs. Joe Cohen did not return with
her husband, but is visiting relatives
| in San Francisco
Mrs. Weatherred expects to revisit
Honolulu the coming winter with an
| excursion party Of 60.
There is but one convicted murderer
in Oahu prison now awaiting sentence
of death. He is a Japanese.
The heavy rains are likely to bring
out the blooms of the Punahou cereus
and the mushrooms of Manoa Valley
1t is rumored that there is a thieves
fence in Chinatown where the plumber
of burglars and sneaks is disposed of.
The inmates of the police station
yesterday had their Thanksgiving din
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Scotty's.
The Alameda dance will take place
at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel Friday
evening, Notwithstanding the delay OF
the Alameda. =
Until noon yesterday the total pre-
cipitation of rain in the storm which
set in on Wednesday afternoon was
nearly three and a half inches.
At the meeting of the Honolulu Elks
this evening the members are to vote
upon the adoption of the constitution
as adopted by the Grand Lodge. AS
this is an important meeting, all mem
bers are urged to attend.
Mrs. NJ. A. Pa of Peahi. Maui, who
has been iii for some time, died yester-
day morning at o'clock at the home
of her niece, Mrs. NJ. Spencer, 1141 Lii
liha street. Funeral will take place |
this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
The regular monthly business meet
ing of the Christian EndeaVor Society |
of the Central Union church will be |
held in the church parlors this evening |
at 7:30 o'clock. AS the election of Of |
ficers will be held, it is desired to have |
a full attendance
More than three hundred people, old |
and young, were fed at the Thanks
giving dinner served yesterday at the |
Kakaako Mission. In addition. there
We're many basketfuls of food sent out
to those in need who We're unable to
come to the mission.
Commissioner Sargent stood out in
the rain yesterday to watch the Gov
ernor's review of the National Guard.
He was particularly pleased with the
showing made by the troops, expressing
the opinion that in their drill they We're
equal to the best of the mainland
VIM. Aiona will not throw any stones
for few days at least, a special officer
having landed him in the police sta
ton Willie has been enjoying himself
on Punchowl by throwing stones at the
various Portuguese stores. He is book
Ell at the police station as a common
nuisance.
Early yesterday morning the Rapic
Transit Co. had gangs out clearing the
lines on different branhes of the electric
railway system The storm had seri-
ously blocked the running of the cars
on various lines. Before the middle OF
the day the entire system was in good
working order.
Yesterdays rainStorm proved the
value of the oil dressing as an aid in
keeping the top dressing of the road
beds in place Throughout the MaISiki
section of the town, where number
Of new roads have just been completed.
the heavy downpour has washed the
top dirt completely away, leaving the
top stone work bare. Where the roads
have been oiled. however. the rain APP
pears to have had little effect. On the
Manoa Valley road the earth was
washed down and deposited along the
ra pid transit track, the rails being COW
cred to the depth of nearly a foot for a | ]