The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-11
LOCAL BREVITIES.

, ne 1nSl6StUe nOuSfHofu enjoyed
talk on London last night by the Rev
Mr.. Merrill.
= Mr. Mayfeld will speak a the panic
Transit clubhouse service at 10 o'clock
Come and help sing
Peter McRae has retired from the
position of head luna at Naalehu plan
F! tation.
Hon. w. r. Castle and D. L. With
ington returned on the Kfnau yester-
day from trip to Hawaii on legal
business. "
| The late Gen. Schoffeld came TO Ha-
wall as the head of a commission to
report on Pearl Harbor. This was in
the seventies.
The Daughters of Hawaii will hold
a meeting at 10 o'clock on Tuesday
morning at the residence of Mrs
+; Coney, on Richards street.
Mrs. Alice c. Jordan has resigned
as a member of the Board of Educa-
ton after ten years of accepta bic
service. She will retire June 1.
DR.. W. E. Ritter, professor of 20
ology at the University of California,
and DR.. David E. Camp. returned on
the Kinau yesterday from trip to
the crater of Haleakala.a
All saloon passengers leaving by the
S. S. Sierra on Tuesday are requested
to secure their tickets tomorrow as
soon as possible at the Office of the
agents, VIM. G. Irwin & Co.
Pastor G. D. Edwards will address d
union meeting of the Y. NJ. c. A. and
Y. w. c. A. at the formers hall at
4:30. Subject, 1.-THE Diamond Rule
All men and women invited.
At ST. Andrews Cathedral tonight
will be delivered the second lecture
of the Lenten series on Great Move
ments in the Church. The subject
will be 1.-The Reformation in England"
Acting Governor Atkinson has di-
rected the Superintendent of Public
Works to go to LahainaT and look into
the Lahainluna water matter. with a
view to bringing about settlement
of title.
superintendent of Public Works Hol-
loway confirms the story that he will
make no new appointment to the chief
clerkship, but will advance Manuel
Cook, who was next in line to the late
G. NJ. White.
The fire on the Parker ranch, on
Hawaii, last week at one time threat
ened the plantations of Kukafau and
Paauhau and Hamakua Mill. A
heavy down pour of rain luckily put
out the fire before much damage was
done.
At Central Union church this morn
ing Rev. DR.. Williams, pastor of the
First Congregational church, Red
lands, Cal, will preach on THE
Plumbline of Duty" and Rev. DR..
Kincaid in the evening on Personal
Purity
Hillside avenue, through the H. E.
Cooper tract, Manoa, has been re-
opened and a cottage is building on 1t.
One of the small hills Of the Cottage
Hill tract. on Oahu avenue, is also be-
ing built upon. The lower Manoa dis
trict is being populated very rapidly.
Christian church, corner Alakea and
King streets, today: Jr. c. E., a.
M: Sr. c. E., $50 p. m; Bible school,
$50 a. m. Preaching, IL a. M, THE
Divine Struggle; 7:30 p. m, In Your
Bgotherly Kindness Supply Love"
You are cordially invited to any and
all of these services. C. D. Edwards.
pastor.
The coroner's jury yesterday in
vestigated the death of Ching Keng,
who died early Friday morning at Ka-
lihi and returned verdict that the
deceased came to- his death as the re-
suit of hemorrhages caused by a blow
struck by one Halemanu, Hawaiian.
Halemanu is under arrest and is
charged with murder.
The objectionable Sin" is Mr..
Wadmans subject this evening, 7:30
o'clock, in the Methodist church. He
"Leaven." The Sunday school con-
venes at II a. m. and the Epworth |
League at $50 p. m. The Hawaiian |
Quartet, under Miss Marion Bell ) |
leadership, will sing both morning and
evening. Seats free. Attentive ush |
ers. All made welcome. |
Miss Olive NJ. Blunt resigned her
position as temporary general secre- |
tary of the Y w. G. A. at the month |
ly meeting of the board, to take effect |
March Is. She will, however, remain |
a month and visit Honolulu and vi |
entity and see the different missions. |
Miss Blunt will receive and forward 4
Or take any contributions for the |
famine sufferers of Japan to the COM |
mittee as that of distribution OF the |
Christian Herald. So far $32 have been |