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


. me c4D'e.s capacity. Laser Tho lines
! .sEond TO Oriental ports will also h.
OUp!eAed-Fred. Alexander VIII ieax,
! Iof Aohoha:na in the Manchuri4 ON
! March Il 10 join his associates in IN.
HyIn of J. \. NJ. Johnson x Co. which
lately transferred its business opera-
mons thence from H0uolulu.-Au en-
leftalnment Will be given by the Hilo
board OF Trade the latter part Of
.NPril' TO raise money Tor paying the
debt on the Mooheau park pavilion.
GOVERNMENT AND JUDICIAL.
: Following a public hearing at the
Bureau of Agriculture ana Forestry.
Acting Governor Atkinson has pro-
claimed forest reserve of 2S,550 acres
| IN Eva. Waianae and Waialua dis
tricts, Oahu. and one Of 9O35 acres in
the kealia district. Kauai
| An unusual number of decisions af-
fecting the Government have been
rendered the past week by the SUI
pGeme Court. Mrs. Charles Motley
! won her claim of $3.50 for damages Ia
| the extension of Kukui street. award "a
her by jury, because the Government
lad no right to discontinue the pro-
CeeGlngS in court-W here the claimant
| vas contesting an award of $419.30 by
commissioners-aft the extension had
! gone so far that its public use was es-
tablished.
| The doctors annual license fee of
SO. pur?ortcd to be imposed by last
! Legislature. was declared a nulty on
/ account of discrimination.
| The Territory won its case against
| Cotton Bros q Co. in which a Jury
| gave i $4,000 damages for the loss of
a dredger, because the defendants
neglected to file a bond on motion for
new trial in the time the law pre-
scribes.
Seattle Brewing e Mating Co. won
its suit against A. j. Campbell Treas
urer, to recover license fees and PEN
atty it paid as a foreign corporation.
the court finding that a demurrer was
correctly overruled by the judge which
commended that the action should be
brought against the Territory not the
Treasurer, and that no recovery could
be had because the payment was vol
untary and not under duress 1t was
held that an official receiving money,
under protest OF the payer. could de- |
post it in the treasury only at his !
peril.
A test case has been prepared on the |
question of the validity of the law re- !
quiring corporations under Hawaiian |
laws to render annual exhibits of their |
affairs to the Treasurer. The Mer- |
chants Association endorses the con- |
testing Of the law
In the Circuit Court. oahu. a verdict |
was returned for the plaintiff in the
eiectment case OF c. A. Brown VS.. j. |
d, Spreckels ct al. which has beta Il
PENDING for seven years and been be-
fore the Supreme Court and three cir i
cult courts 1t involves waterfront II
property at Hilo. II
The Kona plantation case-W. w. II
Bierce Co, Ltd, VS.. c. J. Hutchins, II
trustees now before the United II
States Supreme Court 1t was on ac- II
count of this case, at the instance of II
plaintiff, that the Organic Act was
amended by a surprise motion in Con-
eress, so that cases involving $4,000 or
more might be appealed from the Ter
ritorial to the Federal Supreme Court. |
Receipts of the County of Oahu for
February We're S173, SS1.59 and disburse-
ments $50, SO. leaving a balance of III
$11S,475.60 against s143,0 23.31 the end OF
January. II
PROMOTION AND PROGRESS.
Olaa Sugar Co. is dividing tract
Of 200 acres into homestead lots, Oh
which houses will be erected, for its
plantation laborers. Title will be
given after three years of occupancy u
and cultivation.
II. Hackfeld &. CO., Ltd, has declar- |
I'd it's concurrence in the executives
policy of dOmiciled labor. Oahu Rail-
way & Land Co. will permit subleases
'or long terms on it's lands subleased |
% plantations for the sake of aiding |
he same policy. II
Work on the % buildings of the Ka-
lauiki Army Post is making good
are being made by
clubs and individual
property owners to obtain increased
ar service on Beretania street and
road lines.-E. J. Higgins OF
he u. S. Experiment Station has Wis
ted Maui to promote grape growing.
Roosevelt has recommend
d to Congress appropriations Of S5v.-
100 for defenses of Pacific possessions.
The Hawaii Promotion Committee is
INVITING the American Chronological m
association to hold its next years SEES
ion at Honolulu.-Prof Ritter, the
'alifornia biologist, in a lecture here, |
as advocated the creation of a Ma II
ional Fish Commission station at Ho- e
olu!u
Ocean steam arrivals for the week t.
ave been the Olympia from Port Los b
,ngeles, the ArizOnan from Seattle, | e.
he DOric from San Francisco. the
liowera from the Colonies and the
.orangi from Vancouver. Departures
ave been the Alameda for San Fran
scO. the Doric for the Orient, the 3
Thomas for San Francisco,
1@ Miowera for Vancouver. the Olym- -
ia for Seattle and the Aorangi for -
he Colonies. Next mail for San Fran
sco will be by the Coptic tomorrow. |