The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-11
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to be declared. There would be n;
| trouble to get contracts for 1000 acre
if we felt so disposed Mr.. McStocBe
| concluded.
| For the week ending March the
| weekly crop bulletin of the wea theI
| bureau reports that good showers
| have fallen in windward Hawaii
| windward Maui and portions of wind
ward Kauai, and lighter showers IL
| most other sections of the group.
| From another source it was learned
| that three inches of rain had fallen
the previous ten days in HiIo dist -Iot
The leeward side of Hawaii has had
some rain this week, the record at
Kailua for Wednesday and Thursday
being .33 and 81 inch, respectively. "A
letter from Ookala. Hamaaua sat,
that the terrible wind storm on the
right of the Eth did a great deal of
damage to cane. 1t was very dry
there.
A cablegram yesterday announced
the opening of the Hawaiian Sugar
Refinery at Crockett, Cal, as having
successfully taken place. 1t mad ~"
material OF about 5000 tons to start
with. The annual meeting of the
Sugar Factors Co, that controls the
stock of the refining company, was
held in Honolulu on Monday. Affairs
were considered and the following Of
ficers and directors were elected: F.
M. Swanzy, president; c. M. Cooke,
first vice president; f. A. Scha"teF,
second vice president; E. F. Bishop.
treasurer; E. E. Paxton, secretary; w.
'Pfotenhauer. auditor; E. D. Tenney, S.
he nth No
directors.
An experiment is what it is called
to send the five-masted schooner
Kineo around Cape Porn with sugar.
Hitherto only sruare-rigged vessels
have been employed in that carrying
II she weather the cape well, however.
the fore-and-aft vessel Will prove the
more economical. requiring bur tNe,'
of a crew against twice as many or
more to work a square-rigger.
Willett & Gray's latest circular to
hand gives the worlds visible supply
of sugar as 44T1,147 tons again.
e56.4S tons last year, or an increase OF
/ PA, 659 tons. Yet prices have strength
ened, as has been seen. An estimate
by LIGHT of next seasons beet plant
irgs in Europe gives a probable reduc-
ton of ten per cent. Willett & Gray
continue to present favorable predic-
tons of the coffee market.
BUSINESS, PROPERTY, ETC.
c. H. Jennings & Co. will in future
conduct the general merchandise bust
ness formerly conducted by NJ. A.
Rego at Koloa. Kauai. James Wake |
field. of Theo. H. Davies & Co, Ltd. |
rs Regos assignee has very success |
LOT cd n
pointed .. H. Jennings as his agent, |
who has conducted the business for |
he past year, and between the good |
handling of details by the agent ana |
udicious disposal of assets by the as |
;ignee an excellent record has been |
made. When the assignment w"S
made So, 499. 20 was owing to the Unit
"a States Government. This has been |
aid in full. To other creditors there
vas an Indebtedness of S29. 280.63. After
aging the running expenses of the
BUSINESS the assignee will be f."
'ay So cents to 10 cents on the dollar.
ar. Wakefield effected the sale of the
usiness as a going concern through |
bids having been invited
rom parties whom he knew would be
kelly to bid. The bids were sent TO
he law firm of Holmes & Stanley,
tho opened them and found c. II
ennings * CO. to be the successful
idders.
James F. Morgan held an admins
"a tors sale for the estate of G. B.
wight yesterday, when 10 acres Of
md at Makawao. Maui, was bought |
Or 5000 by Haleakala Ranch Co, and I
lot of 1.411 acres of unimproved land
Kalihi for 1920 by Ellen Dwight,
uardian.
VIII E. Fisher, auctioneer, will hold II
large sale OF property. mostly IL
outh Kona. under foreclosure, tomor-
Nv. There are eight items of land,
asides some cattle and other live
ock.
s. Nj Damon IS going to build an {
EDITION to the Bethel block in Bethel
rect, the Government going to sell
irty feet frontage on that street at |
e upset price of four dollars
iuare foot 4 new building for Iolani
1lIege CEpiscopaD. in Beretania at
e head 81 Richards street, is nearly
nrIeted.
John T. Baker aad Palmer Woods
I've bought the controlling interest
the Hawaii HeraId.--A roller skat-
G rink started in Honolulu eight
gifts ago. has drawn good business
ON the beginning-The Commercial |
acif:c Gable Co. will convert its line