The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-24
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Five small blocks of waialua sold
yesterday at S65.
The delicacy sale to be held by the
ladies Of the Kunalu rowing club viii
occur today.
Excelsior Lodge No. 1. I. 0. o. F.
will meet in odd Fellows hall at 7:3o
this evening.
Court Canoes No. S110 A. o. F., win
meet a San Antonio hall this Tuesday
evening at 1880.
Mystic Lodge No. ?. X. of P, will
meet in K. of P. hall this Tuesday
evening at 7:30.
Kaars orchestra at Dimond's store
last night made the heart of the town
vibrate with sweet strains
The regular meeting of Honolulu
Aerie 40 will not be held on CHRISTMAS
evening, but on January 8. 1908.
]. L. Coke. attorney, has gSne to
Washington to advocate th4 Approval
of the Act of the Legislature provfd-
ing for an electric franchise to operate
on the Island of Maui.
Wailuku firemen held a dance Sat
urday night. attended by several hun
dred, mostly Hawaiians 1t netted
about $50. Chief Engineer Coelho and
Second Assistant Rogers managed the
affair.
Wailuku sugar mill has begun. grind
ing. In the absenoe of Manager c.
B. Wells who viii leave on Friday
with his family for a tour around the
world. H B. Penhallow will manage
the plantation.
c. D. Walker has laid the keels for
two large freight boats for use of the
Hawaiian Sugar Co. at Makaweli. They
Will be the largest craft of their kind
in the islands and are expected to be
ready in six weeks.
Charles Williams, County Attorney
of Hawaii. underwent an operation for
Appendicitis at the Hilo hospital on
Thursday last. DR.. Grace was the on
Grating surgeon, Drs. stow and Irwin
being also present.
There was no meeting of the Board
Of Education yesterday. The depart
ment is happily free of any problem
Of school keeping in the quarantine
period. as the Christmas vacation be-
gan before the occasion had arisen.
The funeral of the late Captain
Benjamin F. Whitney viii be held
from Masonic Temple. under the aus
pieces of Hawaiian Lodge. at three
o'clock this afternoon. Members of
other lodges and masonic sojourners
are invited to attend.
There were two distinct shocks of
earthquake felt on Molokai last Thurs
day night. corresponding to the hour
at which tremors have been reported
on Hawaii, Maui and Oahu. 1t SEEM
ed to be a perpendicular vibration
rather than a lateral motion, as if
the earth's disturbance were directly
under foot.
Auditor ]. H Fisher left for Kohala
in the Mauna Loa. Tax Assessor
Willfong was communicating with him
to get the keys of Moses Koki's safe.
Koki. besides holding the office of
postmaster at Kamuela from which
his present big trouble comes, was
deputy tax assessor. Willfong is look
ing for $500 in taxes collected by him.
Fred. Waldron, w. T. Lucas and 4.
H. Petrie were appointed a committee
of the Merchants Association to con-
fer with DR.. Ramus of the Federal
quarantine service, with a view to
having some wharf designated and
permitted for the shipment of Cali
fornia produce in original packages
to the other islands DR.. Ramus, be-
fore the committee met him, expressed
his approval of the plan. An order
had meantime been issued modifying
the quarantine regulations to permit
of such shipments by outgoing steam
ers at least temporarily.