The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-08
LOCAL BRE:VITIES.

One admittance TO the Mardi Gras
is $3.50, not So as has been reported.
Hawaiian Tribe. Order of Red Men,
meets this evening in 1. o. o. F. Hall.
o. A. Steven, Morgan's man elo-
quent, has been laid aside by illness
for some days.
Regular meeting of Honolulu Lodge
GIG, B. P. o. E, in their new quarters
on Fort street.
Will E. Stensen call at the editorial
rooms of the Advertiser any day at 1
p. m. or D. m?
A lady wearing $3.50 dress was with
difficulty separated from a freshly
vanished chair at social function the
other night.
Mr.. Farrar, San Francisco represen-
tative of Theo. H. Davies & Co, left
on the Miowera last night after a two
months stay in Honolulu.
County Treasurer Trent will hereaf-
ter make his monthly reports more
elaborate, so as to show how much
every person on the county payroll has
drawn.
| No insurance will be placed on the
property acquired by the Government
| in exchange for Lanai lands. as it is
not the custom to insure Government
property.
A young lady from town who visits
another one living near Diamond Head
| is credited with climbing the pole at
| the Rapid Transit terminus to turn on
| the light when she fiIS1s the place I'M
lighted.
Rev. Frank Arthur Saylor, assistant
rector of Trinity church. Chicago, and
Miss Alberta Ellis. niece of Miss Mary
A. Burbank of this city, and herself
Honolulu girl, were married at Green
Bay. Wisconsin, on January %.
A blossom of the lauhala tree, a
somewhat rare sight in Honolulu, has
been sent to the Promotion Committee
rooms by Mrs. Weaver and has been
admired by a number of visitors. The
great blossom has a particularly sweet
perfume.
There will be holiness meeting to-
| night at the Salvation Army hall, cor
ner of King street and Nuuanu ave-
nue., commencing at O'Clock. and a
half-night of prayer, commencing at
| 10 D. M. to which everybody is cordl-
ally invited.
| The Joint committee appointed by the
| Chamber of Commerce and the Mer-
| chants Association appointed subcom-
| mittees to confer with different prom
/ inent men of the city on matters con-
/ nected with the entertainment of the
| Los Angeles excursionists.
i The White Rock golf tournament Will
| be continued at Haleiwa next Sunday
i The list of entries is longer than any
/ in the history of the tournament
i twenty-five having entered up to this
time. The recent rains have material
Il ly benefited the links, so that the
playing should be enjoyable.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Lowrey were Al
Home to the teachers and trustees OF
Il Oahu College and other friends last
i Saturday from to 6 p. m. 1t was a
Il most delightful social event. The
/ beautiful home with its handsome fur
/ nishings, was appropriately decorated.
/ A quintet club furnished music.
The local Chinese are still adding to
| their Chinese famine relief fund, hav-
ing gathered $500 in Honolulu since the
amount realized in the first subscrip-
ton was cabled to Shanghai. Canvass
ing for the fund is also going on on
the other islands and whatever amount
is raised will be sent to Honolulu next
week to be cabled on with the money
here 1t is expected that about $1,000
more will be sent altogether.
A committee of the Japanese Mer-
chants Association has been appointed
To arrange for a reception, at the
| Mochizuki clubhouse, of Mr.. and Mrs
IL K. Ininishi, who are expected te
pass through in the America Maru or
their way to Japan. Mr.. Iminishi was
formerly manager of the Honolulu
branch of the Yokohama Specie Banh
and is now manager of the New Yori
branch.
4 Yesterdays issue of A Liberdade, the
Portuguese paper, contains a refuta'
ton of a proclamation lately issued ps
the acting governor of Madeira, "hlcI
warned the Madeirans against emil
grating to Hawaii. Editor Durae
POINTS out that while few of his coun-
tryrlen may have returned no'ns
wealthy. the Portuguese who nave
made their homes here own property
assessed at $4,000, 600, besides thu
Punchbowl leaseholds at $1,50o.0oo, ane