The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-25

LOCAL BREVITIES.
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COME TAX RETURNS NOW.

COME TAX XII RNS INV.
Col John Baker is in town
Regular weekly meeting OF Elks to-
night in new hall.
Mrs. Dole viii not receive today on
account of Miss Krout's lecture.
JeweIer Comes, formerly of Honolulu,
is reported doing well in Tonopah.
A number Of letters in the local mail
yesterday were badly charred by IRE
Manoa residents have petitioned the
Board OF Supervisors for road repairs
Hawaiian Tribe. order of Red Men.
meets this evening in /. o. 0. F. Hall
Henry Vida is said to be contem-
plating locating in the goldfelds Of To-
ncpah.
Up. Cooke has returned from a trip
to New Zealand, greatly improved IN
health
Ex-Hack Inspector Sam Macy has got
a job as Waterman at 1.-THE Kalihi-
waena school.
seventeen Hawaiian boys and girls at
Stanford University.
The meeting of the trustees of the
Sailors Home has been postponed un-
til Wednesday next at g. m
A charter has been issued to the See
Dai Society, a Chinese charitable or
ganization formed in Honolulu
Humane Officer Rose Dawson has
been presented with a silver badge or
office by Prince and Princess HAVANA
nakoa-
II. W. Burden and w S. Fraser, en-
ployes of the Commercial Pacific Cable
| Co. will leave for Guam by the trans
| port Logan
| L. Tenney Peck stated yesterday that
| he has declined to accept the position
1 on the Board of Education, offered him
I BY Governor Carter
Il Bishop Harris who passed through
| here on the s. s. Coptie, is quoted as
saying that there is absolutely no Gan
ger of war with Japan
More Honolulu men want chance
/ TO bid ON the contract for the lepro-
| sarium 10 be erected by the Fedora
! Government on Molokai.
Cards have been issued for the pres
| entation of the portrait of the iat'
| president OF the University Club. DR.
Francis r. Day. at 5 this afternoon
Efforts are TO be made by President
of Board OF Health Pinkham to secure
a more frequent and convenient steam
shin service between Honolulu and the
Leper Settlement
i The Baltimore sun formally opened
its new building-a palatial structure
| as pictured-on January IL. An invl
ration from the publishers to the Ad'
vertiser for the event arrived too lat
for acceptance, but is thankfully &C
knowledged.-
| Colonel Jones. N. G. H, was inform
ed yesterday that permission hacs peer
obtained from the Dowsett Estate 10
the holding of an encampment OF tn
militia at Leilehua. The Honolulu
companies win accordingly go unde
canvas for a time. probably during In
third week in February
} The collections at the services of tn
Methodist church last Sunday We're II
aid of the famine sufferers in CHINA
The amount was $3.50, including som
personal contributions made to the pas
| tor by outsiders, and was handed I
Bishop Harris for distribution amoni
the poor sufferers in his proposed tr1l
to the scene of distress within the mex
few weeks
Chairman Hustace of the Board
| Supervisors paid visit to the ONO
| of Sheriff Iaukea yesterday and con
| ferred with him in regard TO polio
matters. more particularly regarding
the recent discharging of some >of tn
old officers He was assured by IN
Sheriff that any changes that had bee
made were for the purpose of maxim
! the force an effective one and stu
keeping II within the limit prescribe'
by the cut appropriations of the Su
pervisors.
Work on the new Kalihi sewer sys
tenn is going ahead in good shape, tn
trench being completed from the lowe
: manhole at the edge of the Bishop rs
tate property to the first track of tn
o. r. & L. Co. The question Of
{ right-of-way across the Kapiolani Es
[ tate ground has not yet been settled
and the matter has been passed up I
! the Attorney General for condemnatio
proceedings to be begun It is proba
BILE that the Attorney General viii IN
stitute proceedings at once, as it Is es
sential TO proceed with this work with
out interruptions.