The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-15
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ian interpreters for the district court.
Honolulu, and wiping them out. A
new item for the pay of truant officers
also went overheard.
Kaleiopu asked for a reconsideration
of the salary of secretary and registrar
of the Board of Health. amending the
item to read SALARY of secretary,
$175; salary of registrar general, $3.50"
The amount of $1,000 for clerks was
also itemized into two salaries, one Of
ments carried.
inspectors passed at $3.50 each and
the deferred item for the assistant
sanitary inspector at Hilo was amend
ed by Akau to read $50 instead Of
$40.
FOOD COMMISSIONERS
The salary of the food commissioner
and analyst was passed at s175. with
the proviso that the office would be
abolished as soon as the United States
took over the enforcement of the Pure
Food law.
Pail objected to continuing the Of
fee. thinking that might hurry the
Federal government, but subsidized
When Rlce explained tnat.
This is the man who analysed food.
If we are going to buy liquor we want
good honest goods and this is the man
who tells us If it is
Kaleiopu objected because the man
never analysed poi, and he was in
formed that some Chinese were using
taro with bugs i'm it. He also had
heard that some of the storekeepers OF
outside districts bought rotten goods
in Honolulu and sold them. He thought
he should visit the wholesale stores
and condemn these goods.
Coney said this was the fault of the
Board of Health.
Kaniho. as. expected. seconded the
motion To strike the item out, giving
his usual fantastic reasons.
Several members tried to show him
what was what, but their arguments
glanced off his polished brow and fall
ed to wrinkle his thinking apparatus.
One member explained that a part OF
the analysts duty was to analyze the
stomachs of those dying from suspect
ed poisoning.
''And what good does it do TO any,
one to have their stomachs analysed
after they are dead?" demanded Ka-
visit the stores and look after the food
stuff before people die from eating II.
The item was struck out.
The insane asylum and inhrmary
payroll passed at s31,560, a raise or
$500.
Kaleiopu saw a chance TO save $50
a month by merging the offices of the
milk and dairy inspector and the meat
inspector and letting one man do the
work at $175 a month.
Rawlins attempted the impossible
by pointing out the necessity Of good
men for both offices. He might have
saved his breath, the amendment OF
Kaleiopu carrying.
LYDECKER'S FINISH.
Joseph asked for a reconsideration Of
the salary for the librarian Of public
archives. which was granted. The
amendment he wished to offer was to
raise the pay to $50, from S12j, so that
when a man came he could know what
the old Hawaiian documents were.
What's the idea?" asked Rawlins,
"a translator there would have to
know Russian. Spanish, German and
all languages"
'sOh, L mean a Hawaiian translator.
There is no use in translating that
other rubbish. l want to make it
Hawaiian translator
Rawlins thought it funny to call all
the treaties rubbish, but Joseph's
amendment carried.
Kaniho had his way regarding the
pay of the three engineers at the sew
er station, getting the chief cut down
to $40 and raising the two others to
the same figure.
Kaleo put through another boost,
putting the messenger boys in the Sec
retary's office up to $50.
This was the final amendment, the
bill being disposed Of finally and the
committee rising.
HEALTH AND POLICE REPORTS.
The Health committee presented FIVE