The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-26
LOCAL BREVITIES.

]. W. Farweu was a returning pas
senger from Maui yesterday.
James T. Taylor the man who built
the Waihee canal, arrived by the Clau-
dine from Maui.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Straus VIII make his home at the Mo-
ana There are five in the party.
The HeliopoIis, well known in this
port, IS now taking Chinese laborers
home from South Africa.
There viii be a meeting of Horc 'uli
Lodge SIG, 3. P. 0. e, at the lsdge
room, King street, at 1880 this evening.
Captain Berger is reported to have
said that he will not favor accepting
the offer for the band to go to Aus
tralia
Mr. and Mrs. Jack London returned
yesterday morning from a ten days
visit on Maui. A part of the time was
spent on HaleakaIa.
| The regiment Of negro troops. a bat
talon Of which shot up" Brownsville,
Texas, some time ago, are due to pass
! through here some time in August.
! Manager weinzeimer, of the Ko@oa
plantation, Kauai. has contributed the
lumber necessary for the japanese
| school at that place, amounting t0~S55O
worth
! Acting Governor Atkinson has made
/ the suggestion that the United States
government might be induced to build
a road around this island as a military
measure.
! The Symphony orchestra will have
their rehearsal this evening. Special
music viii be rehearsed for the COM
/ ing smoker which will be held on Fri
/ day evening, August Is, 1907.
! Work on the buildings connected
with the Makapuu lighthouse viii be
started next week, it is announced. A
road from these to the lighthouse it
| self will have to be blasted out of the
| solid rock.
The Alewa lots on the Eva side of
! Nuuanu Valley on Judd street extern
Commissioner Pratt next Saturday.
There are Indications that there will
be many bidders.
The EIks will have initiation tomor-
row evening. Charles R.. Frazier, L.
G. kellogg. and NJ. P Hite will be mi
tiated. Hite is a new arrival here and
Engineers Office.
Captain Orwell left yesterday on the
Mikahala for Kauai. He will look for
suitable sites for needed lighthouses,
and examine plans for the new break
water to be built at Eleele by the
McBryde plantation.
There will be no games of baseball
at the League grounds on Saturday,
out Of respect TO the memory of Percy
Lishman, a former player in the
League. whose remains are expected
by the s. s. Moana
1t is reported in an afternoon paper
that Chief Justice Frear has picked out
a candidate to succeed Secretary of
the Territory Atkinson, but that he will
not divulge the name until he has con-
suited with Governor Carter.
Lecturer Payne's fine article on The
Trip to the Volcano and the Flaming |
Pit, has been put into booklet form |
by the Henry Waterhouse Trust Co. |
The folder has a good picture of XII |
lauea and another of the fern forest. |
The cover is Illuminated
The ST. Louis College Alumni Asso-
citation will entertain at the first ladies' |
night given in the new alumni club |
house, Dreier hall, next Wednesday |
evening. The program will include f,
songs, dancing, Rotations, instrument |
tai music and refreshments. 1t is a /
members invitationaI affair.
Forty residents of Kipahulu, Maui, |
have Joined in a petition to IShperfn- |
tendent Rabbit asking that sMr. and |
Mrs. W. w. Taylor, who have been |
in charge of the school at that place
for the past two or three years, may |
be retained. The work of Mr.. and Mrs.
Taylor at this school has been of the
highest character and has received TIE
enthusiastic praise of superintendent |
Rabbit and of everyone else who has
seen it.
Miss Marie Hall, violinist, and Miss |
Louie Bosche, pianist, are expected to |
arrive here by the Aorangi from the /
Colonies about August q, and will |
give a concert here at the Opera House |
under the direction of w. D. Adams.
Land Commissioner Pratt yesterday |
received nine more right-of-purchase
leases from residents of Kalaheo, Kau-
al This makes sixty-five lots that |
have been taken up in that tract. The |
lots average about eight acres each. |
Those who are taking up the land are /
Portuguese. The lands viii be |
planted 10 pineapples.