The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-29
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Mystic Lodge No 2. K. of P, viii
meet in X. of P. Hall at 7:3O this
evening.
Excelsior Lodge No. 1. I. 0. O. F.,
VIII meet in odd Fellows Hall at 730
this evening.
| to sail by the Hilonian. They viii go
as far as New York.
There win be meeting of Chung
Wah Lodge No 4 X of P. at it.
hall. Vineyard street at $50 this even,
ing.
Rev. R. A. Buchanan of tlsk Foreign
church in Kohala has resigned. his res
ignation to take place not later than
February 10.
The College Club will hold its first
| regular session at the Normal School
| today at $3.50 o'clock. All women in
| terested are invited.
The family of the late John Ii desire
| TO tender their thanks 10 many kind
friends for couttesies extended during
| their recent bereavement
The trial of William Holt on an in
dictment for the larceny of two cows
was begun yesterday morning before
Judge Lindsay and a jury.
Lionel Hart was brought before
Judge Lindsay yesterday to plead, but
was remanded until Wednesday morn
ing because of the illness of County
Attorney Cathcart.
The cable company announces that
messages for the United States are
no longer subject to abnormal delays.
This is taken TO indicate that the
telegra Pliers strike is about over.
The new switchboard in thee Capitol.
was put into use for the first time
yesterday for the telephone ~~service.
This gives the Capitol and the Judi
ciary building private exchange.
The best ball of the season will be
the farmers ball in K. of P. Hall to-
morrow night. Valuable prizes will
be given TO the most original and
best-sustained characters. and the best
of music.
>The Globe Clothing Store on Hotel
street was burglarized on Sunday
night. The burglars entered from the
rear and took away two dozen Panama
hats, dozen suits of clothes and other
similar property.
A japanese on a bicycle was run
over BY an auto driven by Schoen-
ming yesterday morning at the Cork
screw turn in Punchbowl street near
the Aloha saloon. The Japanese was
taken to the hospital. He was not Sc
II ;.sly injured.
It is said that some contractors are
dissatisfied with the termination of the
Nuuanu dam contract, claiming that
in bidding for the completion of the
work, Whitehouse, because of his ex
perience, and because he has his ma
terial and appliances on the ground,
will have the advantage of them in
bidding.
The Young Women's Christian AS
ISOLATION will hold their annual meet
ing this evening at Engleside, 25l
Vineyard street. The reports of the
years work will be given. together
with a review of that which the as
ISOLATION. wishes to accomplish. Sew
eraI new members win be elected to
the board OF directors. Mr.. j. G. |
Woolley will give the address of the |
evening. A good musical program win |
be rendered. All members and friends |
of the association are cordially in |
vited.
A magnificent bunch of Bluefield ba- |
nanas, grown on the property of H. j. |
Rhodes in Palolo, is on exhibition in |
the Promotion Committees rooms. The |
bunch contains thirteen hands, the |
fruit being particularly large, the
whole weighing seventy-five pounds.
The compact structure of the bunch,
peculiar to this species of banana, is
well shown in the sample. The fruit
lies in a compact way, making the
punches easy to pack and capable of
standing shipment better than the or
binary kinds, being less liable to1
damage.