The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-28
HILO BOARD Of
TRADE AWAKES
Re0rganized and Now Ready to
Work for Home and
Country.

/ HILO, Hawaii, December 24.-It ha:
not been dead, but merely sleeping; and
being at last aroused, the Hilo Board
Of Trade is going to work like giant
refreshed. Secretary Wears made a
special muster of members on Tuesday
last, and in response large and repre-
| sentative gathering assembled at Fire
men 3 Hail.
John A Scott. chairman, called the
meeting to order, and stated that he
had deemed it well to call them to-
gether to consider whether it was nee
essary to reOrganize the Board of
Trade, which had been in a dormant
state for some years. Much good had
been done by it in the past and it could
do much in the future if all worked
unitedly. At present it was desirable
that they should strengthen the hands
of the delegate at Washington in OBJ
tanning appropriations for the Federal
building in Hilo and for the harbor
and breakwater works.
After a general discussion, in which
most of those present took part, it was
agreed that the Board of Trade should
be reOrganized and it's constitution
strengthened, so that it might discharge
the functions of the Chamber of Com
meree as well as its own. To this end
it was suggested that the bylaws should
be revised, the rates of initiation and
annual dues increased, salaried seere-
tary appointed, and other reforms in
stituted.
The following provisional officers
were elected: President, John A. Scott;
vice president, c. C. Kennedy; secre-
tary, Z. K. auckland; treasurer, H. V.
Patten.
No More Free Drinks.
The Board of License Commissioners
met yesterday afternoon and decided,
under a new ruling, that no holder of
wholesale license can dispense any
liquor to be consumed on the premises. |
This prevents any "treating' by |
wholesalers to their customers when |
they call to give orders or pay bills. 1t |
also stops a wholesaler from giving a |
free drink to friend who may call |
for a chat, or to any person who visits |
a wholesale store for any purpose what
ever. Any man who now wants a |
drink must 90 elsewhere than to a |
wholesale place and pay for it.
Manuel Braneo, of Laupahoehoe,
whose previous application for retail
license had been refused, found the /
board more lenient yesterday, as he
was granted one. Silva got a retail |
license for Kukuihaele, while Kuri
tani' application for a wholesale IL
cense at Honomu was refused.
News Notes.
Mauna Kea has been well covered
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to the suburbs of Hilo.
John Henshall, who was recently in
Hilo on breakwater work, has gone to
the Coast for few months.
Work on the breakwater is progress
ing, the mole now extending out fully
three hundred feet.
Captain w. C.. Warland, father-in
law of I. Z. Ray, came on a visit to
Hilo by the Enterprise, accompanied
oy Mrs. Warland. The captain was
formerly in command OF the bark Amy
Turner and has many friends here.
Superintendent Vannatta of the Hilo
bureau has been busily en-
aged with LAYING new six-inch water ]
'ipes on School street in place of the {
Id fOur-ineh and replacing three-ineh t
'ipes on Pleasant street After the t
cAb SCooiOh VI tue Legislature van eA-
eets to have all the water piping that
lilo needs. G
Rudolph Spreckels, in response to an q
INVITATION to visit the volcano, wrote e
0 the Herald from Honolulu: FfI am \
orry not to be able to go to Hawaii v
his trip, as / would enjoy seeing the Il
olcano, the more particularly because a
on say its present activity is peace i
al scene compared to San. Francisco d
oliticsD
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Lindsay return
1 on Sunday by the Enterprise after
n absence of six months, passed in ) )
urope. 4
Miss Kate Trowbridge has returned l
rom the Coast after visit of nearly
x months, ready to return to her scho-
Istic duties
Samuel X. Pua, sheriff-elect, has OBJ q
lined the opinion of the county attor- :
ey to the effect that it is not the duty q
the sheriff or his deputies to collect u
cense fees. They have simply to see II
licenses are paid and to prosecute in :
re event of failure u
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