The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-25
LOCAL BREVITIES.

A "Peeping Tom is under the sur
veillance Of the police.
Probably an appointment Of tax as
SCISSOR will be made today.
Rock crushing IS about to begin near
the foot Of the road leading up Pacific
Heights.
Excelsior Lodge No. l, I. o. o. F.
viii meet in Odd Fellows hail at 7:30
this evening.
Mystic. Lodge No. ?. K. of P. viii
meet in K. IF P. hall this Tuesday
evening at 100.
oh. Case is named by his friends
as a fit successor TO Judge Kepoikai
pire.
The regular monthly meeting. of the
Woman's Guild Of st. Clements church
will be held ION Tuesday, Feb. %, at 3
O'Clock, at the parish house.
/ About s400 a day is being disbursed
by the Department Of Justice, through
Marshal Hendry, in connection with
the special term of the Federal court.
The Rapid Transit cars carried on
Washington's birthday 1854 passengers
without accident to car or individual.
This is The record days business in the
history Of the company.
Seven O'Clock sharp on Wednesday
evening Will be the opening of the
young birds may get their w'ags fixed
on properly in the good old-fashioned
style.
A large procession of Japanese with
a band Of their own went out to Wal
kapu road from Wailuku to welcome
to that town Shimamura, q Buddhist
high priest, on his arrival from La
haina.
Directors Of the Hawaiian Mahog-
any Lumber Co. viii meet at 10 O'Clock
this morning to consider the matter of
a contract for carrying the ohia ties
the company has engaged to deliver to
the Santa Fe railroad system.
| Honolulu Aerie No. 140, F. O. E., will
meet at o'clock sharp tomorrow eve
ming, instead of 7:30. so that the msm-
| bers may have ample time to prepare
for the reception Of the twenty new
[ Eagles who are waiting to be admitted.
/ Business of great Importance win be
| transacted at the meeting of Court
/ Canoes No. $40, A O. F., to be held
/ this evening in San Antonio hall. There
Will be election for delegate to the
High Court convention and continue
ton Of pedro tournament.
Attorney ]. D. White and Represen-
tative j. l. Silva of Kauai called on
the Governor yesterday to present OBJ
jections to the proposed, and already
postponed, sale of the Mana tract
They want at least to have the sisal
planting conditions struck out.
According to a measurement by Mr..
Wall, surveyor, the bottom of Hale
maumau in the Volcano of Kilauea has
risen 125 feet in eight days and is
rising an average of ten feet daily.
The bottom Of the pit is now only 800
feet from the surface and the lava is
very active.
Alexander & Baldwin, Ltd, yesterday
reelected the following officers: H. P.
Baldwin, president: J. B, Castle, vice
E-presfcFprts. W NJ Alexander, second
vice president: L. T. Peek, third vice
president; ]. Warehouse, treasurer; E.
E. Paxton. secretary; w. o. Smith. di-
| rector: G. r. Carter, director.
A lease for little snort OF SIX years
| is recorded from Oahu Railway and
| Land Company to Associated Oil Com
pany of 1.22S acres of land at Iwilei,
I to be used for tanks. pipe lines, etc,
at an annual rental OF $1665, with privi-
FIege Of extension of the lease for an
additional six years after its expira-
/ ton.
D. H. Case. county attorney of Maui
and H. VI. Coke. an attorney and the
editor of the Maui News, are in town
to arrange for submitting the legality
| of ti4e Maui county $4,000 loan to the
| Supreme Court. As was reported in
the Advertiser of February II the First
1 National Bank of Waikiki was pre-
pared to negotiate for the entire issue
if the legality Of the bonds was as
sured.