The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-07-11
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
Paragraphs That Give Condensed
News of the Day.

The fleet is coming Let US clean
up the city.
A mortgages notice OF intention
to forecIose appears IN this issue.
The opening OF bids for the Alakea
St. Shed has been postponed to
Monday July 20.
Omcial bail tickets are $500 each
admitting gentleman and any mum
Der of ladies. The ball is on the
night of the 18th.
The annual clearance sale at Sachs,
with its sweeping reductions on the
entire stock, will positively close on
! Thursday at five o'clock.
Surgeon Stokes, OF the Relief. Lieut..
| Commdr. Patten. of the Culgoa, and
Lieut. Ccmmdr Bierer. Of the Arethu-
sa, called on Governor Frear this
morning,
The special machinery at Regal
Shoe Store does all sorts Of shoe re-
pairing in a jiffy, and does it well,
! too Vicker's Repair Shop is now
part of this concern.
! The French consul has announced
that the National flag of la belle
France viii float over the consulate on
| July IA in honor Of the Fall of the
Bastile, but no reception will be held.
The quarterly business meeting of
the Chinese Students Alliance of
Hawaii will be held this evening in
the ALLIANCE hall at 1880 o'clock. Ali
members are requested to be pres
ent.
Sunrise is ready and willing, for
$50 up, to race Makaala or Leahi
Girl on Saturday, July IS, for a
quarter-mile. Answers must be re
ceiyed by Tuesday next.
The official ball in honor of Rear
Admiral Sperry and the officers of the
fleet will be given on Friday evening
July H. at the Seaside-Moana. Tic
kets are $500 each, admitting gen
tleman and all ladies accompanied.
In Judge De Bolts court the motion
to show cause in the case of Myhre VS..
Myhre was continued for a week this
morning. The motion to set bail IN
the case of Manuel Cruz was also con-
tinued till the same time.
For the coming week Lewis & Co.
Ltd, offer first quality California Pi-
lot Bread in 5O-pound cases at
cents per pound and California Soda
Crackers in 40-pound cases at 6%
cents per pound All groceries great
ly reduced. Lewis & Co. Ltd, Lead
ing Grocers, 169 King street, Tele
phone 24O
A demurrer by the defendant mas
been entered in the suit of Ralph Giro
Ter VS.. the Hawaiian Electric Co. in
which damages are asked for Injuries
sustained through the plaintiffs re.
ceiving a severe shock from an elec.
trio light wire. The motion is or
technical grounds
An appeal to the Supreme Court has
been taken by the Hilo Fruit Co. IL
its suit against Tax Assessor N. Z
Willfong of Hawaii. The Territory, al.
though not represented by any attor.
ney in the hearing OF the case before
the Tax Appeal Court, was sustained
in its contention assessing the prop.
erty for $19,1GO. and it is from this de-
cision that an appeal was taken.
The attention of the contractors o.
the city is called to the fact that tht
, date for the opening of bids on the
work of building. painting and fur
nishing the Alakea street wharf shed
has been changed from next Monda!
to Monday, July 90 This has beer
done at the request of several of the
large firms of the city who wish t
submit a figure and who desire little
more time.
Attorney General Hemenway has re-
ceived a wireless from his deputy, A
d. Larnach. who is in Hilo. stating
that the suit of Lopez VS.. Pratt hat
been dismissed. This suit was on,
brought by a Settlement Association
which claimed that it had been prom