The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-30
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| A physician and set of hospital of
| ticials who pronounce a man with a
| fractured skull to be suffering from
/ Oyerindulgence in intoxicants only, and
| let him accidentally die without further
| effort on their part, seem to need a rest,
Garden Island.
It is to he hoped that the new Board
of Supervisors of this county will see
fit to give employment, under the South
Hilo road department, to a greater
number of Portuguese labOrers than has
been done by the present one. Our peo-
pie are far and ahead the best road
builders in the country.-A Setta.
w. G. Irwin is nothing if not a Joker.
He has lot that is highly unproductive
and wishes to get rid of it and invest
in more revenue bearing real estate.
That is business. The joke is hidden
in the $4,000 that he lets the Homo
lulu business community contribute to-
wards the improvement of his new
property.-Garden Island.
What hope is there of obtaining an
adequate supply of laborers for Hawai-
ian canefelds, in face of the eondi-
tions prevailing and likely to prevail7
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Grafton in secret session during the
recent meeting of the Hawaiian Sugar
Planters Association, and it was indi-
Gated in the reports that the idea is
to rely upon immigrants from Southern
Europe, who will be recruited at New
York as soon as they arrive. 1t is
doubtful if this source will prove suf-
Tribune.
The proposition of Chief Justice
Hartwell to have a bill submitted to
the next session of the legislature Civ
ing the circuit courts authority to re-
fuse to grant a new trial in any case
where errors were made in admitting
or refusing to admit evidence that in
their opinion the admission or rejection
Of such evidence. whether material or
mmaterial, ought not to have effected /
the jury in their verdict will, we be- !
ieve, prove one of the most serious /
yet made by any legislature /
IF this Territory should the same be- [
come a law-Maui News. !
With the return of the commission .
from Japanl, which was made Ut Of /
shrewd. practical men, more of them /
biased in favor of Japan /
Is far as we know and certainly not
selected because of that bias, should .
,ome to an end forever the various alb
'urd ideas prevalent on the Pacific
coast of Japanese sinister intentions to-
wards America, the Philippines and Ha-
vail. The resolutions of the commits
ion ought to stifie the Hobson hysteria
md ought to put an effectual end to
What little japanese batting still exists
n California. We believe and hope
hat it will.-Hawaii ShinpO.
During the special session of Con
,ress to revise the tariff we shall not
,e surprised to see some protection Civ
n to coffee grown in Amrican posses
ions. The United States needs the
evenue and no simpler way could be
ievised of raising it. On the other
and there may be a slight decrease in
he sugar tariff in order to sweeten
he breakfast cup. But conflicting in
erests may prevent this, leaving the
xisting schedules unchanged There
7ill be, however, some concession made
o the Philippines and this, while it
lay not have any Immediately effective
esult. Hawaii must prepare to meet
laval Herald,