The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-29
LOCAL BREVITIES.


the departure Of the s. s. LurIine
There viii be a meeting of the Boarc
of Health at clock Friday after
noon.
August Dias has brought suit for di
vorce against his wife, Emma Dias, al
leging marital infdelity.
Mrs. E. D. Tenney, Mrs. Noonan and
Master Vernon Tenney have gone to
the Volcano for fortnight.
Robert. the young son Of Jailel
Maby of Hilo, is making the round
trip to the Coast on the Lurline.
There viii be meeting of the teach
ers' committee Of the Board of Educa
ton at 3 clock this afternoon.
Mrs. R. n. Mossman takes thi,
means of thanking all friends for tn,
sympathy expressed in their bereave
ment.
A book containing all the newspaper
articles in regard to Garfield Is trip here
has been prepared. 1t is bound in
leather and tapa.
A. n Campbell of the Henry Water
house Trust Company leaves by the
Lurlne today for vacation of two
months on the Coast.
F. B. McStocker, who, with his wife
and Miss McStocker, leaves for the
Coast on the Lurline this morning, ex,
poets to be back in Honolulu in twenty
days.
Governor Frear yesterday appointS
Norman Watkins member of the
Board of License Commissioners to sue
ceed Jack Lucas, who resigned three
weeks ago.
Governor Frear yesterday appointed
Mrs. Mary Wilcox member of the
Board of Education to succeed William
Williamson. Mrs Wilcox was former
ly member of the board.
Frank Guptill, a soda water-wagon
driver, was arrested yesterday on two
charges, one for assault and battery or
one Wat Cling, and the other for ma
Iicious injury, IN that he broke show
case glass belonging to Wat Cling.
Governor Frear yesterday received g
report from Deputy Attorney General
Larnaeh of his Investigations into the
charges against Judge Kepoikai. But
neither the Governor nor the Deputy
Attorney General viii say anything re-
garding the matter.
The little daughter of Secretary
Mott Smith stumbled on the edge of a
concrete banked stream in the yard at
the family home yesterday morning
and, striking her head against the stone
on the far side inflicted a Jagged
wound over the left eye. The injury
is not serious.
Rev. E. w. Thwing states that
neither the Ministerial Association mol
himself sent any letter or communica
ton asking that the shore liberty OF
the men of the fleet while in Honolulu
be limited to midnight. He says that
if any such letter was sent it was sent
by someone else.
A farewell party at Mocaizukl will
be given next Friday afternoon foI
Madame Saito, wife Of japanese Consul
General Mkt Saito, who, with her hus-
band, shortly returns to Japan. The
affair will be at 4 o clock. The ladies
who have charge of the affair are Mrs
Akai, Mrs Haida, Mrs Kojima, Mrs.
Motoshige and Mrs. Imamura.
The funeral of Frank Lillis took
place yesterday afternoon at clock,
services being held at the home of his
mother, interment in Nuuanu cemetery.
A large gathering of friends accom-
panied the remains to their last rest
ing place. The floral tributes were
beautiful. The body was brought to
Honolulu from Kona on the Mauna Loa,
arriving yesterday.
Deputy Collector of Internal Reve-
nue. Otto Berndt returned yesterday
from Maui, where he went to survey
the new distilling plant of the kappa
kalua Wine & Liquor Co. The still
viii have a capacity of about 100
gallons and viii be in operation about
August 10. Grape brandy for fortify-
ing the company wines will be made
at present. Later grape and pineapple
brandy viii be made for the market.
An appeal has been taken from a
ruling of Auditor Fisher, to the SUI
preme Court, on the claim, of James A.
Thompson for a bill for sixty dollars
for typewriting the report of the Tax
Commissioners. The work was done
outside of his hours of duty as a clerk
of the courts and at the request and
for the convenience of the Tax Com
mission. Auditor Fisher has refused
payment on the ground that Thompson
is a government employee receiving a
salary of more than 800 a month and
therefore under the terms of the APP
preparation bill can not be paid extra