The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-09

KAHULUI, March Z. Governor
Frear and party arrived here at six
o'clock this morning. They spent the
hours from midnight until three o'clock
at Lahaina and got some tossing about
on the run over through the fairly
heavy seas around the point.
| Mr.. Baldwin met the party at Ka-
| hului and has arranged TO take them
all, including the press representa-
| tives, by train to Puunene today.
The steamer Texan is lying here TAX
ing on cargo.
The Governors party will be guided
| through the Makawao, Nahiku and
Kaenae districts by the sublandagent,
| w. o. Aiken. From thence the party
will travel through the government
lands of Kula and probably around
| West Maui.
CITIZENS WILL ENTERTAIN.
| The Wailuku District Improvement
Association held its monthly meeting
Thursday evening at the Waikiki
| Courthouse. President D. H. Davies
presided, while Secretary Chas. Will
citation.
After the reading of the minutes and
| their approval, the secretary read a
| letter from Chief Clerk Conkling of
the Secretary's office, in which he said
the Carnegie Library Committee had
refused to do anything for any city in
the Territory. Secretary Wilcox re-
ported having written to headquarters
in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
II. NJ. Coke suggested that a COM
mittee be appointed to devise ways
and means of entertaining Governor
Frear during his visit to Wailuku.
Rer. w. Ault thought the improve
ment association should not entertain
the Governor. but that the citizens
should. The association finally pass
ed a resolution requesting the Sheriff
to issue a call for citizens meeting
to consider the matter of providing
for the entertainment of the Govern
or while he is here.
The call has been issued by the
Sheriff, and the meeting will take
place at the Courthouse on Monday
evening.
MRS. CAMPBELL-PARKER GEN
EROSITY.
LAHAINA, Maui, March 7.-Colonel
Parker and Mrs. Campbell-Parker ar
rived in town on Wednesday evening
and left on Thursday for Honolulu.
Mrs Parker has generously placed in
the care of the Hawaiian Missionary
Board an acre of ground in the center
of the town, for which she paid $4,000
to be known as the James Camp
bell Memorial For the present the
board will use it as a playground for
the Baldwin kindergarten school. The
Rev. Mr.. Dodge of Waikiki came over
on Thursday to confer with Mrs. Par
ker about the property
LAHAINA ITEMS.
Principal Lyman of the Hilo Boys
Boarding School has been visiting La
hainaluna. studying the mechanical
and agricultural conditions of that
busy institution.
Captain Clark of the Salvation Army
came over from Wailuku on Tuesday
to see if religion is warm or cold in
Lahaina.
The Lahaina school was visited on
Thursday by the Rev. Mr.. Dodge of
Waikiki, Mr.. Axtell of Honolulu and
Captain Clark of the Salvation Army.
Inspector Wells was in town on Sat-
urday.
Consul Pfotenhauer arrived in town
on Friday evening. He is staying
with Manager Sarkhauser.
The little daughter of Postmaster |
WAL had a birthday party on Satur-
day, at which many of her young |
friends of Lahaina were guests.
The members of Wainee church gave
Mrs. Canpbel1-Parker and Colonel |
Parker reception at Hale Aloha Hall |
on Friday.
Kahakuloa GIee Club gave a con-
cert in Lahaina on Saturday evening |
for the benefit of their church.
Colonel Parker and Mrs. Campbell |
Parker were entertained at the home |
of Judge Kalua from 8 o'clock Friday |
evening until the Kinau sailed at 3 |
o'clock on Saturday morning for Ho-
nolulu
GOSSIP OF THE ISLAND.
The concert and leap-year dance
given ny the 1dlHOliC l4du1eS Ala So |
ciety at the Knights of Pythias' Hall, |
at Wailuku, last Saturday evening was
very successful affair, financially |
and otherwise.
The teachers of the Waikiki and |
Makawao districts held their bimonth- |
ly convention in the assembly room of |
the Wailuku school on Friday, Feb |
ruary 2S.
1t is stated that Thos- NJ. Church |
will leave Paia in April to assume |
the duties of his new position as buyer |
for Alexander & Baldwin. Mr.. Church |
is most popular on Maui, and not only |
has made a most successful manager !
of the Paia Store but also a fine rec
ord as County Supervisor. Both he
and Mrs. Church will be much missed /
The engagement of Mr.. John A. Me-
deiros to Miss Kahaunani Haia, two |
schoolteachers of Hama, Maui, has |
been announced.
Miss Lillian Patty of Honolulu is Wis
iting Mrs. H. A. Baldwin of Hama
kuapoko.