The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-13

LOCAL BREVITIES.
Symphony rehearsal this evenin,

symphony rehearsal this evening.
Mrs. Luther Aungst of Hoolualoa is
visiting Mrs. James F. Morgan.
April - win soon be here. Get read,
for the Eagles moonlight picnic.
Honolulu Lodge No. SIC. B. P. O. F
will meet in Elks' Hall at 7:3o this
evening
Oahu Lodge No. /. X. of P. will
meet in X. Of P. Hall at 7:3o this
evening.
The advance in the price of sugar
was yesterday a general topic of con-
versation.
The National Board o. Trade invites
the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce to
become a. member
The banks of Honolulu, by cautious
procedure, are said to be saving the
community from any stock specializing
tendency
c. Hedemann last evening addressed
the Hawaiian Engineering Association
on sugar machines now US in the
best Cuban factcrie
Major-General A w. Greedy, the
world-famous Arctic explorer, is en-
route TO the Philippines, on leave,
aboard the transport Thomas.
The members and friends of the
First Methodist church are invited tc
a reception given at the parsonage
this evening by Mr. and Mrs. Crane.
Secretary Sargent's letter to the
local promo ion committee has been re-
ferred by the Chamber of Commerce
to its committee on immigration for
report.
w. A. Madeira and wife are aboard
the Thomas en- route to Guam. Ma
deira is well known here, having been
assistant under Postmaster Dat and
later a postoff1ce inspector
A letter sent by the Department of
State to American consuls suggests
that. when possible, they stop at Ho-
nolulu, to advise local business men
of conditions in the lands whence the
consuls come.
Hugo Herzer, of the Young Hotel, is
advertising for a lost English setter.
The dog is said to have been run over
by an automobile and was seen yes
terday near the Normal school limping
on three legs.
w. M. Giffard considers un-American
the action of the Chamf er of Com
merce in endeavoring to have the
coastwise shipping law suspended so
far as it operates in regard to local
passenger traffic.
All the property owners in Kapahulu
and Kapiolani Park Addition will do
we'll to attend the meeting of the Ka-
pahulu Improvement Club, which will
be held in Hollinger Hall on Saturday
evening at 1880 o'clock.
Mrs. NJ. Kaneihalau died on Thurs
day morning at six o'clock. The
funeral will take place at 1850 p. m.
on Sunday. Members of the Hui Ko-
kua Hookuonoono ma Wahine Civil
Hawaii are requested to attend.
There were too many atmospheric
disturbances on Wednesday night for
good wireless connections between the
transports Sherman and Thom7s at
less Expert A. A. Isbell at BARRIERS
Point.
Inspector in Charge Green of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor I'M
migration Service, writes the Hawaii
Promotion Committee, stating that in
his opinicn the Spaniard, Northern
italian, Mess;na italian and Russo
German would make good immigrants
here.
The Kamehameha Alumni Associa-
ton viii have a special meeting AZ
their clubhouse on Fort street this
evening at 7:30. Important bus: ness.
The bylaws, initiation of new mem
bers, track meet and other matters
will be dealt with. All members are
urged to be present.
The trustees OF the Chamber of Com
merce have expressed their approval
of the plan of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company, as proposed to L. A.
Thurston and R. W. Single, to re-
serve passenger accommodations espe-
cially for Honolulu. Also. it has been
resolved that the president Of the:
Chamber act with the heads of the
Merchants Association ans the Pro-
motion Committee in cabling Wash
ington to urge the passage of bill
relating to the carrying OF passengers
on foreign vessels for a number Of
years or pending further Congression-
al action.