The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-11-12
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Saturday will be the last day for pay
ing taxes.
The band will play this afternoon al
Fort Shafter.
Rev. E. w. Thwing will leave fol
China on the Manchuria Monday.
Special Agent VIM. R. Harr expects
to leave ON the Mongolia Saturday oil
! Sunday.
Queen Liliuokalani is booked to
leave on the Mongolia. 1t is reported
she is going to Washington to press
| her claims for the Crown lands
Registrar Merriam has gone to Mo.
lokai on a hunting trip intending to
spend much of his vacation there He
is expected back in about two weeks.
Judge Dole yesterday appointed
Judge Selden B. Kingsbury United
States Commissioner to fill the vacancy
created by the resignation of Frank
l.. batch
r. r.. Elgin, manager of the Hawaii
Railroad company, at Mahukona. who
arrived Tuesday from the Big Island,
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mainland, on the Mongolia
The statement of an evening paper
that Judge Kingsbury will succeed
Judge Hardy of Kauai is not confirmed
either by the Judge or the Governor.
Judge Hardy is likely to be reap
pointed.
NJ. T. Lyons has been appointed
postmaster at Wailuku to succeed v.
A. Vetlesen. The appointment is to
sion arrived by the China. Lyons
leaves shortly for Wailuku.
''Who Cares? or Practical Philan-
thropy," is the subject of an address
to be given by Col Charles Miles of
the Southern California Division of
the Salvation Army at Central Union
church next Sunday evening.
The European gypsy women, equipped
with the big gaudy-cloth bag, are al,
ready around town begging money and
food. Each woman totes a baby, and
explains that the food is wanted for the
youngster and money to buy clothes
for it.
The case of Blanche Martin for vio-
lating the social law was continued in
the police court Yesterday to Novem
Der 49, All Fook and six other Chi
nese were found guilty of gambling
and fined S. and costs each. Two of
them forfeited bail.
By order of Colonel Ziegler, First
Infantry, Hawaii, all buglers and
drummers of companies A, B, c, E, T,
G, and the hospital corps will report
to Sergeant Barry at the bungalow
next Friday evening at half past seven
o clock for instruction.
Mexican Consul w. LAM leaves by
the Mongolia for the Coast. During
his absence the duties of his office will
he performed by T. A. Schaefer Mr..
Lanz is also Acting Chilean Consul.
Notice of his intended absence was
received by the Governor yesterday.
Representative Hepburn, of the
House of Representatives, in acknowI
edging receipt of a copy of the annual
report of President Morgan of the
Chamber of Commerce, says he is very
glad to have it as cit is of interest
and contains much information that
want. -
Among 876 pupils examined at the
Royal school by DR.. Hayes, 80 were
found to have traehoma, 49 eonjuncti-
Wits, "a felicular conjunctivitis, the
itch, and one enlargement of the
glands. Two hundred and thirty of
the pupils were vaccinated by DR..
Hayes.
The Chamber of Commerce meeting
scheduled for 8 o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon did not materialize as most
of the members were in attendance
on the Planters annual session, and
a few are doing jury duty The meet
ing was adjourned subject to call of
the president, and it may be held next
Wednesday when the regular bimonth.
Iy meeting viii come.
Instead of building new wharf at
the Eva end of the harbor to accom-
modate the freight handled by the
American-Hawaiian steamships, it has
been decided to increase the warehouse
capacity. In order to do this ware
,use shed eighty by four hundred
feet is being moved from the wharf
fan enough for another shed of the
same size to be built where this one
stocd.