The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-10
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Poultry show open till 10 p m. toda!
and tomorrow.
Symphony Orchestra rehearsal thi
| evening.
Mrs. Gums dancing class this af
ternoon. odd Fellows Hail.
Honolulu Lodge No. SIS. B. P. o. E.
viii meet in Eiks Hall at 1880 thi.
evening.
Judge whithey's course in CONNER
stial law begins at the Y. NJ. c. A
tonight. There will be twelve lectures
Judge Whitneys course of instrue.
! lions in commercial law begins in the
Y. NJ. c. A. rooms at 7:30 this evening
First officer Escherhaus of the
| steamship Tolosan is reported to be
contemplating abandoning a seafaring
life.
| Hackfeld & Co. state that the Mon
golia viii probably arrive Sunday
morning and leave the afternoon of
| that day.
There will be meeting of the Cath
olic Ladies' Aid Society at the convent
today al p. m. All members are re-
quested TO attend.
There will be a special meeting of
Pacific Lodge No 822, a. F. and A.
NJ. tonight at the usual time and
place. Work in first degree.
The Scottish Thistle Club will OBJ
serve the anniversary of the birth of
Robert Burns. which occurs on jan
uary %, with a smoking concert.
Mr.. c. ]. Hume. a graduate of Cor
nell University. Ithaca, n. Y, has
been appointed assistant horticulturist
of the Hawaii Experiment Station.
Tonight will be the first night of the
calendar exhibition at the Y. NJ c.
A. over 800 artistic calendars will be
shown. All are invited. Admission
free.
d. s. K. Pahu has been appointed
assistant registrar of the Kamehafne-
ha Schools to take the place of J.."eC.
Anderson who has gone to Aliiolani
College as an instructor.
A. L. c. Atkinson has applied for
copies of the plans and specifications
for the completion. of the Nuuanu dam
and reservoir. Others who have APP
piled are c. s. Holloway, E. P. Chaplin,
L NJ. Whitehouse, j. J. Belser, c.
Smith and a. A Wilson's
The firm of Y. Ahoo & Co. has been
dissolved. Y. Ahoo has purchased the
interest of Charles F. Chillingworth
and all the other partners and is now
the sole owner of the business. Ger
tificates of this have been filed with
the Territorial Treasurer.
Demetrius Amenos. a sailor who has
been on American Hawaiian steam
ships for some time had $500 on depo-
sit in the California Safe Deposit and
Trust Company. He has been at the
hospital suffering from rheumatism.
He is now at the Sailors Home.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Hale
akala Hart who died last Sunday is
to be held next Sunday. 1t wilt be
conducted by one of the native
societies of which she was a member
Kealohanui. an aged Hawaiian, died
yesterday at the Lunalilo Home of old
age. He was seventy-one years old.
The United Chinese Society has ad-
dressed a letter to Congressman Long
worth urging him to aid in securing
a modification of the exclusion act so
as to permit the introduction into Ha-
tural labor and for limited term of
stay.
All Farr and Lee Kui are the latest
to learn through arrest of the fact
that swill wagons are not wanted on
the streets after nine o'clock in the
morning. These two got their first re-
ninder yesterday and will have it
driven home by Judge Andrade this
morning.
Among the recent additions to the
books in the Honolulu Library are
two from the pen of Miss Caroline
B. Krout, a sister of Miss Krout of
Honolulu. The books are con the
We-a Trail" published by Mcmillan,
and Robin Hood and His Merry Men, .
published by Dutton & Co. The pen
name Of the writer is Caroline Brown.
It is stated that the thirty-two Chi
nese seamen, on board the German
steamship Tolosan, resent the state
ment that they were so frightened that
they refused to leave their quarters
during the terrific storm which buff
feted the steamer and made it neces-
sary for her to put into this port. A
counter charge is made that they are