The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-21
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
Paragraphs That Give Condensed
News of the Day.

THUS vi SOlu anu DtllOitull are IT,
ported from Fiji.
When in need of a tonic drink Primo,
the beer that's brewed to suit the eli
mate.
J. J. Page has been added to the list
of tennis players to go on the trip
to Maui
Richard Costing Of r. H. Davies &
Cos staff left in the Mariana for Eu-
rope on vacation taking in the Seat
tie fair on the way.
Deaths from contagious disease oc-
curing in the city of Honolulu during
the 16 days ended July 16 numbered
five, all from tuberculosis.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
members of the Merchants Associa-
ton of Honolulu will be held at three
o'clock p, m. tomorrow.
Colonel Arthur A. Coyne, n. G. H.,
is confined to his home with badly
spratned ankle. Sunday last he was
pruning a pear tree and fell from a
stepladder
John Bright, hotel blk, breaker out
of Jail and breaker into asylums and
hospitals, was yesterday returned to
Hilo where he owes the government 5
months of his time and labor.
Owing to the quarantine hitch on the
arrival of the Korea the business COM
munity was disappointed of the expect
ed lecture on China by DR.. Amos P.
Wilder, the talented consul general at
Shanghai
George b. Mcclellan cabled from
Washington yesterday to the Chamber
of Commerce that orders had been sent
establishing a commissary depot at Ho-
nolulu for the purchase of army sup
plies
The Bank of Hawaii, Ltd, welcomes
the depositor with a dollar or two as
well as the larger depositor. IL
per cent interest on deposits compound
ed twice annually. Corner Fort and
Merchant streets
A great piece of rock fell yesterday
afternoon in such way as to block the
narrow, winding Pail roadway. 1t
took some effort for a gang of laborers
to dislodge it and clear the way for
traffic. Had the lump hit a vehicle it
would probably have demolished it
and killed anybody therein
The Kapiolani estate mortgage for
S150,000 held by the German Savings
and Loan Society of San Francisco has
been transferred to the trustees of the
estate of James Campbell. Interest
will be paid monthly instead of quar-
terIy. The interest is seven per cent
per annum and the principal is pay
able within five years.
Delegates from Hawaii to the Ma
tional Irrigation Congress at Spokane
will be James T. Taylor, c. E.. W. H.
Babbitt Superintendent of Public In
struction; r. S. Hosmer, Territorial
Forester; Augustus F. Knudsen and
Leopold G. Blackman, principal of
Aliiolani College and editor of the
Forester and Agriculturist.
The Committee on Sanitation and
Health of the Board of Supervisors OF
the City and County of Honolulu will
hold public meeting in the Assembly
Hall, Mcintyre building at 1880 o'clock
p. m. on Friday July %, 1909, for the
purpose of receiving suggestions from
the general public in the matter of the
proposed plumbing ordinance before its
final passage in the board
Governor Frear is quoted as saying
that objections to a measure of gov
ernmental supervision of telephones
and telegraphs is premature, the ten
dncy of the times being for the govern
ment to secure some degree or control
over the operations of public service
corporations in return for the granting
of privileges that accompany the char
terlng of public utilities.