The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-21
LOCAL BREVITIES.

A big shipment of Manila cigars, ag-
greegating $4,000, arrived on the Mon
golia.
The band will play this morning at
the departure of the steamer Chiyo
Maru.
Excelsior Lodge No. /, I. o. o. F.,
will meet in Odd Fellows hail at 1880
this evening.
Honolulu Temple, Pythian Sisters,
will meet in Knights of Pythias hall at
1870 this evening.
A meeting of the Merchants Asso-
citation will probably be held the latter
part Of the week.
Pacific Lodge No. 822, A. F. & A.
NJ, viii meet at s o. clock this evening.
Work in second degree.
The case of James w. Lloyd versus
rAe Territory was set yesterday by the
Supreme Court for trial on October 4
Over four thousand dollars was dis
bursed in warrants from the Office of
the road department to road laborers
yesterday afternoon.
The matter of Frank K. Archer versus
|, s. Naka ct al. on defendants excep-
tions, is set for argument before the
Supreme Court this morning.
The trial of the assumpsit suit of J.
H. Schnack versus w. A. Hall was
begun before Judge Whitney and jury
yesterday morning. The action is to
recover the sum of $3.50.
Oahu plantation has ceased to use
strikebreakers, the last workers being
paid off Saturday night. R. D. Mead,
the planters representative, was cheer
ed by the men as they received their
/ last pay envelopes.
A new band schedule may be worked
out during the coming month so that
when the bandsmen return from their
vacations in November the band will
be heard in many more places about
town than at present.
The A. McDufie, mentioned few
days ago as being under arrest, is not
Arthur MeDuffie, formerly head man
employed by R. D. Mead in arranging
the strikebreakers' trains, ct cetera,
and now a dredger engineer at Pearl
Harbor.
The Hawaiian Dredging Company will
commence filing the duck ponds on the
military reservation OF Fort De Russy,
WAIKIKI, on October l. The material
will be dredged in from the sea. The
dredger Pearl has been renovated and
made ready for the job.
G. B. LESLEY of the U. s. s. Wash
ington did freak trick the other day
when he walked into the stables at
Oahu prison, donned a prisoner IS suit,
and made a tour Of Iwilei He was
picked up by the police and jailed. He
will face court martial aboard his
vessel
The Board of Supervisors will again
consider, at tonight s session, the ordi-
nance regarding the digging up of pub
lie streets. The supervisors are deter
mined to pass an ordinance giving
them full authority over the streets in
opposition to the claim of the Superin-
tendent of Public Works.
At the meeting of the Supervisors
tonight the new ordinance requiring
a permit from the City and County
authorities before the public streets can
be opened for the laying of pipes or
wires, will come up for another discus
sion. 1t is understood that the Mutual
Telephone Company is averse to the
| passing Of it.
The japanese Consul General, Mr..
| Uyeno, and his coaehman, Nagamoto,
who were seriously injured the night
of Prince Kuhio's reception by being
run into by an auto driven, it is al
legged by the police, by young Quincy,
| are improving. The police court case
against Quincy, which was called yes
terday morning, was continued to Sep
! TENDER %.
The men of the Pacific fleet will be
paid off next Saturday on their return
from the Maalaea bay maneuvers. It
| is estimated that about Sl50,000 will be
paid over to the men. A large amount
! of this is held by the paymaster on al
| lotment notes from seamen. In this
way relatives ashore are benefited. A
large number also put aside a good part
of their pay each month.
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