The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-18
LOCAL BREvITIES

Oahu Lodge, No. /, K. of P will
$50 '"s at
Honolulu Lodge, No. GIG. B.sP. o E.
Wll mees in Elks' hall, King street
this evening at 7:30.
Polynesia Eneampment. No. l.. 9.
" T., Will meet in Odd Fellows had
at 7;30 this evening.
There viii be meeting of the IA.
inehameha Alumni tonight at 8 0 clock
IN the clubhouse to discuss the or
ganIzatlon OF a baseball team.
Edward G. Duisenberg and Victor G,
Farrar have opened offices as arehi-
tects, under the firm name of Duisen.
nerg Farrar. They are located in the
Alexander Young building.
The japanese Bank, Ltd. formed by
local japanese capitalists recently, will
be opened for business next SATURDAY
morning. It's situation is at the corner
OF Hotel and Smith streets.
The closing exercises at Mrs Gunn s
dancing academy viii be held in Odd
Fellows hall Saturday afternoon at 4
o clock. There win be an unusual pro-
gram. The admission fee is % cents. y
The surf off Waikiki is excellent for
the malihini just now. The tide is
high late in the afternoon and the
small surf has just enough force to
make it excellent for beginners to
learn.
W. E. Bellina and family take this
opportunity of extending their heart
felt thanks TO friends for beautiful
floral offerings and many acts of kind
ness shown them during their recent
bereavement.
The Hawaii Yacht Club has sent a
cable to Joseph T. Pugh, of the South
Coast Yacht Club, wishing him success
IN his yacht race tomorrow for the
San Francisco challenge cup ON San
Francisco bay.
A meeting of the local assembly of
the Brotherhood of St. Andrews will
be held in the Davies Memorial Hall
this evening at 1880. DR.. Brinck-
erhoff will address the meeting, to
which all local churchmen are cordial.
~ invited.
Three hackdrivers, who broke the law
by leaving their horses unhitched in
front of one of the wharves on the
waterfront, were brought into the Dis
trict Court yesterday morning and
fined. One of them had to dig up
$3.50 and the other two the sum of Sc.
Arrangements are being made for the
Honolulu tennis players to visit Maui
again this year for the Baldwin Har,
vest Home Festival on August -. Last
year the Maui team won handily and
the locals hope to take a strong team
down this year and bring the cup back
with them.
Although the contract does not call
for the completion of the vessel until
December Is, work has so much pro
crossed on the new Matson steamer
Wilhelmina that she will probably be
finished by November Is. This means
that the vessel viii be here fully a
month before it was at first expected
that she would arrive.
A japanese, in attempting to board a
| moving street car at the Rapid Transit
switch on Fort street, near Beretania
avenue, nearly lost his life yesterday
afternoon. The Nuuanu street car was
| just passing the Punabou car, which
the Jap attempted to board. The sor
of Nippon lost his grip and fell in
the narrow space between the two
cars. 1t was almost miracle thai
| he escaped without injury.
By cable yesterday came the news
| that nineteen architects, all from the
mainland, have been invited to submit
designs for the Honolulu postofice ant
the Federal Building here. The eompe
tition will be closed on November 25
Delegate Kuhio as well as the business
| organizations and officials in this city
have been working for this for con
siderable time, and their efforts hav'
evidently not proved without avail.