The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-04
LOCAL BREVITIES

The fifteenth annual Christian En-
| deavor Convention will be held in Cen
tIal Union church today
The Japanese show advertised for
Friday and Saturday nights has been
postponed until after the strike has
, teer settled.
Pacific Rebekah Lodge will give a
Tickets IS cents, to be had of the mem
bers or at the door.
The Rapid Transit Co.'s cars viii
leave the Waialae terminus at 4:3O
a. m, not Waikiki, as was stated in
| this paper yesterday morning.
George Rodiek yesterday denied an
alleged rumor that Haekfeld & Com
pany had secured control of the rice
market and were forcing corner on
| the cereal.
The regular monthly meeting of the
| board OF directors of the Free Kinder
| garten and Children IS Aid Association
viii be held this morning at $3.50 IN
| the Z. VI C. A. rooms.
The annual memorial exercises for
| Dorothy Castle will be held on her
birthday. Thursday, June 10, at ten
clock, al the Henry and Dorothy Cas-
tie Memorial Free kindergarten.
Mr.. Burmester, manager and instrhc-
! tor Of the Honolulu Dancing Academy,
| has secured Kilohana Art League hall
for Monday and Friday nights. Strang-
| ers will be cordially received on those
nights.
The Catholic Ladies Aid Society
| meets this afternoon at three O'Clock
at the Convent. This being the last
meeting Of the summer, all members
and friends Of the society are urgently
requested to attend.
Arrangements have been made for a
car to leave the corner of Bishop and
King streets promptly at 1 o'clock Sat
urday morning, going out to Pawaa
junction, and returning by the Puma
| hou route. This has been done for the
Marines dance.
There viii be a musical at Mckinley
! High School this evening at s O'Clock,
the talent being provided from among
the pupils of the school. Paul Tallett
viii render violin solo and Vernon
Tenney will sing. Tickets are to be
! 25c and may be had at the door.
The annual meeting of the Kameha-
meha Alumni Association will be held
tonight at the clubhouse and the officers
of the organization for the ensuing
year will be elected A suggestion to
| establish branches of the association
on the other islands will be discussed.
The board of managers of the Mid
| Pacific Institute extend to friends of
| all nationalities a cordial invitation to
be present at the exercises connected
with the placing of memorial stone
| in the building for the boys depart
| ment, now being erected in Manoa val
| ley, Saturday afternoon at 2:3C
clock, June 5.
For the first time, yesterday the Rap
id Transit company put into force its
new Manoa Valley car schedule, run
ming through cars from the foot of
Fort street during the rush hours of
the day. This has long been sought by
the residents of Manoa, and they are
greatly pleased with the excellence of
the new service. The Manoa through
cars yesterday had green flag in front
of them, and many people who live in
other sections of the town were at a
loss for a time to account for the
decorations.
Mayor Joe Fern had occasion to give
man rebuke the other day, and he
is hoping that it did some good. A
hackman on the corner of Bethel and
King streets left his horse standing I'M
tied and, becoming frightened, it start
ed to run away. A white man, who was
passing, risked his life in stopping the
animal, but the hackdriver, who came
running up then, gave not word of
thanks to the man. The Mayor took
a hand in affairs, giving the hackdriver
a calling down for his lack of gratitude
and courtesy.
On account Of the unavoidable alb
sence of Chairman w A. Bowen. there
was no meeting of the Hawaii Pro
motion Committee yesterday afternoon
The next meeting of the committee
however, promises to be unusually in
teresting, as Allan Herbert will tell to
the members the story of his trip
through Japan. Mrs. Frances K Head
lee viii have returned by that time
and she win also tell of what she has
seen and liked in her trip around the
island Of Maui and Hawaii Mrs. Head
lee is an interesting speaker, and he1
talk will be of great interest.