The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-13
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Honolulu Aerie 40, F. o. E., viii
meet n K. Of P. Hall at 7:30 this
evening.
The next Y. M. C. A. roundup will
come off Monday night Some good
stunts are booked for the evening.
The Helene which took DR.. Judd to
Maui to attend Fl. P Baldwin, returned
TO port at 0 clock yesterday morning
There viii be meeting of Hawaiian
Lodge, F. and A. NJ, tonight at the
Masonic Temple. Work in the third
degree.
The band viii play this morning at
the arrival of the transport Thomas
and AT noon at the opening of the
poultry show.
Fhe Honolulu concert orchestra viii
furnish the music at the Opera House
on Saturday night for the benefit to
|'the Italian sufferers.
Fred t. P: Waterhouse will visit
Mexican States, leaving here next
month";. for the purpose of investigating
rubber conditions there.
Fifteen ponies that look as if they
might be good for polo playing arrived
| here with the Fifth Cavalry horses on
the Virginian yesterday.
The Civic Federation meets this af-
! ternoon at four o. clock in the Young
| Hotel TO take up the matter of a suit
/ able celebration Of Lincoln S birthday.
Acting Governor Mott Smith and
Marston Campbell visited. Nuuanu dam
yesterday afternoon. The sluicing
work was going on in full blast while
| they were there.
The Introduction to the Tahitian
verse published Sunday should have
been credited to Prof Alexander, who,
with the aid of Miss Teuira Henry,
made the translation.
A light earthquake was felt at Hilo
last Sunday night, and two more have
been felt since then. The sea is very
calm there, and reflections of the vol
eano have been seen IN the water.
/ Marsten Campbell, Superintendent OF
Public Works, has estimated that the
amount Of the total appropriation that
| viii be asked from the Legislature by
| his department, VIII reach the sum OF
Sl,4l6,060
The managers Of the Japanese Asah5
Theater have ready for production 6
play based on the trouble between the
high-wage agitators and the planters
The play viii probably be called 'tTht
High-Wage Show.
During the absence Of Contractor L
NJ. Whitehouse, who leaves on the Ala
media for Washington to bid on the
Pearl Harbor docks, j. T. Young, con
sultmg engineer, viii have full charge
OF the work at Nuuanu dam.
Major General H. c. Merriam, Mrs
Merriam and Miss Maude Merriam vii
go to New York on Wednesday t,
spend Christmas with Captain Henry
NJ. Merriam at Fort Hancock, New
Jersey.-Army and Navy Journal.
Word has. been received here thai
the condition of H. P. Balwin, who wa
very III, has taken decided change
for the better during the past twenty
four hours. It is not known yet
whether or not an operation viii b.
j performed.
r Acting Governor Mott-Smith has ap
! proved OF the putting up at auction
Of 2943 acres Of pasture land in kona
Hawaii. This has been done at the re
: quest of Frank Greenwich of the Green
. well ranch, who has named an upse
: price of 5000 per acre.
The blk who conducted the frui
store at Alakea and Beretania avenue
Waikiki corner, was a Syrian, not
Greek. So was the alleged priest VIII
: went away n the same boat after col
lecting what he could for the benefi
of mythical church in his nativ
{ land.
Miss Alice Poorman of Alameda eI
tertained at a theater party this after
noon to compliment Mrs Edward Stu
J, gis, wife Of Captain Stnrgis, L. S
Mrs. Sturgis was Miss Edna Montgon
r cry before her marriage of more tina
a year ago, and is well known in tn
smart set in the bav cities. She wi
: sail for Honolulu next Tuesday
Chronicle Oakland News.
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