The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-15

! MISSION 1or the position of nioht in
/ spector Honolulu customhouse. which
( was scheduled 10 be held on October
/ -, Is indefinitely postponed. AppIica.
/ tlons already filed will be retained and
/ accepted Tor the third grade examina,
! uoh. Ample notice will be given of
! the date on which the examination will
be held
/ By order Z. S. Civil Service Com
mission
NSgd) JNO. W. SHORT,
secretary Board Examiner, District of
Honolulu.
+ Mariana in from the North.
! Canadian-Australian steamship Ma.
rama arrived yesterday evening from
Vancouver and Victoria, docking on the
Eva side Of the Alakea wharf at 80
o clock, bringing good number of pas.
sengers for Honolulu and carving a
large crowd through to the Colonies.
She left Vancouver on October I. leav-
ing Victoria at $40 D. IN. of the same
day.
! After rounding Cape Flattery heavy
southerly gale with heavy head seas
was met, which necessitated speed be-
ing reduced. After forty-eight hours
the gale apated and fine weather and
smooth seas Were experienced for the
remainder of the passage
Among the passenger for Honolulu
were the George Howard company of
theatrical talent Tor Joe Cohen S Hotel
street New Orpheum Theater Under
the supervision Of an energetic commit
tee much time was devoted to sports
and social entertainment during the
voyage. A very excellent musical en-
tertaInment was held in the social ball
on Thursday evening, a feature of
which was the presentation of the first
act Of the Imaginable comedy, THE
, Man from Mexico, by the George
Howard company. Notwithstanding the
difficulties experienced through want or
proper stage filings a fine performance
was given. all the characters being ably
rendered by the clever members of the
combination.
Among the Honolulu arrivals was W.
H. Healy of this city, who is stenog,
rapher for Theo. Davies and Company.
He has been away ON six months
vacation and has added much weight
70 his physical frame. He spent much
of his time in his old home in Ire
land and then he visited England. He
states that in England he did not call
on the new king, George V. for the rea
son that his family and the king
don I happen to be very chummy.
In Love With Our Music.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. NJ. Brooke are prom
inent through passengers. Mrs. Brooke
is better known as Madame Betty
Brooke. She is going to Australia for
a few months, partly for we'll
earned rest and partly to sing. Her
husband Is an influential business man
of great wealth.
Madame Betty Brooke, the talented
! New Zealand lyric soprano, who was
recently IN London, is a pupil of
Madame Mathilde Marches of Paris,
and has also studied under Signor De
Giorno at Rome and Signor Nisettl,
London.
.When I left New Zealand it was
| nv intention to have holiday and not
! to DO professional work, says Madame
I Brooke eve had a very delightful
trip from Auckland via FIJI and Homo
+ lulu to Vancouver. ! am in love with
/ the music Of the Hawaiian Islands.
! They have a little instrument which IS
| neither guitar nor either, but something
/ between the two instruments. and their
native songs are very pretty. ne
/ women walk most beautifully and en-
passant I NAV mention that it is sup
posed that the Maoris came originally
from Hawaii, but on their long and sad
Journey they forgot their songs. There
are no Maori songs now extant, only
dirges.
at one of the largest clubs. where | had
a great success.
II left for Ireland at the end of
,Tulv last wear. While there | visited
MANY historical castles and places OF
! interest. At Dublin [ visited Canon
| We're White, who at one time was Wear
/ Of KaIapoi. New Zealand. / went to
Germany. spending most Of my time IN
I,einzip' where | met Herr George CON
Ter. Herr Gustave Schreek, Frau He'd
mondt-who taught Elena Gerhardt. /
worked hard at German Lieder with
F'raulein Spaerlng.
con February I sang at the Irish
Societv's concert. and met Mr.. Alfred
i p. Graves. who engaged me to sing at
his lecture on Irish MinstreIsy. He mas
since engaged me to sing for INN
throughout his Australasian leetnnng
tour in 1911"
Matson Movements.
Matson Navigation steamship Hlio'
MAN arrives tomorrow morning from
San Francisco. and on Monday Will al.
rive the Enterprise of the same com
uanv with some of the big frelghI " Ii!-t
had to leave san Francisco and Whlch
could not all be taken by the Hlionlan
The Enterprise IS bringing, on tins sPe
ciaI trip, 45O tons of general freight
! which overfowed from the Hilonlan
The Enterprise leaves here MONDAY
night for fiilo, and viii sail from Hli'
: for san Francisco on Saturday mex,
nat IN o. n .