The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-02-03
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.

Lantana.-Worso than leprOsy l. the
llantana, and the government is eeusnrod
for not eradieating it from Kona,
Hawaii. It may DO all that ''Nr. Com.
municatedi says Of It in the Evening
Maybe, but why does he not ask the
responsible party to eradicate tho pest
The government has no responsibility in
the matter, although In time doubtless
a local tax viii be levied to pay for
destroying it, just as thistles are eradi-
Gated in the Australian colonies, and as
/ the rabbit pest Is now being fought at
| the expenditure of millions Of dollars
annually. Why did ''Mr. Commune
Gated" not tell the public that lantana
was introduced to the Kona district by
! Mr.. Paris. OF course he had no idea
of the mischief he was doing when he
/ ignorsntly assumed that lRntana would
make a useful hedge plant. But that
does not alter the fact that he intro
duced this most dangerous plant into
! Kona that fills our mountains and val
leys, and is, like leprosy, curse to the
country.
Acquitted.-In the Supreme Court
| yesterday the case of Arthur tombstone,
| charged with libel on Paul Neumann,
came up for hearing. Messrs. w. A.
| Whiting and f. M. Hatch appeared for
the prosecution, and S. B. Dole for the
defendant The following jury was
drawn: Henry Waterhouse, Ii. M. BEN
son, G. d. Freeth, s. M. Whitman, A. e.
! Mossman, j. J. Locker, A. L. Smith, II.
Il. Mcintyre, Charles Hammer, E. A.
Jones and j. +. Daley. After the case
had been heard, the court, in delivering
its opinion, said that the indictment was
defective and that he must instruct the
jury to find for the defendant, which
they duly did. In delivering this in
struction His Honor said that if the in
dictment had been properly drawn, con-
| tanning the proper innuendoes, the para
! graph would have been clearly a gross
I libel upon Mr.. Neumanu as an attorney
at law.
| Would-be Lawyers.-In the Supreme
Court, January l6, seven candidates
were examined for admission to the bar.
Their names are Enoch johnson, J. II.
Baramba No, l, j. II. Baramba No. 2,
J. II. Kaiwi, J. w. II. Wahineana, w. c..
Achi and S. H. Kalamazoo. Their writ
ten papers have been examined by the
court. The answers to the questions by
w. c. Achi not being quite full enough,
the court declined to grant his request.
With regard to the other six candidates
the court ruled that as they all had re-
course to books their admission was de-
clined. One of the six had cited author
tiles to such an extent that would place
him on record as possessing the most
wonderful memory in the kingdom.
(, Post Office Mail.-The tern W. S.
Bovine, which left on Tuesday, took
from the postofice seventy-seven let
tiers weighing two pounds, four ounces,
and ten packages of papers, weighing
one pound, two ounces.
Firemen's Parade.-The annual parade
of the Honolulu Fire Department. will
! be held on Thursday, February 4th.
Preparations are being made by the
various companies.
Accident to Mr. Guy wodehouse.-
| Last evening an accident happened to
| Mr.. Guy Wodehouse, son of H. B. M s.
Commissioner, which will necessitate his
being laid up for some time. He was
! leaving his business at the Union Feed
Company's store with the intention of
] going home. He mounted his horse and
/ started off, but had not gone far when
the reins gave way. Realizing his peril
Gus position, he jumped from the
animals back, but unfortunately in
falling he broke his left leg just above
the ankle. He was picked up at once,
taken home and attended by Doctors
McGrew and Aiming, who set the broken
member, and at last accounts we are
glad to say that he is doing very favor
ably.
Wednesday, February 3, will be cleo
tion day and also Chinese New Year.
The bark Mount Lebanon has arrived
at last from Hongkong, causing joy to
the hearts of our Chinese merchants.
She has large quantity of goods on
board to help celebrate Chinese New
Year.
| The Portuguese who badly wounded
Mr.. James Cowan, engineer at Hama
kuapoko, in the face with a pitchfork
on the ninth day of this month, was
tried last Friday at Makawao and found
guilty. He was fined 800, which was
Immediately paid.
Judge Stoney, Of San Francisco, ar
rived by the Mararoa for a visit to the
islands. He visited the Supreme Court
during the afternoon and was intro.
duced TO Mr. Justice Preston by His
Excellency the Attorney General.
On the 18th instant Messrs j. d.
Spreckels & Brothers, agents for the
| Union Steamship Company OF New Yea
land, threw that company 3 magnificent
new steamer Mararoa open to inspection
by limited number Of invited guests
at the Oceanic Company's dock In San
Francisco. The steamer was brilliantly
Illuminated hv har alaetrfe fOht and
thronged through the entire evening by
groups of spectators who were highly
delighted with her handsome appoint
ments. The dining room was the center
Of attraction, the light wood finishing,
together with the display Of the plants
on the taibles, milking the saloon look
like some private apartment rather than
the saloon of al ocean steamer.
--srt'ss-
A large number % compositions were
.aaaftal 49, ata tTatraulrf Land Gam.