Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-03

given by the board of supervisors last
evening to Superintendent Frazee of
the city electric light department.
A postponed meeting of the Ka-
lihi Improvement Club will be held
in the Kalihi-waena school house at
half-past seven O'Clock tomorrow ey-
ening. The meeting was to have been
held this evening.
j. Hopp. & Company has been award
ed the contract to supply and install
linoleum in the Judiciary building, the
contract price being $2492.20. Levers
& Cooke. the only other bidders for
the job, offered to do 1t for $3,674.96.
Bids for the construction of the 1885,
0e0-gallon reservoir at Palolo will be
opened at noon September Is in the
office of the superintendent of pub
lie works. Tenders for the construc-
ton are now being advertised.
Hiraoka, the Korean who assaulted
companion ON the schooner F'laur-
ence Ward at Midway Island several
weeks ago and was arrested by the
federal authorities on the vessels re-
turn to Honolulu. waived his prelim-
mary hearing before the U. S. commits.
sioner this morning and was commit
ted for trial. He was released on
$1,000 bail
"The High Cost of Living" will be
the subject Of an address delivered
by Prof M. NJ. Scott, in Cooke Hall,
u oung Mems Christian Association
building, tomorrow evening, the oc-
casion being the thirteenth of the
series of Thursday night addresses
now being conducted by the associa-
tion. Professor Scott will deal with
his subject as The Cost of High Liv-
ing,f and has given it much inyestiga-
ton and study.
That the American Hawaiian Steam
ship Company is not within the juris-
diction Of the territorial public utili-
ties commission is now the eonvic-
ton of Chairman Mott-Smith, of the
commission. In response to his let
tiers sent recently to concerns believ-
ed to be in that category, the chair
man yesterday received a communities
tion from the steamship corporation
stating that its business is entirely
confined to interstate traffic, carrying
neither passengers nor freight be-
tween inter-island points in the terri
tory.
A quiet wedding, which came as a
surprise to the many friends of the
couple, was selemnized August 80,
the bride of George K. Mills, stenog-
rapher for the United States light
house department The ceremony
took place at the residence of MFR. and
Mrs. H. 7. Mills, Kaimuld, Rev. ]. w.
Waoman, OF the Methodist mission, Of
ficiating. The parents OF the BRIDE
groom did not known of the marriage
until the couple arrived at Puuloa,
whore Mr.. and Mrs. Mills are stopping,
and made the announcement.
The members of the Kamehameha
Alumni association continued their
Pedro tournament last evening at the
club house. There was large crowd
present, as the tournament has prov
ed very interesting D. Desher and w.
Apau took the honors of the evening,
with the high score score of 234
points. while William AHA and H.
Apo took second place with I'll points,
The first half of the tournament end
ed last evening, with three members
running close for the prizes. Desha
has kept his lead with 217, w. Apau
second with .213. and Sol. Kukumura
is close third with .207. The tonrna-
ment will be continued next Tuesday
evening.
Order to show cause why an in
junction should not be issued stop
ring further work on the sPunchbowl