Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-30
LOCAL And GENERAL

Hawaiian Lodge No. 81, f. and A.
NJ. will have work in the second de-
gree in Masonic Temple at 7:30 to-
night
| The supervisors will repair the
bridge at Niu, near Koko Head, for
5000 The bridge has been in a bad
state Of repair for some time.
The city attorney yesterday notified
the board Of supervisors that he had
accepted the resignation of Deputy
City Attorney Milyerton effective May
| 81.
The supervisors have declined to
sink any money in couple of bridges
| in Manoa valley that were part of a
proposed belt road that was never
built.
A teacher by the name of Wilson,
| formerly of the Hilea school, is to be
tried before Judge Matthewman in the
Hilo courts upon a charge of incest,
according to a dispatch received by
the morning paper.
The last of the Spanish and Portu-
guese immigrants who were turned
over by the federal immigration de-
partment to the territorial immigra-
ton bureau, were sent out to various
plantations yesterday afternoon.
Bids were opened at the meeting of
the board of supervisors yesterday by
City Clerk Kalauokalani for supplying
the city with a quantity of fire hose.
The bids were answered by practical
~ every large mercantile firm in the
city and were listed and referred to
the fire department committee.
At the meeting of the board of SUI
peryisors yesterday, the city auditor
reported the following expenditures
and receipts for the quarter ending
March 81: General fund receipts,
$94,47S.34; disbursements, $1S2. 347. 43;;
amount oyerdrawn, $S5, .09. On
January 1 the city had a balance of
$74 ,271.64.
Just what length of time should be
allotted the city employees as a vaca-
ton, especially if the employee expects
pay while off the job, was question
put before the supervisors by Mayor
Fern yesterday The mayor suggested
that If the head of any department be
given a 30-day vacation 1t should be
on full pay. He further suggested
that clerks in offices be given two
weeks vacation each year.
People are always glad of the OPP
portunity to hear the Kamehameha
girls chorus and this pleasure will be
allowed the women of the city next
Sunday night when a massmeeting
will be held in the Christian church
under the direction of the Young Wo-.
mems Christian Association. The
meeting is open to all women and
already many have expressed desire
to attend. Dr. Doremus Scudder will
speak
Claiming that he has worked twen-
ty-four hours day for the govern
ment for the last year and half,
John Mitchell, who was let out by the
incoming administration, has asked
that the board of supervisors make an
appropriation to compensate him for
his overtime, Mitchell, who was en-
ployed as WRtchman OF the Moiliili
quarries August Is. 1911, says that his.
work required him to. keep one eye
open the entire tWenty-four hours,
and that he promised to do this in or
der to obtain the position.
Living up to their reputation of
about four meetings week for the
past month or two, the board of har-
Dor commissioners convened this
Dor commissioners convened yes
terday to decide whether the Ha-
Lord-Y oung Engineering Company
shall pay for the rip-rap wall
around the fill on the Kuhio wharf.
1t appears that the specifications are
somewhat vague upon this particular
point. The attorney general, when
asked, for an opinion, stated that the
work should be done by the dredging
company. 1t was decided at the board
meeting, however, that the final de-.
cision in such matters rests with the
superintendent of public works and
the matter was accordingly referred
to Mr.. H. K Bishop.
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