Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-03
LOCAL and GENERAL


The Bishop Museum will remain
closed on July for the entire day.
A gospel service will be held I'm the
Kakaako Mission. corner Of Smith and
Queen streets, at 100 o'clock this
evening. ut which time Edwin b. keef
and Miss Lucy Keef will have charge
OF the music. John Martin will pre-
side.
The bark Andrew Welch was dis
patched for San Francisco at o'clock
this afternoon, the vessel taking sew
eral cabin passengers and general
cargo, including 1862 tons sugar and
~ tons miscellaneous freight. Includ-
ed I'm the latter shipment were. PC
pieces household goods and Is pieces
shafting.
The twelve members of the boys
department of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association who are now engaged
in walk around the island under the
direction of Secretaries Killam aud
Cross, camped at Waimea last even
ing and are now on the last leg of the
Journey, which will complete half the
trip, according to word which has
reached the association. The party
plans to return to Honolulu Saturday
evening.
The. Oahu tax appeal board today IS
hearing arguments in the case OF
Mary f. Foster, member OF the I'm
of Kahana, which holds vast water
rights on the windward side that have
been leased to the Waiahole Water
COMPANY. Mrs. Foster holds ninety
two of the lis shares OF stock IN the
hui and her interest was returned TO
tax assessor at a valuation of 1000.
The assessor raised this to $4,000.
J. Fernandez of Hebron lane this
morning explained his absence from
home yesterday when the board OF
health wagon came for his dead child
by saying that he was getting the
death certificate. Strengthened out. He
saws he was not absent from home
from Monday to yesterday, but from
Tuesday evening until yesterday at
1880 o'clock.
Miss Larang, Gained nurse re
Gently employed by the territorial
board OF health, is to become travel
fng nurse on the island of Kauai, go
ing there next week to take charge
of the tuberculosis work. She will
visit and care for tubercular cases
throughout the island. adopting the
system already in vogue on Hawaii
which is giving eminent satisfaction.
A similar nurse is to be established
on Maui in the near future.
Information concerning the rules
and regulations of similar bodies in
the states are awaited : by the civil
service commission Of the board OF
health before proceeding to establish
rules for the new organization in the
island government The commission
has perfected its organization and
held two meetings. but nothing fur
Their will be attempted until the neces-
,sary data, expected at any day, ar
riyes.
Asking permission to change its
name, headquarters and to increase
its capitalization maximum from $780,
600 to 100000, the Hanakua and
South Kohala Telephone & Telegraph
Company has filed a petition in the
office of the territorial treasurer. The
firm desires to alter the charter
granted it by the king in 1889, giving
ii the new name of The Hawaii Tele-
phone Company, and 10 remove its
Headquarters from Honokaa, Hawaii,
TO Hilo.
Walter Duisenberg, of the broker
age firm of Duisenberg &c Co, sailed
On the Mongolia this morning for San
Francisco, which is the beginning OF
a long tour he expects to make. After
remaining in San Francisco fof
awhile, he will go on to New York.
Later he expects to visit Europe. and
return by the way of the Panama ca
nal. Mr.. Duisenberg's trip will be one
of business and pleasure. A large
number of friends were present at the
steamer to bid him goodbye.
Many Honolulans of the younger set
we're present when the Mongolia sailed
for San Francisco this morning to bid
farewell to Miss Helen Higgins, pop
ular society girl of Los Angeles, who
has been visiting here, guest at the
PIeasanton Hotel, with her brother
Sydney Higgins, for number of weeks.
Miss Higgins will be guest at Mare
Island on arriving in San Francisco,
with Miss Charlotte Winston. also OF
Los Angeles. During the visit of Miss
Higgins here many little parties were