Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-14

Company B. y. G. H.. will not drill
tomorrow evening in order that the
members of the organization may at
tend the play to De given by Com
pany ID.
A banquet by Oceanic Lodge, No.
81. F. & A. NJ, will be given at the
Moana Hotel this evening at 80. All
members Of Oceanic Lodge are ex-
pected to attend.
Catholic Boy Scouts to the number
of g., under the command of Scout
master Father Reginald, left Honolulu
| for a hike to Waipahu this morning.
The scouts intend touring that part of
the island and will return to Honolulu
Saturday.
The KOolau Truck Company filed
articles Of association with the ter
ritOrial treasurer yesterday. The COM
pany plans to DO a general passenger
and freight business The capital
stock Of the company is set at $500,
divided into $500 shares.
A garden party for the benefit of
! the Navy Relief Association will be
given Friday. April "a, at the residence
of Rear-admiral c. B. r. Moore, zoos
Oahu avenue The affair will begin
at 3 O'Clock, ending at o'clock. Dane
ing, tea and a concert make up the
program.
j. ]. Dias, who was let out from
the employ of the city and county
| as engineer more than six months ago,
| filed a formal demand with the board
| OF supervisors at noon today for one
months salary, amounting to $40. He
based his demand on the fact that he
! had not been given q months notice
before his release.
The action of Robert Bond against
the Hawaiian Gazette has been set
for trial before Judge Dickey for to-
morrow morning. The plaintiff asks
10000 damages on account of the
publication of an alleged hbelous ar
tfcle. 1t is expected that the trial
will consume three pr four days.
An appeal from the district to the
| circuit court was made this morning
by the Kahuku Plantation Company,
garnishee, in an action brought by
Gonsalves & Company against Ma
nuel Lopez for 1856, The lower
court gave judgment in favor of the
plaintiff. -
There will be a meeting of the Kali
sn1ukis Waiflae and Palofo Improve
ment Club ON Thursday evening at
LiIiuokalani schoolhouse There will
be a general discussion of several
topics that are of vital interest to
that part of the city. All members
of the club and those living in that
section of the city are asked to be
present.
c. S. Ward, the Y. NJ. C. A. building
expert and instigator of the whirlwind
campaign movement for funds, who
recently conducted campaign in New
York City by which $4,000,000 was
raised for association buildings in that
city, has written to the local assecia-
ton asking that plans of the Homo
lulu building be forwarded to New
York. Mr.. Ward is making a collec-
tion of American association building
plans.
Judge Whitney's division of the cir
cult court was occupied this morning
with the trial of Freitas VS.. Ramon
Sylvester, which has been on hearing
for several days. 1t is not likely that
the case will be finished today. If
not, it will be taken up tomorrow
morning and will probably go to the
jury by noon. The action is one based
on an alleged conspiracy against a
young girl: The plaintiff asks dam
ages to the amount of $4,000.
Bids for the construction of two
homestead roads on Hawaii and the
clearing and grading of the Olaa sum-
mer lots were opened yesterday in the
office of the superintendent of public
works. John Bohnenberg of Hilo was
awarded the contract for clearing the
Olaa property, his uid being $3712.40
The bids for the construction of home
stead roads were submitted by John
Wilson. They were as follows: Ku
laimanu $500. 1870 days Kaapoko
$500, 12O days. Contracts have not
been awarded.
With upward mGvement of sugar
prices, as indicated by the cabled quo
tation of 1865 cents for centrifugals,
yesterday, local sugar men are in
clined to believe that better times are
in sight for the industry. For the
past 10 DAYS the bottom price for 90
| years. Of $3.50 per ton has prevailed,
and while the new quotation is an
advance of but 80 cents per. ton. it
viii mean some $4,000 to Hawaii if it
| holds for another week The report
that the Porto Rican growers are in
distress and that many Of the plan
tatiCns there will have to cease opera
tions unless better prices soon pre-
vail. and also that some of the less
. stable Cuban properties are talking
! of closing down. it is believed. will
have 4 stimulating effect on prices.