The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-12-28

ers have sufficient for the needs of the
whole country. The cost of living has
altogether increased about four times
and promises to Use further.
GARDEN ISLAND FOLK
ENTERTAIN MISS 0RNER
Miss Inga Orncr, Norwegian prima
donna has returned from successful
concert tour of Kauai, where she was
heartily welcomed 10y the music lovers
of the Garden Island. She gave two
concerts while away, one at Lihue anil
the other at Waimea Both were we'll
attended, and reports say that the sing
er was in fine voice. Miss Ornpr was
much entertained during her stay on
Kauai. She was the yucst of Senator
and, Mrs. Eric A. Knudscn, and Of
Judge and Mrs. &. B. IIofgaard of Wal
mea, who gave dinner at which many
of the leading Norwrgians of Kauai
were present. Other entertainment,
were given the singer, who was lie
lighted with the reception accorded her
Among those who helped make things
pleasant for the prima donna were Mr..
and Mrs. Aubrey Robinson of Maka-
well, Walter McI}ryde, Mr. and Mrs
ThOrwald Brandt, Mr.. and Mrs William
H. Rice, Jr., and Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Rankin. Miss Otner is engaged to sing
on Maui and Hawaii.
east, on Friday from the southeast and
on Saturday from the south and south
west.
A thunderstorm OH Christmas Eve
resulted in the precipitation of O65
inch of rain, and at shortly after
eleven a. nj. of the twenty fifth a heavy
storm set in for which intensity of fall
has been exceeded but once since the
weather bureau was established here
This exception was during the night Of
February 2 and 3, 1907.
The dOwnpour on Christmas Day con.
tlnurd for little more than an hour
and then moderated; the total fall dur,
ing the day was 2.4l inches.
Five-Minute Rainfalls
The accumulated amounts Of rain
fall at the end of each five minute
period during the time when prccipi,
tatiOn was the heaviest are as follows
First 5 minutes O.33 inch.
First 10 minutes O.55 inch.
First Is minutes O.79 inch.
First 20 minutes 0.93 inch.
First 25 minutes LOG inches
First 80 minutes LIZ inches.
The above covers the half hour
period from eleven fifty a. III. to twelve
twenty p. III. There was pause in tn"
fury of the storm from twelve twenty
70 twelve hirtytV p. m, only 0.OG
inch falling during that time. 1t began
again at twelve-thirty five p. M. and
the accumulated amounts at the end
If each tivG-minutc period during the
next half hour were as follows:
First ) minutes DOS inch.
First 10 minu,"s u % inch.
First Is minute. go inch.
First 20 minutes O.4S inch.
First % minutes O. SO inch.
First 80 minutes O.64 inch.
During the heavy dOwnpOur the wind
was blowing from the south, with We.
lOcity of from fifteen to twenty miles
an hour.
Weekly Weather Summary
At the local Office of the weather
bureau the mean temperature for the
week ending at eight p. M, December
20, was 1870 degrees, OF degrees cool
rr than the week before, and 1.0
degrees above the normal. The highest
temperature recorded was 100 degrees
on the twent Y first, and the lowest, &c
degrees on the twentyffth, was the
lowest that the Thermometer Ia,
reached during the current month. Tn,
maximum temperatures averaged II
degrees and the minimum 900 degrees
There were three cloudy, one partly
cloudy and three clear days. The mpaI
relative umidity, based on Obser>
tiOnA made at eight n. m. and s p. IN.
ranged from sixty four to eighty four
| per cent, with an average for III,
| week of NJ. Northeast winds pr"
vailed on the first two days of III,
| week, east on the three following, nu,
| southeast on the last two days. TN,
| average wind velocity was 1913 u,lr'
an hour, and the highest that occurrr,
| during the week was forty one miIc'
an hour, from the south, early in TIA,
morning of the twcntv.ffth. Light
showers occurred on the nineteenth
| twentieth and twenty fourth, an
heavy rain on the twenty fifth. Tho
total, 3.27 inches, was two and one
half inches above the average for Tia,
week.
The barometer was rising slowly has
evening and the Indications are tina
the worst of the storm has been felt