Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-07

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trials after the first of the year. I'll
miss them, because some OF them
were sure interesting
tom MERLE Will somebody
please say by what right that Japan
csc vendor of soda water and candy
occupies stand on the Mckinley
high school grounds, about 20 feet
from the entrance?
] HORACE w. VAUGHAN: DONE
see why everyone is asking me IL j
am going to be the next district at
torney. Bless me, don't know whe-
Their | am or not OF course If they
/ would offer me the position, could
hardly refuse, could /? -.
/ CAPT. w. R. FOSTER, harbor.
master: The way ships have been
coming in lately has kept me jumping
finding berthing room for them. The
recent typhoons, which made several
steamers come in in distress for bunk
ers, also added to the congestion.
"A. C. WHEELER; Work Oh the
armory building is progressing. we'll,
being now at leas. twoIhirds CON-
pleted We have gang OF men busy
today boring holes in The bottom of
the harbor for the piles that are to
hold up the boat landing adjacent to
Pier IL.
| &C. d. WRIGHT (from San Fran
cisco): Am leaving tomorrow for
Glen Ellen to spend week with
Jack London, who, by the way, is
coming down with me on the Great
Northern, December Is. There is a
very good list booked on that trip
better than the first. q
RAYMOND C. BROWN: l under
stand that one of the supervisors has
said he is tired of the letters that J.,
as Secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce, am writing TO the board.
When a supervisor gets. tired OF re-
ceiving criticism from the chamber
and from the citizens who are en-
ploying him it is time for him to get
out because he has served his period
OF usefulness.
c. B. GAGE, secretary, Honolulu
AID Club: Do you know why it was
we had such fine weather last Fri.
day when the Great Northern arrived?
Here's the inside dope on 1t: The
Hawaii Engineering Society lured the
weather. man to their meeting. the
night before, and wouldn't let him go
until he had conjured stip the finest
brand Of sunshine and balmy breezes
in his laboratory.
GUY H. FUTILE, president, Out
figger Canoe GLIB. AT our meeting
Saturday our bylaws were amended
so that members leaving the territory
for a year and a half, or less, can re-
tain their membership and thus not
have to pay initiation fees when they
return, provided they notify the treas
urer before leaving. We also voted to
allow. anyone resigning from the club
and returning to it within IL months,
the same privilege.
II. ASHMAN BEAyEN. secretary,
Outrigger Canoe Club. Before next
summers bathing rush begins the
Outrigger will have another building
for lockers. We are overcrowded
now, so that 40 new members do not
have individual lockers, and the old
timers have to share theirs with them.
The higher initiation fees and annual
dues will provide US with an annual
income sufficient for US to extend our
accommodations as the membership
keeps on increasing.
JAMES L. MCLEAN, vice-presi-
dent, InterIsland Steam Navigation
Company: If a few more typhoons
rage around over the great circle
route, we may be able to get rid OF
a little of our mountain of coal which
we are patiently waiting to sell when
the Panama canal opens for traffic
again. It's an i'll wind that blows no !.
body good, although we don't like ty
phoons any better than the. average
shipping firm. That last typhoon sent
us three ships for bunkers which we j
wouldn't otherwise have coaled.
FRANK T. SULLIVAN, superin
tendent of mails, postoffice: The pub. !
licity given our appeal to Honolulans
to mail their Christmas gifts early, /
and help the postoffice force avoid
that terrible last-minute rush, is al
ready making its effect felt. We are
very grateful to the Star-Bulletin and
other papers here for their coopera.
ton. / believe people are not only
mailing their gifts earlier, but are
wrapping them more securely, and
observing parceI-post regulations more |
closely. ALI this makes the Christ |
mas season more endurable for the
postoffice boys.