The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-09
BREvITIES
From "wednesday Advertiser.

that the amount Of unclaimed wages
of laborers totalled $17793.
The decree in the case of Dawn
Moore versus the Great Northern
steamship Company was signed yes.
terday morning and ordered fled and
entered. t"r FL. ..s+
Richard Cornyn, better known as
Dick Sullivan, was an arrival by the
steamer Lurline yesterday. He in.
tends TO establish an automobile
agency here. .....
In the federal court yesterday morn.
ing the suit in admiralty of Clinton J.
Hutchins versus the Great Northern
Steamship Company, was continued for
argument until the return of the de-
position Of G. w. Wiley.
The supreme court handed down an
opinion yesterday sustaining the tax
appeal court in the matter of the taxes
of the Waiohino Agricultural & Graz.
ing Company, Ltd. The tax appeal
court sustained the assessment of the
leasehold at the value of $54,S79 and
the company appealed to the supreme
court.
The admiralty case Of X. p. Ander.
son versus the bark George Curtis was
resumed yesterday morning, there be-
ing a hearing on the motion for the is.
suance Of execution against libellee.
George Davis appeared for hbellant
and Q. :. Franklin for the libellee. The
motion was denied and libellee was
given ten days in which to file bond
for appeal in the sum of $500.
E. A. Mott-smith and Judge Alexan,
der Lindsay Jr., have formed law
partnership, which has been in force
since the first of the month. Mr.. Mott.
Smith was Wade Warren Thayer's pre-
deeessor as Secretary of Hawaii. Judge
Lindsay at one time was district magis.
trate of Honolulu, later a circuit Judge
and more recently deputy attorneys gen.
eral and still later attorney. general of
of the Territory. @
As the result of the assistance rem
dered by the promotion committee to
E. NJ. Newman, a lecturer, when he
visited Hawaii some time ago to
gather information and take moving
pictures, the East is well pleased with
the illustrated lecture which is being
given by Newman. The lecture on
Hawaii has been given in Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Chicago and st.
Louis to packed houses. ..s. ~
A number of applications for pass.
ports have recently been filed with the
clerk of the federal court, among them
being those of Mrs. Albert Water
house, Mrs. Fred T. p. Waterhouse and
Fred t. p. Waterhouse, who are leav-
ing by the steamer Tenyo Maru, April
Is, for the Malay Peninsular. Other
applicants are Miss Lavinia Lally,
who goes to the Orient; Chas. Frank
Hickerson Jr. and wife, who are going
to the Colonies and China; and Kit
Dalton, who leaves for the Fijiian Is
dands by the steamer Niagara, April
25, to engage in missionary work. &.
(From Thursday Adyertiser) ..
The supervisors voted last night to
withhold $2l3 of the amount due the
Eastern firm that supplied Honolulu g
automobile and motorcycle numbers.
The firm did not manufacture the mum.
Der plates according to specifications,
An announcement was made that a
pupils recital of the Back Pianofort
School will be given under the director
ship Of Edith Kawasaki of this city, a
graduate from the normal department
of the New England ConserS atory Of
Music in Boston. The recital is to be
given in the Phoenix Hall, March 90.
Three Japanese dramas will be play.
ed by members of the editorial stats
of the local Japanese newspapers next
o'clock, in the Asahi theater. The
dramatic entertainments are to be Civ.
en- under the auspices of the Japanese
literary association formed recently by
the Japanese newspaper men.
f. According to statements by the de-
partment aviation officer, Capt. John
Curry, s. c., U. s. A., Fort Kameha-
meha may not be selected as the site
for the aviation field which the army
will shortly establish. Captain Curry
stated that the site has not yet been
decided upon, and it is believed that
conditions at the big-gun post on the
lochs are not entirely satisfactory.
-Four inquests in three days is the
record made this week by Deputy Sher,
i'll julius Asch, acting as coroner in
the investigation of four deaths by viO-
lenee. A jury yesterday went over the
death of the Japanese woman drown
ed at Waikiki Monday, and returned
a verdict of accidental cause. A sim
liar verdict was given in the case on
Tuesday of the Japanese boy killed
while jOy-riding on Nuuanu Street. To.
day the coroner will inquire into the
death of the Japanese whose body
was found on Round Top. The death
of Chinese laborer investigated this
week is the fourth case. -.