The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-08
BREVITIES
(From "wednesday Advertiser)

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A meeting Of the territorial grand
jury will be held at two clock on Fri
day afternoon in the Judiciary Duild-
ing.
Tenders for plastering the admins
ltration building in the new territorial
'lpenitentiary, Kalihi-kai, will be opened
at eleven o 'efock this morning in the
office Of the superintendent of public
works.
(From Thursday Advertiser)
| The Queen 3 Hospital training class
will open July 10. Those who wish TO
make application to join can do so any
morning.
June IL, Kamehameha Day, the
Bishop Museum will be open to the pub
lie as usual f .#I.#5
During the month of May the Gus
toms receipts Of Honolulu we're $ll4,.
OfO.09, as against 1928, l26.SS for the
month of April, =.,..4 e.t-a-.} !. h,
Mrs, Eliza Kahue died on Tuesday at
her late home, 902 Rebello Lane, Pa.
lama, and was buried yesterday in the
Laie Cemetery. She was native Of
Kaunakakai, Molokai, and thirty five
years old. .f#g
The funeral Of little Violet, four
month-old daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. G.
Y. Mar, Of 1856 Liliha Street, was held
Tuesday, interment being in the Cath
Ole Cemetery, King Street. The child
died on Monday.
A thumb-nail history of the Capitol is
being prepared by Charles R. Forbes,
superintendent Of public works. Sew
eral copies will be framed and placed in
the corridorsof the building for the in
formation of visitors. .r..,.
During the month of May, reports
Mrs. r. r. Elgin, humane officer, one
hundred and eighty six cases were in
vestigated. One hundred and sixty
seven eases of cruelty and neglect Of
animals and nineteen of children.
For the drawings Of the Kapaa home.
steads, which will take place on July 3
in the land Office here, one hundred aud
forty-two applications had been re-
Eceived up to yesterday afternoon, just
twice as many as there are lots avail
able.
Business men will be heard by the
trades, commercial and Industrial de-
velopment committee of the chamber of
commerce before the organization goes
on record as ,favoring the general intro
duction and use of the one.cent piece in
the Territory, it decided at meeting
held yesterday. s ~
While gathering loose grain from the
cars Of an Oahu Railway 4 Land Com
pany train, Manuel Silva, sixty years
old and n foundryman with the com
pany, fell yesterday from the top of che
ears, receiving injuries which landed
him in The Queens Hospital. His case
is said to be a rather serious one. II
Tenders for plastering the admins.
tration building at the new territorial
penitentiary in Kalihikai were opened
yesterday in the Office of the superin-
tendent of public works, as follows
John Walker, $l3,370,othe work to be
completed within one hundred and
thirty days, and Bowler g. Ingversen,
$l5,930, seyenty;fve, days. No award
has been made yet.
According to Senator Charles A. Rice,
who was a visitor ip Honolulu early
this week, much attention is being Civ
en- on Kauai to small farming and gard.
ening Irish potatoes and the Guam
variety Of corn are popular among the
planters. Most of the corn now plant
ed will most likely utter ripening, be
conserved for seed. Large areas are
available for growing and the seed sup.
ply is limited. '. .A ~.
On Tuesday, Fujinaga, coming into
town, on a motorcycle, ran into a rapid
transit ear at the corner of Alakea and
Beretania Streets. According to the re-
port of the accident fled by Officer NJ.
M. Kekua, one of Fujinaga 3 ears suf.
fered cut, the ear and motorcycle be.
| ing uninjured, however,. This was the
only accident reported on Election Day,
aside from the defeat Of number Of
candidates at the polls. ...,.
Whenever a day is set apart for the
registration Of men of military age in
Hawaii, as they registered Tuesday
throughout the States, German aliens
as well as citizens of the United States
will be required to register. This does
not mean that they will be drafted for
military service, but the registration
provision of the army, increase act calls
for the registration of all men between
the ages of twenty one and thirty years.
Corporation, individual and withhold,
ing agents taxes will become delin-
quent at the local internal revenue office
after June Is, after which date they
will incur severe penalties Liquor
dealers and other taxes will become de
linquent after June 80. Collector
Haley expects that all taxes due the
federal government will be paid
promptly and that there will be no oc
easion TO exact penalties from delin-
quents. > 49,. u. ME-