The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06
BREYIT'IESigI

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outs destroyed fifteen acres Of coffee
/ fields in Honaunhu. "a large area OF
taro land was destroyed ut Keel.
| Governor Mccarthy soon will appoint
four members Of the Hawai- Promo
ton Committee, which be says he
woull like to see kept in existence,
but which he thinks might get along
with less money during the period Of
the war. #.Et
/ According 10 the latest word from
Kauai, the residents OF the Garden Isl
and are suffering by hundreds from 10
grippe. The disease first ravaged Ga.
hu and then it spread to Maui and
| Hawaii. The Garden Islanders are the
last to suffer from the influenza.
u. {. Chang, who for the past two
wears has been on. the editorial staff
, of the Liberty News, yesterday be
came fellowship secretary for Chinese
I work at the Nuuanu Y. NJ. c. A. Mr..
! Chang will continue to give part of
his time to newspaper work while he
is studying Y. NJ. c. A. work.
Food Commissioner Child, who re.
turned from tour of inspection on
Kauai Sunday, reported, that the citi.
zens on the Garden Island are doing
| everything in their power to observe
| the rulings Of the food commission
Mr. Child was not very enthusiastic
over the rice situation on Kauai, owing
to the shortage Of labor for this class
Of agricultural work.
M uo.o;; uor,o Ts,,,nol N lima
nesc monthly magazine published by
the Nippu Jill Company Of this city
will suspend publication during the
war, according to an announcement in
the Nippu Iii yesterday The maya
zine had thousands Of subscribers
among the japanese women throughout
the Islands and its suspension is re
, GREETED by most of its readers.
Plans for the location of the Waikiki
drainage lagoon, in the Waikiki re
clamation project, were practically de
cided upon yesterday at conference
Of Lyman H. Bigelow, superintendent
of the public works, A. :. Cantin ant
Col R. r. Raymond, u. s. A. The pub
lie works superintendent however
says, the location will not be announc
! ed for about two weeks, and not unit
after the plans are mapped.
District Attorney s, G. Huber sale
yesterday that. the marriage of City
Clerk David X Kalauokalani to Mrs
Maggie X. Ryan Van Geison, which
occurred last Wednesday, would no
result now in the entry of a noll'
prosequi to the federal ndictmen
against the city clerk. He, however
intimated that such might result j
the complainant, Mrs, Kalauokalani
did not desire to press the case.
The Korean Committee of the Nuu
anu Y. NJ. G. A. held it's regula
monthly meeting yesterday at noon
The committee discussed plans for co
operation with the war work council
work for Korean soldiers. The follow
ing are the officers and members o
the committee: Syngrhan Rhee, chair
man: w. X. Aim, vice chairman; W
C. Pang, recording secretary; s. Y
Shin, treasurer; John Park H. J.. Son
and G. H.fShOn.t' - s.t,..- ,.
Prince Arthur of Connaught wit
suite, who passed through here fey
weeks ago en- route to Japan, wher
he went to present to the ,Japanes
emperor a British field marshal's batO
from King George, has landed safel
at Canadian port. He was take
there by japanese battle cruiser O
$1,000 TONS accOrdipSrtO} a report II
ceived here recently. His departur
from Japan was withheld from pull
LEGATION on account Of the censorship
A meeting of representatives of tn
various Island liquor boards and tie
ritorial officials is to be held tn
morning to decide upon rules and req
ulatiOns for the importation and di
tribution of liquor to the Islands ft
medicinal, sacramento, mechanical an
scientific purposes after the Hawa
Prohibition Act goes into effert. I'll
tentative plan is to have the distrib1
ton and importation handled by tt
| liquor boards on the various Island
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