The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-18
BREVTTfES


tionhaire booth OF the Fourth Pre-
cinct, Fourth District, will be from
one 70 Ave O'Clock.
Many applicants to join the army
are being turned away from the head
quarters OF the Hawaiian department
because Of the law which prevents the
army from enrolling persons Of draft
age. 80. n'' .. ~. 3.
| Mills Institute and the College Of
Hawaii have offered TO supply inter
prefers 10 the local draft boards.
Among the languages they are capable
OF handling are Japanese, Chinese and
Korean.
The questionnaire hours for the
Third Precinct, Fourth District booth
(Punahou) are now from half-past
-four. o'clock in the afternoon to eight
. clock In the evening The mornin z
hours have been cut out. ~
& ~ Princess ;, Theresa Wilcox Belli.
veah's bond Of 1880 for her appear
ance TO answer the charges of con
spiracs and forgery made against her
in a grand jury Indictment is signed
BY herself and Leong Yau. The bond
has been accepted by the court.
Martha Hewlett has been appointed
state supervisor of dancing for the
Hawaiian Islands by the American
National College Of Dancing in New
York City, Her first step will be the
establishment of n normal school for
local dancing teachers.
The "squegee /" surface on the con.
crete base Of Lower Manoa Road is
rapidly Peeling on. The coating was
put on the road less than ten weeks
ago. In many places II has crumbled
away and Is blown off by the wind,
and in other places has just worn
through. E1.D.,I.
War bread, made Of rice -four, is to
be used Mt the communion table of
Central Union Church for the quarter
~ communion instead of white wheat
-four bread. The saving Of -four will
not be very large, but it is felt that
the example should be set for others
to follow. Efta.
Sanko and Company were yesterday
| awarded the contract for the construc.
tion Of roads at Fort Shafter. Their
bid, which. was the lowest rendered,
was $7362.90. Other bidders and their
\ figures were: J.. NJ. aCorrie, $9753.s2;
George Yamada, SIC, 1851; WooIley
and Beaton, 81 ,241.72. 80
John Fernandez, a. Honolulu man,
won first choice yesterday in the. draw
ling at the territorial land office for
lots Of the Haleakala homestead tract.
Selection Of lots will be made at Wal.
luku courthouse ON Saturday, Febru.
airy; 9. In all 1876 names were drawn
yesterday. r.
| O. A. Pease, Y. M. c. A. instructor
in gymnastics, has been appointed act
ing physical director The appoint
ment was made at a meeting of the
directors presided over. by Richard A.
Cooke and attended by c. H. Ather-
ton, Ed. Towse, ~. p: Ripley, E. A.
Berndt, Charles f. Cieinons, DR.. A. +.
Jackson, A. Z. Larimer and r. A,
Cooke. , e + ..s. w." =. d., -
IN accordance with q fuhng from the
treasury departmehy, Col. Howard
Hathaway has anh6Gnced that officers
Of the army are subject to,the income
tax. Payments must be made to the
interrupt revenue Office of the district
In which officers reside. The new in.
come tax forms which were delayed
In shipment, il is believed, will arrive
within week.
An investigation to determine the
accuracy and completeness of the Ter
ritory's records of births and deaths
is. TO be conducted by r. c. Lappin,
chief of the division of vital stats
tics at Washington, according to word
that has reached the city. The in.
quirys is being made as a preliminary
requirement for the. ultimate admission
of the Islands into the registration
area of the United States.
( Airplane battles, trench fighting
and the warfare with. big guns are
included in the reels Of the official
French film which, will be shown at
the armory on Saturday evening. The
scenes on the film are of the most
thrilling sort, and each was taken un-
der the actual conditions of life at the
front by government authority. The
admission at the armory will be TWEEN.
ty-fye cents, and the proceeds will go
to the Fatherless Children of France
Three cantoniers have been placed
on the Man0a district roads by City
Engineer Cantin,. under the provisions
of new appropriation, and have been
placed at the disposal of the Manoa
Improvement Club. The latter, in
turn, has delegated its authority to j
W. Caldwell, the clubs engineer and
the cantoniers report to him for as,
signment on the street work. Mr.
Caldwell wants suggestions from the
taxpayers of Manoa, concerning need
full places for captonier work, and
wishes to be advised rs to the progress
of work done by the three men,.
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