The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-12-31
Pertinent Paragraphs

Lahsina Lot Sale.-Sa1e of Wahi-
kuli beach and house lots will be held
at Lahaina a week from next Monday,
Pata Mills Grind-Start of the grind
at Paia mill is expected to be made
early next week, everything being in
practical readiness to begin.
Dies in observation-disclosures Kaholoi,
of Kahului, died in Honolulu on Mon
day, aged about 60 years. Funeral
services were held in Honolulu.
Post Office Closes Tomorrow-With
no incoming or outgoing inter-island
mail, the Post Office officials and en-
ployes of Wailuku will take a holiday
tomorrow, New Years Day.
Wireless For Mauna Kea. The
steamer Mauna Kea on the Honolulu
Lahaina-Hilo run is shortly to be
equipped with wireless telegTaphic
outfit, is an announcement from Ho-
nolulu.
Waikiki Starts crind.-Wheels at
the Waikiki mill turned Wednesday
and there was a preliminary grind
yesterday. The season campaign will
have its real start Monday, it is ex-
pected.
Woman's Guild Meeting.-At the
home Of Mrs. Ben Williams, Puunene,
the Woman's Guild of the Church of
the Good Shepherd, will hold it's reg
ular meeting next Tuesday afternoon,
January 4, at 2:30 o'clock.
New Teacher Named.-To fill one of
the vacancies at Paia School, Miss
Dyer, who has been teaching at Hama
maulu, Kauai, has been transferred to
Maui. The transfer was made at her
request as she has friends on this
Island.
County Is Sued.-Action to recover
from the county the pro rata for the
~uneXpired term after prohibition went
into effect on his license to sell liquor
has been brought in the circuit court
by J.. M. Medeiros through Eugene
Murphy, his attorney.
Lepers Show Gratitude.-Inmates of
the Kalaupapa settlement presented
Captain Moses Naopala of the steamer
Bee with a pair of binoculars as a
Christmas gift and a token of their
appreciation OF the interest he has
long felt in their welfare.
Japanese Suicides.-G. Yoshikuni, a
Japanese who lived in the Sam Sing
camp, Puunene, committed suicide
the day before Christmas by slashing
his abdomen. 1t was not until Christ
mas Day that the body was found.
No note of explanation was left by
the suicide.
East Maui Late.-Grinding of cane
is expected to start at Kaeleku Plan
tation, Hama, on January II, and Kipa.
hulu mill will start about the same
time. Manager Fassoth of the latter
company is on the coast and is ex-
pected home before the grind at his
mill is started. ;
New Phone Directory-With all the
changes that have resulted from the
lnew system of operation of the tele
phone company detailed and all
changes of numbers shown, a new
telephone directory came off Maui
New Press this week, will be deliver
ed to the company this afternoon and
it is expected it will go to the sub
scribers the first of mex week.
Guests Enjoy Tree.-In the Wailukr
Hotel dining Dol there was a lighted
Christmas tree heavily laden witt
gifts, Christmas night. Following the
serving of dinner, R. G. Bowman Off
ciated as Santa Claus, sans the &C
cepted regalia of Office, assisted by
Messrs. Lewis and Fortune. For the
permanent guests the gifts generally
had some humorous significance bur
there were Temembrances of Other
sorts as well. Help of the hotel usual
ly found their gifts enclosed in enve
opes. Dinner guests from outside
were not neglected, for the tree bore
for all.