The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-05-20
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Dinner and Dance-For Scottish
Rite Masons only, and their ladies'
a dinner and dance will be held at
the Grand Hotel, Wednesday evening
June ,.
Wilhelmina Out Toinght-The Mat
son liner Nilhelmina arrived in IA
hului this morning with passengers,
freight and mail. Her stay on this
visit is short for she viii depart at
ten o'clock tonight.
Freight Rates Cut.-Enective June
/ a cut of 50 cents a ton in lreights
is announced by Matson Navigation
Company. This is the second cut of
the year and the new prices will be
IS for sugar, So for canned pSles and
$3.50 Tor general cargo.
Hama Park-A survey has been
made for the proposed park at Hama
and as DOL as the description is pre-
pared it Will be sent to the land COM
missioner by the county engineer ask
ing that the tract be set aside for
park purposes.
Bids Are Acknowledgement for in
stalling a steam heating plant for
Malulani hospital has been awarded
to Eahului Store for $4,000 and for
construction of Olowalu bridge the
contract was awarded to NJ. Picano
for $500. Only one bid vas submit
ted in eacl instance.
win AsH 6ids-Protest against the
treasurer calling for bids for county
printing WAS made by V. a. Netlesen
last week. After considering his let
ar The beard voted that hereafter
bids should be asked on all county
work where the charge would be more
than $25.
Boats OIL Beach-Complaints have
reached the board of supervisors that
boats belonging to various persons
are drawn up on the shore III front
OF the teachers cottages at Lahaina
10 the annoyance of occupants of the
premises. The subject was referred
20 the deputy sheriff of Lahaina for
action.
Murphy Wants to KNOWN a letter
10 the board of supervisors, Attorney
eugene Murphy abs inquired why the
county paid Dickey & Hart Wood
$3.50 in January 1920. The clerk was
instructed to reply that the payment
was made the firm for its services as
architects in re the proposed new
Maui High School building.
May Pass Dividends-Pioneer Mill
Company may pass dividends, it was
announced last Saturday following a
meeting OF the directors in Honolulu.
me announcement said that unless
an Improvement in sugar prices
should come it was apparent that di-
vidends would have to be discontin-
ued.
Proceed, nes Discontinued - Suits
which the L. S. Attorneys office at
honolulu was preparing to file against
Maui Agricultural Company, Pioneer
Mill Co, and other Hawaiian corpor-
atoms alive been ordered discontinue
ed. Alleged holdings of real estate
IN excess of the 1000 acres provided
by teh Organic act where the grounds
for the inCended proceedings.
Cost of Bath Houses-Bath houses
IN the beaches lear the Paia cement
plant and at Lahaina such as the
Athletic Committee asks could be
built for $4,000 provided too much
embelishn. ent is not put in the Lahai-
ma building, the county engineer re-
ports. Tie park in front OF the La
hama court house is suggested for the
bath house there.
hlasistracy Rumors-M. c. Pacheco,
district magistrate at Makawao vas
in Honolulu the first of the week, re
turning Tuesday. 1t is understood he
was tOid 10 continue at Makawao n
til July l, and that Chief Justice Coke
will announce appointments for Ma
ka"ao and Lahaina within the next
few days. RumOr says PacheCo and
Edgar Morton will be appointees but
does not say TO which of the two
oiices either will be appointed.
ST. Anthony Alumni-All st. An
thony School Boys are invited to at
tend a meeting called to draw up the
constitution and bylaws, next Sunday
evening at 1880 p. M, at the school.
This is the second step in the or
ganizing of an alumni amongst St.
Anthony school, which movement was
launched a few weeks back. At the
first meeting A. S. Spencer of Kahu-
lui was appointed temporary chair
Fish and Politics-Chairman Kala-
ma of the board OF supervisors and
Supervisors Fleming and Goodness,
County Attorney Bevins and Young
Ting of Waikiki Hardware and
Grocery Co., returned from Hama,
Wednesday evening. Supervisor Drum
mond was n of the party which left
here remaining at his Hama district
home. In Hama the officials of the
party did politics" and on the return
trip did some fishing about Molokini,
making a fine catch of about a dozen
big fellows.
Hawaiian Electric Stock-Addition-
al capital needed by Hawaiian Elec-
trio Company to provide for improve
ments to the power plant and other
additions made necessary by the grow
ing population of Honolulu has made
necessary the proposal that the CAPT
tai stock of the company shall be in
creased from S1,500,0OO to S2,25O, 900.
The new stock is to be offered to
stockholders first and it is understood
the nffar will ba mada Of mar