12 Aug 1896
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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1896
Page
1
An advertisement touts J T Waterhouse offerings on garden tools and supplies for homes in Hawaii and beyond. It highlights English made shears, garden trowels and hooks, pruning tools, and yard work gear as top quality, with Waterhouse’s name over the door as a pledge of reliability.
Commissioner Marsden of the Bureau of Agriculture describes his Hawaii tour focused on coffee districts Hamakua Hilo Kona and Ola. He highlights J M Horners 90 acre plantation yielding 25 500 pounds of berries this year and notes vigorous disease free coffee aided by ladybird beetles. He calls for diversification with castor beans and rice and urges improved planting methods labor plans and fertilization while planning future trips to Maui and other islands.
On September 25, if Queen Victoria lives, she will have reigned longer than any prior English monarch. The longest reign currently is George III with 60 years and some days. A meeting of the preliminary committee for celebrating the event is set for this evening under the Sons of Bi observers.
The Union Steamship Company's Monowai, slow by modern standards, is due to call for the last time on November 19 as a new eighteen to twenty knot vessel is built for the San Francisco run. The company plans several fast ships between Onehunga Wellington Auckland and Sydney, reflecting its growth in the southern seas. Captain Carey, a popular figure, traces his career from New Bedford to Honolulu and beyond.
A group of individuals are booked to depart for San Francisco aboard the O.B.S. Australia this Saturday. Names include H Gorman J Muirhead J Tudwigsen Miss K Jewell Mrs J C McStay and many others with families and dependents.
Judge Carterling granted letters of administration to Sarah A. Davis for the estate of Moss Davis with a $9000 bond. The case names Robertson as petitioner and references several parties, misdated juries, and missing letters to mail envelopes. The record mentions Metropolitan Meat Company offers and lost white envelopes tied to a court action.
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