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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1907
Page
2
Kauai supervisors discuss budget tightening and road work funding for November through December. They consider arranging water and road projects, adjusting salaries, and limiting expenditures to a monthly threshold. The December meeting will set final estimates for the coming year.
A farewell dance at the Waliwa home in Lihue honored guest Mins K Smith before her coastward departure. Guests assembled on the veranda for 11 o clock refreshment and a program of music and toasts ending with church service notices and a local farewell mood.
The Merchants Association held its final meeting of the year to review the Wharf Tax and assess its purpose. Members debated exemptions for coal and lumber dealers and discussed a proposed $5 annual fee for each member. The secretary reported responses from authorities and the group eyed tax accumulations while addressing holiday security notes.
The text shows scattered references to wartime preparations and officials. Names and positions appear briefly, including mentions of a chairman and a 4 Homi committee, with unclear actions or outcomes. The legible bits hint at prepowal and tank support but lack coherent events.
Well known people arrive on board the China ship from Yokohama and Java. Captain Friel handles quarantine docking amid good weather. Notables include Attorney Brooks Will, Vr Ward Artittase, and McChuren, linked to Canadian Parliament. The China sails to San Francisco after loading cargo and passengers from the Philippines.
Fragmentary OCR text from Honolulu dated December shows names and phrases like Mr and Mrs Crnedan and a mention of a terrapenny nail and pound. The reading is too garbled to identify a clear event, person, or organization.
In Tokyo on November 16 Canadian Minister of Labor Itedotote Lemieux and officials from The Tapinene authorities pursued emigration arrangements with Japanese leaders at the Mritinh Baekamay conference. The talks aim to ease limits on Japanese migration to Hawaii and Manila, with authorities promising tightened supervision of student travelers and scrutiny of labor recruiters amid fraud concerns. The American ambassador and Japanese ministers stress cautious policy, with possible future restrictions under consideration to protect home economies.
New York and New Jersey branch of the Women’s Missionary society, tied to the Methodist Episcopal church, faces a cash shortfall of about 45000 dollars as 27000 members are warned about suspended payments. Officials report balanced books with a small credit, but trustees caution that checks mailed to missionaries last month may bounce due to the Knickerbocker Trust Company collapse.
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