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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1897
Page
4
Under authority the interior department announces that lots above Mount Tantalus near Flonoluha have been surveyed and are open for public auction. Applications will be received, with announcement of the grade and conditions at the water station.
The Hilo Tribune reports confusion over sending mail to San Francisco via the Rodisiek Dla. The article notes no regulation justifies the decision and says vessels from other ports may carry letters under Hawaii postage. It urges a return count of disputed letters and predicts mail service only after a Hawaii steam line to the Coast is established.
A mayor presided mass meeting in Vancouver addressed by Dominion and Provincial legislators urged raising the bond tax on Chinese immigrants to 500. The assembly denounced fraudulent Japanese naturalization and advocated extending residency for naturalization from three to five years. The event signals British Columbia’s stance with the Pacific Coast against Asiatic ascendancy.
Lord Lansdowne enforces a beard regulation allowing only the upper lip to be shaved. Exchanges note British naval officers may wear full beards, yet if shaving occurs it must be complete, covering lips cheeks and chin. This policy contrasts with naval norms and stirs commentary on military grooming rules.
The Progressive Educator for February shows better brightness than earlier issues but fails on security details. The editor should suspend proofs for pupils to study and absorb.
Ottawa based forest merchants press government officials to reform salaries for government officials in a move described as a peak of agitation. The action centers on the capital with broad economic implications for federal operations and employment. The report notes underlying discontent among business actors and public service salaries.
A mixed map of events includes probate actions at a state estate, a clergy fire injury during a blessing, Moody's 60th birthday, a large chapel collection for Manat Ver nan School founded by Mr Moody, Oregon political shifts, Harvard invited for international law chair, Senator Walter B. Spear ill in El Monte, Scovel's Havana-Cuba arrest, France-US arbitration talks, a potential Washington suffrage bill fate, northern state destitution claims, and Canada-US reciprocity discussions in Washington with tariff exchanges.
The report notes by election results in Ontario and Brant with Conservative and Liberal standings. It mentions government shifts, a rising public debt, and calls for legal and civic actions including a diamond jubilee celebration and a push to amend garnishment law. A wide range of local notices and court proceedings are listed with various public interests.
A Rome correspondent reports that the Pope was found unconscious slumped in a chair and revived by ether after a serious attack. Dr Lapounia’s statement is disputed as details emphasize the grave nature of the incident and a two year period of rising concern.
A garbled report notes Spanish excitement amid a Madrid telegram and mentions Cuban agitators in the U.S. Senate as a potential safety valve. It also references Rainier Beer availability at the Criterion, all amidst unclear political context.
The Kona Echo, a weekly bilingual manuscript paper in English and Japanese, aims to aid district progress and uplift local people. It promises better avenues for community voice than Honolulu press and seeks moral and educational welfare contributions, reporting progress in new roads.
February 6 00 engineer of long experience writes the Pacific Hardware Co. I received your inventors concern ing Vacuum Oil and we have uneil them sinus, having hy power of aeleeting my own oil. I can only echa the facts which thay ex.
The notice promotes Mikilan and Wainuae Butter arriving fresh in Honolulu via rail street from the dairy to Pala wa Grocery’s ice box opposite the railway depot. It highlights selling the butter at 85e and lists Perth Patama Grocery near Ring street. A meeting of the Amusement Company names Thos Wall permanent treasurer and authorizes Robert Scott to collect and deposit funds, with optimism for smooth operations.
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