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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1903
Page
4
A muddled clipping discusses subscription rates and a moral report from a House committee. The text critiques hypocrisy and the growing expenses across departments, praising the document as thoughtful and well written.
The Grand Jury report criticizes press harping on alleged legislative irregularities and corruption while noting its own lack of findings. It highlights tensions between newspapers, the legislature, and the presiding officer, concluding no reliable information of misconduct existed.
Public works and finance committee scrutinizes appointments, salaries, and contracts. It criticizes dredging costs at Honolulu Harbor, centralizes clerical staff under Public Works, and condemns unbid fencing and grading on government lots. It notes failures in oversight, proposes dredge purchases and tighter approval for large expenditures.
Committee notes stables are maintained for the oral burrage and that health and plumbing inspectors, along with the Water Department, manage government expense lines. Proposals call for hiring controls, preventing current expense fund withdrawals, and ensuring proper supervision by the Assistant Superintendent of Public Works to save costs and improve procurement.
A summary page notes Senate cuts on expenses and House criticism while listing multiple court cases and local notices. It covers charges of battery and larceny, with nolle prosequi outcomes and adjourned cases. The item also references a business directory and foreign trade figures.
A muddled text urges young men to heed inner conviction and oppose a fearful public opinion. It questions leadership steering youth toward moral action, warns against timidity, and links bravery to private conscience against a powerful, clamor-filled society.
Agents for Hawaiian Agricultural Co Ookale Chomes Sugar Co Wailoku Sugar Co Maker Sugar Co Malwakala Ranch Co The Manters Line of San Francisco Packets Chas Brewer Co line of Beston Packets. Officers listed M Cooke President George Robertson Manager FF Wishop Treasurer and Secretary Col W Allen Auditor P C Jones J Waterhouse and Geo KR Carter.
Historic Hawaiian banking notice outlines Bishop and Co divisions including Banking Department Trusts mortgages estates collections exchange letters of credit drafts transfers via major banks and international correspondents. Savings department offers deposits with 4 1/2 percent yearly interest, insurance agents list Fire Marine Life and Liability coverage through Insurance Office at 24 Bethel Street.
Spreckels. Claus Spreckels and Co. bankers in San Francisco list agents including The National Bank of La France, London Union of London and Smiths, United States banks in New York Chicago and Berlin, and Bank of New Zealand. Deposits received loans approved. Commercial credits issued bills of exchange bought and sold collections promptly accounted for.
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