The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-10-21
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The Planters Labor and Supply 4Corp4ny he1d
two sessions yesterday. In tho mornsn4 some
practical business WAS transactcd+ In the aftcr-
noon the meeting was resolved into Toe 10
consider the reply to the memorial pres0fIfcd to-
His Majesty shortly after 4 pm. The ineptine
adjourned sine die.
Hos. A. S. CLEGHoRN and Mr.. Commissionor
Grip arrived at Hilo on their recent trip at 10 d. M.
last Thursday, and in consequence OF the state Of
things at PapaikOu Plantation had a hard days
work, being incessantfy engaged till 10 PM. tim.
which hour the Likelike waited for them, instead
Of starting at Der proper hour Of eight. As SOON
as the steamer arrived Sheriff Severance wcut
on board to inform the Commissioners that fifty o.
Mr.. HItchcock's men were in Jail for refusing 10
work, and this matter naturally occupied their
immediate attention. A number Of the men were
sent for one by one, and talked 30 by Mr.. Grip and
Mr.. Clsghorn, DIR. Kraft acting as interpreter for
the latter gentleman. The origin of the trouble IL
described by our IIilo correspondent in a letter
which We publish to-day. Four Of the men seem
to have paid no attention to civil sumnfonscs
served on them for loss sustained by thefF not
working properly, and 10 have thought the n0tioe
81 Judgment being given against them (by defaufb
would be followed by an arrest. The men APP
parently wanted some excuse for refusing TO work.
Their main complaint - that they were given
" jerked beef to eat, an article Of diet father
f~avorably looked upon by laborers Of other nation
alitles, but one which they seem to think inf for
human food. During the investigation OF this
case the Commissioner ascertained that tho
English and Norwegian oounterparts Of the con-
tracts did not agree in regard to the women, the
latter claiming for them board and lodging at the
employers expense, whether they worked or not.
whilst the English version distinctly provides that
they were only entitled to this when working. The
Commissioners found that the men could not be
persuaded to return to their work with one excep-
tom. They then visited the plantation, inspected
the quarters and the hospital, also the stores Of food
beef, salmon, rice, flour, beans, sugar. coffee, etc,
which they found to be satisfactory. They had a
ride back in the dark, a very disagreeable UNDER
taking. They again visited the men in the jail, and
hnally got on board the steamer again, as already
related, at 10 pm. Is Of the prisoners being also
sent on board TO be conveyed 10 Oahu Jail, tho
accommodation at Hilo being inadequate. ~
On the occasion of His Majesty's trip around
Oahu in the Waimanalo. upon his arrival at Wal
manalo Plantation ho found a train Of cars.
prettily decorated, awaiting the arrival Of the
tation, when, upon hearing the sound Of the whistle
of the locomotive, all hands ASSEMBLED at the train,
and greeted the King with three hearty cheers.
The buildings were decorated with flags and
wreaths. His Majesty spent Monday night az
Mr.. Boyd's, and on Tuesday left in the Waimanalo
Head, a feast was spread on deck, 10 which the
party did ample justice. The whole trip was
thoroughly enjoyed by His Majesty and all on
board.
We have 10 thank Mrs. Benfeld for a COPY of n
lOng-looked for work, the life Of her mother, Mrs.
Lucy o.. Thurston. The major part Of this book
was prepared for publication by Mrs. Thurston her.
tracts from letters written TO friends and near
relatives, a method VI 4ch often gives a living in
terest to its pages which a merely narrative auto
biography would probably have lacked. The long
and earnest work done by Mrs. Thurston on these
islands demands for this little book a more lengthy
notice than we can give 10 il to-day, and we there
fore postpone any further account Of its contents
until a more careful perusal Of them. Meanwhile,
we may mention that copies Of the work are 10 be
had at the store OF Mr.. A. l.. Smith, in Fort street.