The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-04-07
Island Notes.
MALALUA-OAHU.

The district Of Waialua has been enlivened this
week by the welcome advent of His Excellency
Governor Domiuis and other visitors. The Gov
errors party reported having had "A boisterous
night on M,nday last, and owing to the heavy
swell the steamer was unable to enter the snug
harbor Of Walalua until daylight on Tuesday. On
the beach there was a large number Of people
to welcome the strangers. The Governors resi-
dence We're the headquarters OF the party, and il
was not long after their arrival before the hum OF
the - busy bees " was Heard around the kitchen.
After a sumptuous breakfast, preparations were
made for accomplishing the main object of the
visit, shooting. The residents reported game To be
plentiful iii all directions but failed to furnish
ocular demonstration of their assertions. A start
/ was made by two Of the party about 10 O'Clock on
Tuesday morning, and they returned at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon with two brace of ducks and ten pair
of plover. This was encouraging. After a light
refreshment and a weed, they set out again, Joined
by a third party who knows, or processes to know,
every inch Of the ground; Ere darkness set in
the shootists returned to the Governors domicile
with all the game they could carry.
On Wednesday, one of the party accepted an
invitation to the Lalulu ranch. He was conveyed
to within one hundred yards of the dairy in a car
riage from whence they had to desceud to the
ravine on foot. Within the coral, they found over
one hundred lead OF cattle providing for the wants
of the capital. This ranch, under the management
of NJ. Nobt. Dickson, will undoubtedly become,
the butter emporium for Honolulu.
The following dav was devoted to tho inspection
Of the Waialna plantation. Mr.. Halstead afforded
the visitors all the information they sought. The
mill was working To the satisfaction Of the manager,
Mr.. Halstead, and turning ont three tons to the
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4 half for second rattOons. The complaint at
Waialua. As elsewhere, is want of labor. Next week
fifty Cinnamon finish their contract service, and
on its completion they Will slide from the cane
field into the paddy field.
Beyond the plantation in a westward direction,
are some valuable lands and occupied by Mr..
Joseph Silva and Mr.. Joseph Perry. Each Of these
gentlemen have two flowing Artesian wells and a
third one boring, from whence water is bound
to flow. The eXcursionists were received by Mr..
Halstead in the most hospitable manner, and fur
thermore, the manager of the Waialua plantation
afforded his visitors every facility for inspecting
the lands under his management.
On this day morning, a tired pair arrived from
Honolulu, and they acknowledged from personal
experience, that riding from Honolulu to Waialua
is not to be preferred to a trip in the MOkolii.
On Thursday, the invaders were augmented by
a relay from the L. 5. 5. Wachusett, who added
materially to the hilarity and joviality of the visi-
tors. This being virtually the last day availa BILE
for the shoOtists TO display themselves, they wen
to work with a Will, an dby the aid of a Black man,
they exhibited to His Excellency, a pheasant, a
northwest duck, a plOver, a quail, u snipe, a wild
turkey. and other fowls and birds, Indigenous or
otherwise. which the writer cannot describe.
Though Waialua is ''yet so far and yet 50 near, it
Is pleasing to note that the educational department
in the Waialua district is well looked after. The
schools under the direction Of Mr.. A. Clark have
one hundred and twenty pupils. and the Hawaiian
school has forty attendants.
The old residents at Waialua, state that there is
no noticeable change in the district within
the past twenty-five or thirty years, but
they overlook the enterprise, progress, and
success of the Waialua plantation, aud also,
the enhanced value of land in the %neighbor-
hood of the artesian wells.
At 10 O'Clock on Friday morning,
the MokOlii was discerned off Waimea
point. This was n signal for the WISH
tors to pack UP their traps and pre-
pare for the hOmeward journey. This
was accomplished with reluctance, as the visitors
were just beginning to feel the exhilaratins effects
of the Waialua air. Nearly all of the Waialua
residents assembled at the Governors residence to
bid him farewell. At half-past eleven O'Clock, His
ExcelIency and companions embarked for Homo
lulu, and shortly afterwards, the Mokolii was
booming along about ten knots over 4 smooth sea
and with a strong fair wind.
The latest innovation at Waialua, and one which
Is welcomed by every one, IS the erection of the
telephone posts, and in a few days We hope to see
the wires i'll working "rdlr.
WAHLUaU-MAUI.
Our Police Court has been busy with liquor
cases this past week. Kaleiapo pleaded guilty to
selling liquor without a LICENSE, and was sentenced