The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-01
THE AUSTRALIA.
Reception on Board This Noble Ha-
WaIIan Steamship.

DNtdLlA sDtE1llA7llAB NOlll idi4N meet MN
was the most successful event Of the sea
son. A formal invitation was rendered 70
the President MOBILES and Representatives Of
the Legislative Assembly and their families
by Messrs. VIM. G. Irwin & Co, agents;
invitations were likewise informally ten
dered 10 representative business men and
those especially interested in shipping
Among those present were His Majesty the
King, His Excellency Governor DOminis,
Their Excellencies Mr.. Gibson, Mr.. Ka-
pena and Mr.. Neumann; His Excellency
Geo. w. Merrill, L. 5. Minister Resident,
and Mrs.N Merrill; I. 5. Consul General
I Putnam and Miss Putnam; Mr.. +. 2.
Hastings, L. s. Vice Consul, Mr.. r. w.
Lame. Spanish Vice Consul, and Mrs.
Lame; Mr.. A. J. Cartwright, Consul for
Peru; Hon. J s. Walker, the Misses Walker,
Hons. John A. Cummins, Samuel Par
ker, S. g. Wilder and w. c. Parke, Colonel
Claus SpreckeIs, Mrs. Spreckels and Miss
Emma Spreckels, Mr.. VIM. G. Irwin, Rep
resentatives of the Legislative Assembly,
and large number of prominent residents,
the fair sex being well represented.
The ship was brilliantly illuminated on
her spar and hurricane deck with japanese
lanterns, and row of colored lanterns were
| extended along the water front of the com
pany's shed. The Royal Hawaiian band
was in attendance.
THE SUPER.
The guests, after promenading the upper
deck and enjoying the music of the Royal
/ Hawaiian Band led by Bandmaster Berger,
/ adjourned to the dining saloon, which had
/ been tastefully decorated for the occasion
/ with profusiOn of evergreens, flowers and
/ ferns. The Royal Hawaiian standard was
| draped on one side of the eXquisitey
/ painted skylght ventilator, and gave tone
and finish to the decorations of the spacious
! saloon. The table was elegantly equipped,
and the viands and wines were excellent.
| Captain Weber presided. After justice
had been done to the profusiOn of good
! things upon the tables, Captain Weber
rose and called for bumper to the health
of His Majesty the King. In doing so he
| took occasion to congratulate His Majesty
and the company present upon the fact
that two OF the finest ships engaged in the
Pacific Ocean trade had been placed under
the Hawaiian flag. This was owing to the
energy and enterprise of the gentleman
who had founded the Oceanic Steamship
| Company, and who had done so much to
develop the trade and industries Of this
Kingdom, Colonel Spreckels. (Applause.)
He Captain Webber) had been opposed to
! the Oceanic Company when in command of
the sister ship. the Zealandia, which was
now also under the Hawaiian flag, but he
had always admired and recognized the
business ability and enterprise of the own
ers of the Mariposa and Alameda. His
Majesty should feel proud to have two such
noble ships under his national flag. The
Australia was the first ocean-gOing steam
ship that had ever been placed under the
HaN allan flag.
His Majesty the King thanked Captain
Webber and the company for the kind
manner in which they had drunk his
health, and for the complimentary men=
ton of the mercantile marine of the Ha-
waiian Kingdom. 1t always afforded him
qualification to notice evidences of indus
trial and commercial progress, and it was
very gratifying to himself, and he was sure
also to all If them, to see the Hawaiian
flag flying = such splendid steamships,
which carried not only the trade of the Pa
cifc but connected this country with the
great and energetic people of the Pacific
Coast. In conclusion, he would ask them
to drink Captain Webber's health.
His Excellency Mr.. n umann, in fe
licitous terms, proposed the health of
Colonel Spreckels, who had been instru-
mental, above all others, in promoting
everything that could advance the inter
ests of these Islands. Colonel Spreckels
had distinguished himself by his loyal
friendship for the King, Government and
people of this Kingdom. Burdened as he
was by the infinite and weighty require
ments of a great business, he nevertheless
found time to improve the condition of the
Hawaiian people. (Cheers) He had
known Colonel Spreckels for more than a
generation, and he hoped to know him
much longer He never in his life knew
man who could be so staunch a friend and
so uncomprOmising n.enemy. He would
say this, however, that Colonel Spreckels
had judgment in his friendships and JUS
tice in his enmities He hoped that Colonel
Spreckels, to whom they owed so much,
would continue his love for this country
and its people, and carry out to their full
est extent those great schemes which he
had inaugurated for its benefit.
OOlOnel SpreckelS returned thanks. lie
said this was the second speech he had
ever attempted to deliver, and both
speeches had been made in Honolulu. His
first speech was in the hall of the Young
Mems Christian Association here, when he
urged upon the people the necessity for
economy. He was pleased to find that
some of those who then heard him had
practiced economy and become rich. He
would say, from his own experience, that
this was the way to prosper. Be econom-
iCal and attentive to business, and success /
was inevitable. This was the advice he
gave them now in his second speech and
he hoped it would be acted upon. They
all knew what he had accomplishe. on
these Islands. He had brought TT news
of the Reciprocity Treaty to the Islands,
and was accompanied then as now by his
wife and daughter. From the first he
loved these Islands and determined TO in
vest in them. The means of interisland
travel were then not so good as now, and
they had a terrible time in the Kilauea
Hou going to Maui. every old inhabitant
knew the barren condition of the district
which he selected and where he had built up
n plantation second to none in the world.