The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-12-10
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FRIDAY
December 10th.
ROYAL HAWAIIAN AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY.

In another column it is announced that
the stock show Of the Royal Hawaiian
Agricultural Society, which is fixed for
9TH May next, will be held in grounds
much more convenient TO the public
than the premises at Kapiolani Park on
which the 5ociety's buildings have been
erected. We congratulate the society on
the choice of the site, and applaud the
tenant and landlord of the property on
which the show is to be held for their
public spirit and generosity in granting
it TO the society.
The Agricultural Society both deserves
and needs the strong support of the pub
lie. Brought into being as a revival Of
a long defunct association by the public
spirit of small knot of men, it has had
the painful struggle for existence which
is 50 common, not only here but in much
more populous places, to new enterprises
designed solely for the good of the COM
munity. That it is not already one more
solemn memento of the want of energy
and public spirit which characterizes the
people Of Honolulu is chiefly due TO the
indomitable will of its Secretary, who
may also be called its founder. 1t has sur
viveda period of embarrassment and pecu-
MARY trouble, and is now actively engaged
in carrying out the object for which it is
founded. Great credit is due to the
men who, against odds, have stuck by
the society, and are now before the
public with an earnest invitation for
assistance to carry out the estimable OBJ
jects for which it was founded. They
are all we'll known to US, and their in
dividual characters demand for them
hearty response to the call they now
make upon all who have the industries
of agriculture and stock breeding, horti-
culture and flower raising, fruit growing
and dairy work, at heart. Judge Nc
Gully has been a successful importer of
fine stock. Our genial Police Justice is
an enthusiast, whose services to the so
ciety Will be of the greatest value. Mr..
Dillingham; has, like Judge McCully,
made reputation both as an importer
anu u DiCcuCI VI BOOu udli SLOChy anu
is not far behind the best of his COM
peers as a breeder of horse stock. Mr..
Charles Lucas is we'll known as the
breeder and owner Of good racing stock.
Hon. Mr.. Cleghorn and Mr.. Jaeger are UNI
rivalled here as horticulturists, whose
enthusiasm in the cause is only
equalled by their own success as garden
ers and arborculturalists. DIR. McKibbin
and Mr.. Giffard have each his own rep
utation in the same line. Mr. Webb, as
we have already said, has been, as Sec
rotary to the Society, OF great use in
keeping it together through a most de-
pressing period of it's existence. Men OF
this stamp, when they devote themselves
without pay and without reward to the
service of the public, ought to command
the prompt sympathy and effectual aid
OF all and sundry amongst us who care in
the least for the important industries and
the delightful pursuits which they have
banded themselves together to promote.
We sincerely hope that on the present
occasion they Will reap a sufficient re-
ward for their public spirit. in the en-
thusiastic support of the public.