The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-01-24
MAUI FACTS And FANCIES.
The Plantations-Opinions of New
Laws-Telephone Extension-Por-
suguese and the Schools - Sur
prise the Postmasters.

Here on Maui the mills are all busy
grinding now. The quality and guam
tiJy Of sugar turned out daily seems to
satisfy the managers. From Rahului
and Kuau the sugar goes to its desti-
nation, and there are always one or
more vessels in these ports. Special
lively appearance has kuau, very
y often a many as three vessels being in
n the same time.
The weather has been dry on East
Maui lately. but Waikiki and Kahu-
I'M have had several good showers.
A. we now have had south wind for
several days, rain j. expected and
nee,led.
There have been q good many rumors
about the MarshaTs resignation, and
the appointment Of a well-known gen
tleman here, but ii has all ended in
smoke.
That the opium traffic is to be
stopped soon is looked on with salts
faction, but not so are the new LIQUOR
law and the Chinese immigration bill.
Many seem to think that we had
= Asiatics enough before, and that it is
ruinOus for the country TO get more.
That il may be n good thing for some
individuals may be, but even that is
seriously doubted. Many honest men
seem 10 think that the new liquor law
viii DO more harm than good, and
give as causes for their opinion that
tht clOsimgOf the saloons viii open the
doors for illicit selling of sandpaper
gin and such poisonous stuff, and that
people who before drank by the glass,
viii hereafter be compelled to drink
by the gallon. They plead that out of
two evils, the least one ought to be
chosen, and favor on that account a
permitted but restricted sale of liquor
Who are right, the prohibitionists or
the high-license advocates, | will not
venture 70 say.
There has not beer any burglaries
lately, and everything is very quiet.
A few convictions for selling liquor
without license are the only occur
Fences OF any note.
There viii be no lack of telephone
communication here now, as one COM
pany has wires from Haiku and Maka-
WAC 10 Wailuku over kahului, and
Wilder * Co. completed their new line
on Saturday, from Wailuku to Paia,
taking i'm Kahului and Spreckelsville.
A third wire Is also put up from ka-
hulUi To Spreckelsville, belonging to
the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar
Company.
Ehere are nova considerable number
Of married Portuguese employed on
Sp&eckelsville plantation, and families
are Asaid to leave the other plantations
in GREAT numbers to obtain work there.
The principal reason is thought to be
.thatN the Portuguese, by working on
Sprefekelsville, avoid sending their
chilgiren TO school, and so have the adj
vantage OF their wages. The thing has
grown so now, that the proper author
itiSss ought to investigate. In all the
other districts the school law is strictly
aRforced, but at Spreckelsville there is
glo school and no law enforced.
A general desire that the Postmaster
General should visit his different Post
Offices, arriving unexpectedly, seems
TO prevail. and that it would rouse up
che different POstmasters little is no
Coubt true The present Postmaster
sianeral has not made any tour of in
mection vet, and that has been COM
Tented upon by several. 1t is such an
taportant part of the public service,
cat the offices under that department
ght to be inspected once in while.
ANTI-QUEUE.