The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-01-20
HILo RECORD EXTRACTS.

nc san OIeSO LlHc--LdTSe DID,
nanas--The Holidays - Acct
dents - Newspaper for Hilo
Wanted.
We see by the papers received by
the last mail, that there is more than
a PROBABILITY of our being connected
with San Diego by a line of fine
large steamers. This would be q
certainty if our present Cabinet, will
see fit to grant them the subsidy
voted by the last Legislature. And
if the present Cabinet wish to do
something that will please Hawaii,
it will strain itself and grant this
subsidy.
Mr.. D. II. Hitchcock of our town,
has raised new variety of the popo-
ulu banana. This is one of the
finest cooking bananas raised. One
bunch weighed thirty-eight pounds,
and there were on it thirty-eight
bananas. The large ones weighed
Il pounds. There are never many
bananas on the bunch, but what
there are they are just monstrous.
Come on Honolulu and beat us if
you can.
New Year passed off finely, and
our streets were crowded with a
large number of people all bent on
having a good time. The ball on
New Years eve was the best ball of
the season, and a quiet, and select
company enjoyed themselves there,
till the wee morning hours.
One of the steamer Hawaii's boats
was badly mashed up at the Homo
hina landing the other day. One of
the men received severe bruises, and
another had his skull injured so
badly that there is a great proba
bility of his dying from the effects
of the injury. The whole coast land
ings have been so bad down through
Hamakua and North Hilo that, the
steamers have had hard work to
make landing there. At the present
time there are probably more than
10000 bags of sugar in those two
districts awaiting shipment, and all
the plantations are running on full
time ard consequently the sugar is
piling up fast. Oh, for that rail-
road.
Hawaii needs a good active weekly
newspaper. The Record has been
published now for two years, and we
have endeavored in our small way to
advance Hilo interests, and we be-
lieve that in a measure we have sue
ceeded in doing something towards
this end, but that is not enough. We
need printed paper, issuing weekly
a large number of copies. A paper
that will take hold of the interests of
this island, and push them for all it is
worth. Our resources are almost
wholly unknown by anybody outside
of a few living here who have
studied them up. We need to be
better known, not only over our own
islands. but abroad as well. And in
no way can this be done better than
through a weekly paper. But no
paper can be published here unless
we have a press, etc.
An accident happened to one of
Wilson's dray teams last week, while
taking out a dray load of freight to
Papaikou. Just at the Hamakua side
of Apana's house, the team ran off
the road way into the ditch and
badly smashed up the dray, but fort
unately did not injure the horses of
any consequence. These deep bitches
along side of our roads ought to be
filled up and not left for traps to
catch a fractions or frightened
team.
The three masted schooner Sadie
P. Caller arrived in port Tuesday
P. n, twenty-one days from Santa
Rosalia, in ballast. Captain Rande
lin reports good weather all the way
over. She was in ballast and is to
take a load OF sugar over to the
Coast.