The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-05-27

time we may look upon Waimea as an
important agricultural centre
This brings to our mind the strenu-
Gus efforts being m7de by the Japanese
to find small holdings here and there
They appear a restless sort of people,
migrating from place to place and their
rattan bundles and red blankets are
often distinguished a longways OFF on
the G. vernment roads Frequently
they he up their abode for a time
with the natives, and though there is
little of an assluilating tendency be-
tween the races, the native likes to do
his work vicariously and the Japanese
hoe and weed the taro, cook and
pound it.
They are great gamblers as a rule,
though it by no means follows that all
not employed steadily on plantations
are Inclined to the habits Of vagrancy
There are numerous colonies here and
there doing good work tiling the soil
and raising small produce for market,
notably on the Volcano road and
through Hllo and Hamakua.
Near Laupahoehoe a number are
engaged on Mr.. Barnard's coffee planta-
ton, on terms which 1t is to be hoped
may prove mutually advantageous. The
laps agree to take care Of the coffee
until it arrives at maturity, at the end
of which they are to receive payment,
being allowed in the interim to raise
kitchen truck for market on their own
| account
Some OF the finest potatoes your cor.
respondent has ever seen are being
raised there, the locality being in the
Laupahoehoe gulch, distant about two
miles mauka Of the landing and at an
elevation Of about 1900 feet.
Within the radius also Of a few miles
from the landing is some Of the finest
coffee land in the Islands, all Govern.
ment land, out Of which certain tracts
have already been sold which are now
in fair way to prosper.
Mr. Brown, Superintendent OF the
Honolulu Water Works, is in town on
Hilo Water and Fire Department mat
ters The members of the latter held
special meeting to consider whether
the remainder of the appropriation
should be expended on the purchase of
fire plugs or the erection Of an engine
shed The latter proposition finally
prevailed, and it is now proposed to
obtain the Governments sanction to the
occupancy Of the north angle Of the
Court House yard, which is a very de
sirable and central location.
Our Town Hall Association is now
in fair way of becoming an established
fact. The Hilo public owes a debt Of
gratitude to the Commissioners of
Crown Lands for the readiness with
which they have acted in assigning to
the Association when formed, the lot
on the corner of Bridge and Waia-
nuenue streets, known in the past as the
Gilman premises. This kind action
on the part of the Commissioners helps
put the whole scheme on business
basis and there is enough public spirit
and enterprise in the town to push the
matter to a successful Consummation.
And so the $500 piano will not rumi-
nate sadly much longer on its wasted
mission in an obscure corner Of the
Court House
The Duke of Wellington marching
his men up the hill and then marching
them down again is having his strategy
initiated on the Volcano road. 1t is
reported that over one and one-half feet
of hard blue pahoehoe were blasted
down from a stretch over 100 feet in
length and a corresponding amount of
filling done further on Now the filling
has had to be uncovered and the cut
of eighteen inches, which was blasted
away at considerable expense, reilled.
Will they ever cease making mistakes
on this road?
A car filled with road ballast ran of
the trackthe other day and one man was
t seriously injured AT last accounts, the
t unfortunate, a Chinaman, who had his
foot crushed and sustained other in.
! juries, is being attended to by DR.. VII
liams, who has hopes of pulling him
. through.
. | JuuBG anu MID NuSllll, Will WI. dlO
' Mrs. FurneauX, were among the few in
! innate friends, other than the family
who met at the residence Of Hon, ID. H
Hitchcock on Wednesday, May cath
to witness the pretty ceremony per
formed by the Rev, f. p. Baker, which
+ united in the bonds of matrimony Mis-.
Almede E. Hitchcock and DIR. w. l.
+ Moore Of Ann Arbur, Mich. To the
6 STARS readers the lady has been Ions
e and favorab'y known, and as to tht
p groom, who is attached to the faculty
of the University Of Michigan, the
professional success achieved by him Sc
far gives promise of brilliant future
, On the same evening the Cone,
/, House, muchly Illuminated from base
;. ment to attic, told the tale of festiv,
. enjoyment within. The Masons, wht
= accorded this banquet to the w. M
|, Mr. A. Brown, from Honoluu-neve
do things by halves, So in all probabilit
= the affair went off with eclat.
= The bark Annie Jonson has hat
u quick despatch She sailed May q
= for San Francisco with 26,555 bag
;, sugar.