The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-09-21

| sheriff OF North hOna, j. X. Nahale,
! in the present emergency, as we'll as
the public spirited and generous offer
of his advice and services, free OF
charge, by DR.. McWayne, at q time
| when North KOna is without a Gov
eminent physician; and further be it
! "Resolved, That copies of these res
| olutions be forwarded to the Honolulu
Board of Health for its respectful
| consideration, and that a report of this
meeting be prepared by the secretary
and forwarded to the newspapers for
| publication.
Mr.. Buchholtz, in seconding these
resolutions, remarked that a local
Board of Health, vested with full
powers, we must and will have. He
said that it was preposterous that we
should be put to such straits simply
because the good people of the little
town of Hilo happened to be so child
ish. 1t was one thing to be careful, it
was another thing to be foolish. He
dwelt upon the practical isolation of
the districts, the impossibility of
obtaining supplies by land, and the
real gravity of the present situation.
f. NJ. Scott again reminded the
meeting OF the utter Indifference the
Hilo committee had shown in regard
to this district, and remarked, that we
"CIG llhcIy W very lIIIlC
Grafton. He said it would be foolish
to say that there was absolutely no
danger in keeping up communication
with Honolulu, but such danger was
small when compared to real and
actual predicament we would GER
tainly be in, if q steamer were not i'm
mediately dispatched from Honolulu
with supplies.
DIR. LindIey said that we in North
Kona were fortunate in having so
efficient deputy sheriff. In his dis
trict of South Kona he could not get
the cooperation of the Police in put
ting matters on good sanitary foot
ing. While crying out about con-
tamination from without, they would
not clean up within. That was the
main thing 80 be attended to, and it
would be just here that the value of
the proposed local board would show
itself.
The motion was now put to the
meeting and carried unanimously.
The chairman suggested that the
chairman of the proposed local Board
should be designated, so that the
without delay.
DR.. Lindley proposed, and DIR. Nc
Wayne seconded, that Mr.. Miller be i
chairman of the local Board. Carried
unanimously.
DIR. cWayne informed the meet
ing that he had written to the Board
of Health explaining the situation.
He said that it was his candid opinion
that there was scarcely any danger if
the regulations of the Board of Health
were properly carried out, and that
even If the disease did appear in
our midst it would be only in
q few isolated cases, as the
in the district were en-
tirely unfavorable to the spread of the |
disease. That, however, was remote !
remote. We had a
greater trouble staring us right in the |
face. Provisions we must have, and |
the only way to get them was from |
He said that there was no |
reason whatever why the w. @. Hall |
should not come in and land supplies |
uuder the regulations, with no danger
to the district whatever; and, as for
the five days quarantine
in Honolulu was quite sufficient. He
his qualification in finding
that the natives of this district are en-
tirely different from those of Oahu.
They are very much less under kahuna
influence. They are more intelligent
and have more reliance in the white
nan. He anticipated no trouble
in dealing with them in any
emergency. With a hearty vote of
hanks to the chairman, the meeting
hen adjourned.