The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-20

several days. On Saturday the 18TH,
they had q conference with the sugar
planters Of the district regarding the
present condition of the labor market,
and the relations existing between the
planters and laboreTs.
The planters are strongly opposed to
the settlement OF disputes by an arbi-
tration board, because In the Hilo
districts the Police Magistrate 10
honest, and gives satisfaction to all
parties. Differences between the en-
ployers and labOrers rarely occur, be-
cause the planters take care that JUS
tice is done to the latter. The Hilo
planters are inclined to believe that
labor troubles usually arise from in
competent lunss or from incompetent
native magistrates.
The Commissioners have had several
conferences with the coffee planters In
the OIaa district. These planters have
recently formed the Hawaiian Coffee
Planters Association" and unite for
common benefit. These planters begin
to see that in the rapid development
of the coffee industry there will soon
be serious labor questions. Additional
land is cleared for coffee every day,
and the labor used draws more or less
on the sugar industry.
Mr.. Severance returns to Honolulu
today by the Kinau, and Mr.. Arm
strong remains over until the 2Sth in
order to make further Investigations.
All HilO has ceased praying for rain
since the copious falls of the past few
days have SO amply supplied the de-
mands. It has been very rough in
the bay, with no possibility of using
the wharf in town; in fact there has
not been much comfort in rowing be
tween the vessels and the landing at
Waiakea.
Friday evening of last week was
the scene of a merry gathering OF
dancers at the Union schOOlhOuse.
Mesdames @. X. Wilder and w. a.
Hardy were the prime movers in the
affair. The music, which was fur
Dished by an orchestra Of six native
boys, encouraged the dancing to con-
tinue for about two hours, when re-
freshneBts were served and the dane
ing continued a while longer.
On Monday evening the moonlight
lured some eight or ten couples of
young ladies and gentlemen for a
horseback ride.
The regular monthly church social
was held at the parlOTs of the First
Foreign Church on Tuesday evening
Last. 1t was largely attended and the
time passed with its usual pleasant
tries. 1t was intended that the ques-
ton of opening a free reading room
in Hilo should be discussed at this
meeting, but owing 10 the absence of
some of the promoters of this piopo-
sition the matter was not brought up.
1t is to be hoped that in the near flu
tuTe some provision will be made for
better care of the valuable little libra
~ owned by the Hilo Book Associa-
ton and at the present being kept in
the Office of the telephone company.
The members of this association are
the ones most interested in the
establishment of reading room,
where some one shall be hired
to give especial attention to the
care of the books and where visitors
and subscribers to the library can sit
down and quietly enjoy reading their
scribers call for and return books, but
the telephone office affords no place
for those who might wish to remain
among the books.
Minister J. A. King is in town and
has been manifestiug considerable in
terest in the condition of the roads,
both good and bad.
Chas. A. Wright of Honolulu, and
Messrs. G. G. Kennedy, w. w. Good
ale, J. A. Scott, n. Deacon, and Z. +.
Richards inspected the workings OF
the new hoist employed at Pepeekeo
landing for loading sugar and dis
charging freight. This hoist, recently
introduced by Capt. William Matson
of San Francisco, consists OF wire
cable running from the sugar-bouse
out over the deck of a vessel to an
anchor lying outside the vessel, so
forms, running on the cable, carry
the sugar directly from the ware
house to the hold of the vessel
without further hauling. Each plat
form carries about twenty bags of SUI
gar, and at present they are loading
$50 bags an hour. With little addi-
tionaI experience in handling the ca
BILE, it is expected to be able to load
1000 bags an hour. A similar construc-
ton is under way at Hakalau.
Minister King, Mr.. Wight and Mr..
Bruner, accompanied by Mr.. r. A.
LYMAN, took occasion to make u trip
into Puma this week. Mr.. Wight
went with a view to looking up de-
sirable tract on which to establish
summer home.
The Kinau made her regular MONTH
~ Trip " OAOlht SATURDAY. an "a
cursiOn party bad planned to go on
her, but the weather did not offer any
inducements so they postponed the
trip until next month. Very rough
weather was encountered by the XII
nau along the Puma coast, and she was
five hours in making the trip which
usually requires but three. In dis
charging her freight at Pohoiki, one
of her boats capsiZed and lost its load
of freight. The boat was dashed
against the rocks and badly damaged.
On Friday morning a party of six
gentlemen escorted Minister King to
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