The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-07-12
NEWS FROM KONA AND KAU.
Teachers Convention and Close Of
District Schools.
Portuguese and Japanese Building
Houses-Remarks on CoTee-Per-
sonaI Sotes.

KoNA (Hawaii), July The
Teachers Convention was held at Ke-
alakekua school house June 18th and
18th. Owing to prevalence of la
grippe, also TO the meeting being so
near the close Of school, the attend
ance was very small. But the few
who did attend report a very helpful
time of exchanging thoughts, and re-
suits of different methods of work in
their line.
The various schools of the district
closed on Thursday, July Sd. There
was the usual gathering of fond pa
rents and admiring friends, and as a
rule, the examinations and oratorical
display did great justice to the teach
ers' la6ors.
Portuguese and Japanese show
great activity in taking up small hold
ings, planting coffee, tarO, etc. Small
cheap houses are springing up like
mushrooms in every direction.
Thoughtful white residents cannot
but deplOre the fact that they are not
the neat cottages of Anglo Saxon
owners, and hope the influx may be-
gin WDlle LneTe Is YET llHlt.
The blight has seriously affected
this years coffee crop, which other
wise bid fair to be an unusually
heavy one. sTo spray or not to
spray" that is the question with most
coffee raisers. Trust to the lady-bug
or fly to another heavy item of ex-
penseI The lady bug is increasing
with wonderful rapidity.' The climate
and food must be admirably adapted
to it considering its rapid increase, in
spite of the fact that small birds,
quails and poultry eat the larvae with
great avidity; but it seems to prefer
the guava to coffee, and il is doubtful
if it can be relied on to clean the
latter until the guava has been first
attended to. At present it is multi
plying rapidly on the wild coffee, and
is undoubtedly destined to do great
service in the district. Prof. Koebele
has sent installments of two new va
rieties and il either should prove as
prolific as the crytolaemus, and prefer
cultivated coffee to other growths,
the difficulty is solved.
The weather is very fine. The
rainy season had set in, in earnest, by
the end Of May, and although MOTH
ing like IS rainy as two former sea-
sons, 1t Is quite sufficient.
DIR. McWayne has had his friend
Charles Wells visiting him for some
time. They did the coffee plantations
of Kona and have now gone on to
HiIo.
E. B. Rarthrop, manager of the
Kona CUffee Company, has been at
tending an annual meeting of the
company at Kau, and also made
visit to Hilo. His friend Mr.. Cauley
has been laid up with q dislocated
knee, caused by buckiUg horse.
Mrs. Jaeger, OF Honolulu, Is visiting
her sister, Mrs. McWayne, also two
nieces.
Frank and WiIfred Greenwich are
home from Punahou, bringing Allan
Judd to taste the joys of ranch life.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Bryant return
to their Maui home today.
John Paris has been confined to his
house from result OF an accident.
Mrs. Roadway Is visiting her sister,
Mrs. DR.. Lindley.
s. Davis, minister of Christ church,
is in Honolulu for q vacation and may
go on to the Coost.
Judge Clark is convalescent from
very serious attack of la grippe.
Miss Florence Scott spends her va
cation with relatives in Hilo.
Miss Perry, of HilO, is staying at
Sea Breeze, Kailua.