Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-05-08
NATIVE SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Hold a Magnificent Union Rally on
Island Of MOlokai.
RededICatiOn Of Restored Church al PukOo-
The Peoples Llberalty Wipes
Out All Debt.

Pukoo, Moloksi, May 4.-Pukoo
has been crowded with visitors
the last few days. N,ver before
has this place seen 80 many new
faces excepting perhaps in the
days when Kamehameha the
Great visited Molokai in double
canoes (peleleu) with large re.
tinue for warlike purposes. Judge
Kalua and party, eight in all,
were comfortably qusrtered at the
country home of Judge w. l..
Wilcox, while Rev. j. M. Lewis
and the three native singers who
accompanied Theo. Richards from
Honolulu put up at the home of
Judge and Mira. j. Haiku Mahoe.
Mr.. Richards was at Deputy
Sheriff Hitchcock's while the visit
ing native pastors were at the
residence of Rev. II. Manase,
pastor OF the Kalusaha Church.
The other members Of the Sunday
schools and church delegates to
the convention were received by
the natives and made as comfort
able as possible under the circum.
stances. Mr.. Hitchcock arrived
from Honolulu during the week
to look after his cattle ranch and
also to see into tho affairs of the
proposed Kamslo plantation in
which he is interested. There is
nothing in sight yet to tell visitors
of the coming plantation, but the
promoters are hard at work on
their scheme. The new mill will
be erected at Kamalo, where there
is a good landing. and the cane
will be carted from Pukoo and
neighboring places to the mill
on railway cars. There are over
$40 acres at Kamalo suitable for
cane cultivation, aud half as many
more could be had at Pukoo. Jno.
Ksluns from Paia believes that
cane could be raised profitably on
the hills back Of Pukoo, as water
could be pumped up, as is being
done in other billy places, such as
Lahaina.
On Saturday, April 30, the Ka-
luaaha church was rededicated.
The exercises commenced at 10 q.
m. On the platform we're seated
Revs. j. NJ. Lewis, Kuikahi, Hi
hio, G. II. Kolobabela, ID. Kaai,
3. Kalino, E. NJ. Hanuna and II.
Manase, pastor. The exercises
were quite impressive. Mr.. Ke-
kipi reported that he bad succeed
ed in collecting over 5000 towards
paying the expenses of repairing
the old historic stone church.
Judge j. II. Mahoe, who superin-
tended the carpentering work,
showed that it had cost nearly
$1,000 to put the old editice into
its present shape. Rev. I'll. Ma
nese as pastor of the church for
many years gave brief history of
the church. 1t was first built in
lS48 but made of thatch after the
fashion of grass huts. In 1851
the present stone building of coral
was built through the efforts of
old Father Hitchcock, a name
much revered by the native Chris
tians Of Moloksi, but who regret
ted, however, that none of the
Hitchcocks were present at the
ceremony. During his speech
the pastor stated that some years
ago the church bell was stolen
and hid under the ground by some
scoundrels, and the location OF the
place where the bell was secreted
by the villains was revealed in
dream to an old native woman,
one OF the pillars OF the church,
aud the same bell ia now on the
church tower. During the cere-
mony a subscription was taken up
for the benefit OF the church which
amounted to $50.
During Saturday evening a con.
cert was given in the Kaluaaha
church for the benefit of the
church building fund. Among
the Sunday schools that took part
were the Kaluaahs, Hsla wa, Wal
hee, Wsislua, L.hainaluna semi
nary, Honokohsu, Kamalo and
Pelekunu. During the evening
Miss Alice Saffery Of Paia, assist
ed by Revs. 8. Kapu and 8. Ka-
limo, sang the new Msunaolu song,
a song full of pathos as it des-
cribed the recent destruction of
the East Maui Seminary by fire.
The concert Melted about $50 for
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