The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-15
KOHALAANDHANAKUAACT
THEY PROTEST AGAINST HILO's
MADNESS.
The "Rainy City" Laying up Wrath for
Herself Against the Day Of Wrath.
Sheriff Andrews.

KOHALA, January Ito say that
Kohala people are indignant over the
edict that has gone forth from Hilo is
putting the feeling mildly Sheriff An
'drews having been delegated by the
Honolulu Board Of Health to establish
all necessary regulations for quaran-
tine for this Island sends forth these
DEGREES: No steamship or any other
boat shall enter any port than Hilo; all
mail, freight, etc, shall not be landed
unless first fumigated under the super
vision of the Board of Health of Hilo
all passengers who have certificates
from the Honolulu Board of Health
may be required to land on quarantine
grounds of Cocoanut Island and submit
to a strict quarantine at their own eX-
pense for eight days. We beg to know
why mail and freight once fumigated
in Honolulu and passengers just out of
Honolulu quarantine must go through
these processes again under Hilo su-
pervisicn or if TIilo has any right to in
terfere with u. s. mails. 1t is also lit
tie strange to us that in spite of these
ironclad regulations 10000 bags of rice
were landed today at Hilo from the
Kinau and that it has been impossible
all day until this evening to have the
privilege of speaking with any of the
Hilo authorities over the telephone.
A large meeting was held at the
court house today similar in purpose to
one held in Hamakua yesterday. 1t was
decided that committee should meet
the Kinau at Mahukona tomorrow de-
manding the landing of freight, mail
and passengers, also appointed today
will make an overland trip to Hilo de-
manding a modification of these regu-
1ations.
Hamakua has sent a protest to the
Honolulu authorities.
have hardly described the indigna-
ton felt here at the injustice of Hilo's
regulation. The 1--WE are the people"
spirit of Hilo is only distinguishing IT.
self again, they say, and will only bring
the usual censure upon the town.
Another correspondent in Kohala,
writing under date of January 12, says:
"In re the plague situation 1 would
like to give you some facts from the
portion of this island not included IL,
o" represented by the district of Hilo.
"The S. S. Kinau came up on her reg
ular trip and went first to Hilo where
she was subjected to about every reg1-
lation and rule that the crazy authoc-
tiles of that small town could devise,
d nd these authorities not only acted fer
themselves, but for the rest of the isl
and Hamakua are perfectly willing to
and as well. The districts of Kohala
and Hamakua are perfectly willing
to receive any freight and passengers
that the health authorities in Honolulu
may see fit to send out, and this feel
ing was very plainly manifested in both
districts at public meetings held yes
terday, when the health authorities of
Honolulu were upheld, and the Hilo au-
thorities were condemned in no un-
measured terms. Simply 1 should like
much to have your people understand
that the actions of the Hilo authorities
are thoroughly repudiated and con-
demned by the people of Kohala and
Hamakua districts, this expression hav-
ing been made at public and very rep
resentative meetings which have been
held in both districts. 1t is the town of
Hilo against the rest of the island"