The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-13
CANNOT co
To MOLOKA|
.Leper's WifeDenied
Right of a
"kokua.'
WOMAN MAKES A
PLEA FOR HUSBAND
Contends "The Tie Made Sacred
at Altar Cannot Be Broken
Except by Death. .

A petition was read at the Board of
Health meeting yesterday from a
young Hawaiian married woman nam
ed Kaianai. who asked for leniency to-
ward her husband, who had just been
ordered to the leper settlement, or to
allow her to accompany her husband
Her letter was carefully indited, and
appealed to the sympathies of the
boards members but their judgments
were fiinty. and her request met with
a denial The board merely followed
its usual procedure in such matters, as
by doing so, they avoid establishing
a precedent which would result little
| short Of disastrous to the general
morale of the Settlement AS the hus-
bard Of the young wife is not helpless
from his infirmity, and not in need of
a helper. his wife cannot accompany
him. Her petition read as follows:
The petition of the undersigned, a
native Hawaiian woman. now residing
/ il Honolulu, humbly represents unto
your honorable body as follows:
First-That her husband, Kaianai,
| is at the receiving station at Kalihi
He was taken there last Monday. June
3, by and under the order of your
honorable body, as a suspect
Observation-Disclosures, with all due
respect to your honorable body, and
also TO the law of the land which
prompted you to do your duty, respect
fllly prays you that her said husband
should be permitted to stay out here,
| if he is one of those doubtful cases; =
and in the meantime TO be allowed to
| get his medicine or medical treatment
at the government dispensary IN this
city
Your petitioner must state that her
| husband has been very good TO her,
and that the tie between her and her
said husband, which was made sacred
eight years ago at the matrimonial
altar cannot be broken, except by
death.
| And if your petitioners prayer can
not be allowed by your honorable
( body, and that her husband is doomed
/ TO be taken to Molokai. then she. your
petitioner, would humbly beg your
| honorable body TO grant her permis-
sion to go with her said husband to
Molokoi as his kokua. MEKALA.''
Ambrose Hutchinson had his usual
weekly kick letter on the president
table about taro He declared that
Superintendent Reynolds dealings with
him had ruined him as a taro planter
and the usual rigmarole which &C
companies Hutchinson's plants The
letter was handed to Mr. Reynolds
who left for the Ieper settlement OF
the Lihue last evening
Owing to the absence of Mr.. Aud
the report of the paiai committee wa:
not made. A general discussion or
the supply and demand of paiai ant
taro took place, however in which
long and short term contracts wer,
discussed. Mr. Dole was of the opin
ion that if eight-year contracts weri
entered into they had better be don.
with the approval of the Legisla ture
If the price of taro went down in fu
ture years, while the board by its con
tract would De compelled TO pay
higher figure. he felt certain tn
board would feel quite cheap
Mr.. Dole asked if taro could be OBJ
tanned from any other islands in tn
Pacific Ocea-. DR.. Pratt said taro wa
raised else mere, but it could not b
imported, owing to its decaying AM
souring s'uperintendent Reynold
stated there vas sufficient taro grow
ing on Moloka TO supply much of TIL
leper settlements demands for tn
coming year.
At the figures presented by would-b
contractors. who agree to supply 40
paiais each week. at about s1.25 pc
paiai, the Board of Health would D
at an expense of about $500 a week. o
S31, 200 a year. The matter win b
called up again at the next boar
meeting.
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