Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-11-24
Will ENTER PROTEST
HALAWA TAR0 men
HAVE DELEGATE HERE
BOARD OF HEALTH WILL BE SEEN
ABOUT RECENT ACTION OF
SETTLEMENT SUPER.
iNTENpENT.

leka arrived in Waikiki from Halawa,
Molokai, this week, per steamer Lehua.
He goes to Honolulu today on import
He reports that five hundred paiais in
tended for the leper settlement this
week are still lying on the beach at
Honouli, Molokai. and he goes to urge
the Board OF Health to take the said
shipment SO that II would not be a
dead loss Of 1915 to the poor taro
planters Of Halawa. Mr.. Nakaleka is
acting as agent for Judge Kalua, the
contractor, on Molokai.
Last Monday noticing that the
weather was very bad at Halawa and
feeling sure that the steamer Lehua
would not dare to enter Halawa on the
following day in the face of the pre-
vailing high seas fierce winds. and the
high breakers wildly dashing against
the rocky shores Of Halawa bay, Mr..
Nakaleka, after consultation with taro
planters. gave orders to have the 500
bundles Of paiais packed over by mules
to Honouli. distance of about ave
miles. as 1t would be much safer for
the Lehua to call In there. On the
following Tuesday morning about 10
o'clock. the Lehua was sighted off To-
nouli heading for Halawa. Captain
Naopala with Superintendent Mcveigh
OF the settlement, stood the Lehua of
land on account Of the weather. Sig
nails we're made at Honouli in order to
attract the attention OF those on board
but the steamer was too far out to see
the signal: besides, the high seas we're
steamer so as to make 1t impossible for
those on board to see those on shore
Signals were likewise placed at place
semi-distant between Halawa and Ho-
nouli but these also failed to attract
the attention of those on board.
The Lehua arrived of Halawa that
noon and proceeded to the settlement.
On arrival there the superintendent
gave orders to get taro for that week
Waikolu and then gave strict orders
to Captain Naopala under no condition
TO bring the paiais of the Halawa peo-
pie. Mr.. Nakaleka met the Lehua at
Pukoo last Thursday but acting under
orders. the captain would not take the
paiais. Mr. Nakaleka says that the
paiais are so carefully wrapped with Il
leaves as to last two weeks without
getting bad and he saw no reason,
sense or justice In the orders of tho
superintendent in view Of the fact
that some time ago when the schooner
was under contract to take paiais to
the settlement, II was nearly three
weeks before one shipment reached
the settlement. No complaints were
made then.
iian experts In the art OF pounding poi
and calculated and guaranteed to last
at least a week longer than paiais put
up by Chinese who do not understand
as yet the secret OF making poi. Should
the Board of Health Utterly refuse to
take the paiais. It would mean great
loss to the natives who tried every de-
vice in modern signalling to attract the
attention OF the Lehua but In vain
Even IL the paiais will be taken up
next Tuesday, they will reach the set
Element in fairly good condition and
no one will die from the effects OF
them. In fact some people prefer sour
poi to fresh.
Mr.. Nakaleka reports very bad
weather throughout Molokai last week
especially last Tuesday when the bois-
ferrous elements wrecked fishponds all
Tho UNIV from kamaln IN Ahaino
bringing ruin to many Molokai house.
holders who depend for their livelihood
on fat Molokal mullets. These fish
ponds are built Of coral rocks about
FIVE feet high and four feet wide along
the beach on the Kona side, and were
beholding them for the first time. Now
most of them ARE wrecked in places
and 1t would mean the expenditure of
much time, labor and money to place
them In serviceable condition again.
These fishponds were erected some
thirty or forty years ago under the
care and supervision OF the missionary
fathers, and this Is the first time that
these landmarks OF history have suf-
fered the fate OF similar famous struc-
lures. For forty years have they
withstood the fury OF the angry waves,
defying the elements. but like other
handiwork OF man, they cannot last
forever.
These ponds are built by natives as
penalty for breaking the ordinances
OF the church against the vice Of smok-
Ing tobacco, and whether they werc
rightly set to work on these historic
walls which served as sea breakers at
times, yet many generations have been
benefited by their handiwork. and II
Is now for the present generation who
cake pride In their advancement in
modern arts to restore these fishponds
to their former state OF usefulness,
and Sc whether they can build Ash
ponds to last longer than the ones
erected by their forefathers. However,
the trouble may he that the dignitar-
les of the church OF these days do not
compel their adherspts to build sea
walls for eAjoying the pleasures of the
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