The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-04
CANADIAN PACIFIC
PEOPLE ALL RIGHT

Proudly has the Canadian Pacific
combination of railway and steam
ship travel dispelied all doubt of it's
good will toward Hawaii. A copy of
a beautiful folder has been presented
to the Advertiser, entitled: Across
Canada to Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand,
and Australia (vignette of avenue of
royal palms, Honolulu, is here placed
by the Canadian Pacific Railway and
Canadian Au ralian S. S. Line
This copy vas accompanied by the
following letter, in which the folder is
generally described:
Ho-olulu, October 81, 1903.
Editor Advertiser: Referring to your
issue of September 18th, in which, I'M
der the heading Canadian. Pacific
Tourists Coming you speak of the
necessity for testing the sincerity of
disclaimers of Canadian Australian
steamer officers of any discrimination
against Honolulu in their advice to
tourists" we beg leave to draw your
attention to the enclosed publication
Il
way Co. and the Canadian Australian
r. M. Steamship Line.
You will observe that six and one
half pages of this pamphlet, out Of
a total of twenty, AMI eleven illustra-
tons out of a total of fifteen, are de-
voted to description of some of the
attractions of these Islands, and
though no reference is made therein
to Snowy Slopes" we believe you will
agree that the advertisement is quite
a good one, and that it bears no sign
of any of that discrimination" which
the Promotion Committee and you be-
lieve the Canadian Pacific Railway
Company and the Canadian Australian
R. M. Steamship Line have exercised.
Yours faithfully,
THEO. H. DAVIES & CO, LTD.
F. M. Swanzy, Managing Director
Besides the vignette mentioned in
the title, the hawaiian illustrations
are as follows: "Cocoanut Grove-Old
PIantation;" Bullock Riding, Ha-
wall" "Kamehameha Statue, Homo
LULU" "Coast at Onomea, Hawaii"
oahu Prison." Volcano of Kilauea;"
Native, With Surf Board;" ''Execu-
tive Building, Hono1ulu;" Natives
Making Poi;' and ''Breadfruit.''
AS fair specimens the following ex-
tracts are given from the reading mat
ter:
The acquisition of the Hawaiian ISL
ands by the United States has opened
to pleasure and health seeking tourists
a delightful semi-tropical country of
virgin beauty and unrivalled attract
iveness-a new world to Americans
and Europeans, in which the resources
of modern civilization contribute ma
terially to an easy and pleasurable ex-
pIoration. The climatic conditions
render this lovely mid-ocean group of
islands charming resort at all seasons
of the year, but especially during our
winter months it offers an incompara-
BILE retreat for the delicately consti-
tuted.
From Van yer, the western termi-
nus of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
the fine steamships of the Royal Mail
Canadian Australian. line, the Moana,
Aorangi. and Miowera. sail for Ho-
nolulu, Hawaii. Suva, Fiji, Brisbane,
Queensland and Sydney.
A voyage to the South Seas. A sail
among the coral islands of the Pacific!
Three weeks of life in the tropics! All
that these thoughts suggest, all that
tales of adventure and travel bring
back to our minds, all that is implied
in a visit % the most charming spots
of earth-may now be realized. under
circumstances OF special comfort and
convenience, by passengers via the
Canadian Australian line o. steamers
between Vancouver and Sydney.
Eight days out from Vancouver finds
the steamer in sight of Honolulu, the
capital of Hawaii. spot which has
been fittingly designated "The Para
disc of the Pacific" Honolulu has
population of owe: 10000, or over one