The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-06-27
FAIR
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LIHUE, June 24--saturday, June
18th. the Day of the Fair, will be
red letter day long to be remembered
: in the annals OF Lihue. A forest of
flying flags. festal arches. waving gar
lands, and the sound of martial music,
apprised the stranger, even from afar.
that something unusual was happening.
On that day all roads led to the Fair,
and every road was astir with travel
ling feet and speeding carriages from
all sections Of the island, as well as
from Honolulu in generous numbers
and from all races of our cosmopolitan
population, a joyous happy throng
surged through the gates of the fair
ground and sought out the various at
fractions there set forth.
After the manner of the famous
Princes street in Edinburgh the shops
faced an open park, with a canopied
avenue, profusely decorated. running
the length of them.
And the man who started down that
avenue with full pockets, found himself
dead broke and richly freighted with
things more or less sweet, dainty, ar
tistic, valuable. or useless long before
he reached the ice cream soda at the
end.
The Hall debt of $14O0 has been paid
Off and there is money left in the treas
ury. Great credit is due the ladies of
Lihue and elsewhere for their untiring,
enthusiastic work in the preparation
and conduct of the Fair.
COUNTY OFFICES.
Temporary offices for county officials
will be fitted up in the little cottage
Just opposite Lihue Plantation Office.
No other building will be available.
The appropriation for the County
Building passed under the old County
Act expires at the end of this month.
LIHUE BOWLING CLUB.
Once more the Isenberg's liberality
has provided Lihue with place of
recreation and amusement, and again
our hard worked plantation people have
reason to thank their best friends for
new and novel opportunity to meet
in friendly bout and forget for some
hours that Sugar is king here.
having presented the plantation people
with one of the most expensive double
track bowling alleys made by the cele-
brated Brunswick, Balke-C ollender
Company of Chicago, a club was quick
ly formed, consisting of some 20 charter
members. sN-
CAMPSIE CHANGES.
Last Tuesday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
James Campsie departed from Kauai
on the Mikahala, to make their home
on Hawaii.
Mr.. Campsie has been head luna of
Kilauea plantation for the last four
years and has been resident of Kauai
for the last eleven years. Mr.. Campsie
married Miss Henrietta Neal of Koloa
in 1900 while Mr.. Campsie was head
luna of McBryde plantation. and short
ly after they moved to Kilauea, where
Mr.. Campsie has been employed ever
since.
Mr.. Campsie and family are first
going to visit Mr.. Conant on Hawaii
for short time, and then they are
going to Pahala plantation where Mr..
Campsie has accepted the position of
head luna from William Ogg, the man.
ager.
CANAvARRo ENTERTAINED.
Last Monday Mr.. A. de Souza Cana
varro, the Portuguese consul to the Ter
ritory of Hawaii, was entertained at
Lihue by the Portuguese people and
by few prominent citizens. Mr..
Canavarro was entertained at dinner
at Kapaia by the Reverend Father
Adelbert, who had invited good num-
Der of prominent Lihue Portuguese to
meet the Consul. Monday Mr. Cana
varro was shown over Lihue Plantation
and expressed himself as greatly pleas
ed with the fine condition of the PLAN
tation and the commendable manner in
which the plantation employees are
treated and quartered.
kauai NOTES.
The Lihue road board is constructing
a fine piece of road just this side of the
Wailua bridge. This has for many
years been a miserable stretch Of road.
rutty, up-and-down, no wider than a
wagon track and full of half-expose
rocks. Mr.. Palmer is having the ro,ks
removed, is leveling the grade and Is
widening the road to convenient
width,
Lihue roads are by far the best roads
on the island, but such ought not to be
the case long now that Hanalei is to
have 100000 spent on her heavy traffic
thoroughfares.
Mr.. Norman Greig departed for Oak
land by the last Manchuria, where he
will marry Miss Helen Aldrich, niece
of Mrs. VIM. King of Makaweli. Mr..
and Mrs. Greig intend to return in Il
month or so.
Mr.. Turnbull, formerly bookkeeper on
Koloa plantation, left last Saturday
for Honolulu en- route to Hilo, where
he has accepted position on one of
the Hackfeld plantations on Hawaii.