The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-07
WAIKIKI
REGAT[
Promotion Cmmittee Is
Enlisted in the
Scheme.

| Secretary Jack Atkinson was presen
mittee yesterday afternoon, enlistin
the cooperation of the committee i
the proposed New Years Day regatt
at Waikiki. The Secretary addresse
the meeting on the matter, pointing ou
that very successful days sport
could be had at a very small cost.
The idea of the Secretary is to hav
the events limited to Hawaiian aquati
sports, canoe racing, surf riding anC
surf steering contests between canoes
Such an affair said Mr.. Atkinson
would be a pleasing novelty and would
be almost certain of success. The res
idents along the Waikiki beach and g
number of others have already prom.
ised to give substantial support to the
had also promised to go down literally
on a subscription list to raise funds
for the purchase of prizes and the pay
rnent of expenses. 1t was expected that
the Inter-Island Steamship Company
would help by giving free passage to
| the canoe crews from the other is
lands, as they had done before.
In conclusion, Mr Atkinson said he
hopes the committee would approve
of the plan and cooperate in carrying
it through. The affair might also be
made an annual one and would help in
attracting tourists to Hawaii
This proposal was heartily received
by the committee, of which the full
membership was present, and a COM
F. L. Waldron was named to push the
matter. The only objection advanced
was that there possibly might not be
time to arrange all the details by jan
uary 1.
Mr.. Chase, representing the Western
Tours Magazine, of which Mrs. Wealth
erred is the editor and publisher, ad
dressed the committee regarding the
January number of that publication,
which is to be devoted solely to Ha-
waii. He made a proposition to the
committee to purchase a number of
copies of this issue for distribution
throughout the mainland. The matter
was referred to the secretary, H. p.
Wood
A. Gartley asked the committee to re-
lieve him of the craftsmanship of the
Floral Parade Committee, as he will be
out OF town during much of the next
two months. He also suggested that
the Honolulu Automobile Club should
be asked to cooperate with the Promo
ton Committee in arranging for the
parade.
This suggestion was approved OF ana
the matter of naming a successor to
Mr. Gartley was held over for another
THE SECRETARY'S REPORT
The regular monthly report of the !
secretary was presented, as follows: |
1t gives me pleasure to report that
our work throughout the Northwest is |
apparently proving effective. Where I
we received one letter of inquiry from
that section six months ago we now get |
ten, and | have no hesitation in saying
that we will have a larger number of
people from Oregon, Washington and
months in the Islands than we have
ever had before. In proof of this state
ment | may cite the fact that We now
have in the city some fifteen residents 2
of the city of Portland who propose
spending the winter in Honolulu. Mr..
VIM. Stitt, formerly representing the
Canadian Australian Steamship Com
pany in Sydney, will soon pass through
Honolulu on his way to Vancouver with
now plans for advertising Hawaii and
Australia which he hopes to have the
Canadian Pacific Railway adopt and
push and which Mr.. Stitt believes will
aid materially in turning travel this
way.
By the last mail word came from Mr..
Tom Richardson of the Portland Com
nercial Club, stating that interest in
he proposed excursion to Hawaii seem
I'd to be increasing constantly but as
yet they had not been able to make any {
lefnite arrangement for a steamer.
The special Los Angeles, San Pedro
Honolulu excursion committee is also ,
working diligently but does not expect
o accomplish anything definite until
after their municipal election which
comes off this month sometime
In order to keep up the interest 7
throughout Southern California we
nave been sending out hundreds of
marked copies of our local papers. Our
nail by the Alameda, sailing yes
erday, was an unusually heavy one,
md included among other matter
lumber of our maps entitled 1.-The
crossroads Of the Pacific" which are
,oing where thew viii be used to our
advantage in advertising Hawaii. I
The arguments advanced by Mr. c.
2. Buckland advocating the holding of {
Panpacific Commercial Congress at s
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