The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-01
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meet him half way In any effort he
might put forth. and that the Terri
torial government would Doubtless IA
cilitate his efforts.
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY.
The cruise roundabout the Fills IL
interesting in the extreme Life Is
primitive and native grass villages
are passed hourly. There Is no such
noble beauty OF scenery and lofty
mountains as are TO be found in Ha-
waii. but the Bay OF Islands," near
Lomaloma. is one of the beauty spots
OF the whole world. and the water
slide on Taviuni Island surpasses the
famous slide OF Samoa. The outrigger
canoes are not so graceful as ours. and
the hotels are execrable-the boarding.
houses fair. The Governor hopes some
American will come and build a real
hotel. He promises to meet him half
way-in fact, the more 1 travel the
more deeply it is impressed upon me
that Hawaii is not only the Paradise
of the Pacific. but the most delightful
tdrrying spot IN the whole world
TALK WITH GOVERNOR
spent yesterday afternoon with the
Governor of Fiji. Tonga, the New Heb
rides and Solomon Islands, Sir Everard
i'm Thurn. discussing the prospects OF
Pacific islands in general and Fiji and
Hawaii in particular. The Governor
believes that the islands OF the Pa
cific should be brought more closely
together and all should work for GER
tain common interests. Sir Everard
has lived all his life in the tropics. he
resided in Guiana for a score OF years.
and it was his knowledge Of the old
boundaries that brought about a
peaceful solution Of the Venezuelan
question during the Cleveland admin
istration. The Governor believes that
the white man will never make a good
laborer in the tropics. yet he instanced
the fact that he spent twenty years
Of hard outdoor life in the South
American tropics, and the Portuguese
brought to Guiana as field hands be-
came later the storekeepers and
wealthy men of the country. He
seemed deeply interested in the &C
count of Hawaii's experiment with
Portuguese labor, for in Fiji coolies
are brought from India under five-year
indenture terms. and the Governor be-
lieves that these employed by white
men will bring prosperity. 1t is a
fact that the sugar mills in Fiji do
buy their cane from independent wkste
growers who use coolie labor, and even
the banana growers are often white
men who recruit indenture labor from
the islands of the group. A shilling
Low fe, 81.
THE COFFEE BLIGHT.
L learned from the Governor thas
during his stay IN Ceylon the last cof-
fee plantation had been plowed under,
as it was found impossible to fight
the coffee blight. He seemed to be-
lieve that science would find a cure In
Hawaii, but has little hopes for Fijian
coffee, which was once famous, but
now grows wild. The Governor uses
it on his table and likes it, slt his
hopes for Fiji seem to be more in the
direction of a revival OF cotton plant
ing. copra, cocoa and rubber. Tea is
grown and Fijian tea is used every
where in the islands, but 1 have not
yet found anyone here who knows how
to make a good cup of either tea or
coffee But, then, it is impossible 10
buy coffee in the bean-save at one
store in Fiji-and. ten pounds is its
stock, bought from a native who pick.
it IL wild.
STEAMER HOPES.
The Fijians complain of the freight
rates on bananas shipped to Austria
liza, and now Australia, to foster The
Queensland plantations. is placing a
tariff on Fijian bananas. A jamaican
here hopes that the United Fruit Com
pany of Boston (Which has nearly 10
banana steamers), now that IL is en-
ftering the Pacific. will extend its op-
erations to Fiji, as the seasons OF Ha-
wall and Fiji are reversed, and when
bananas are few in Hawaii they may
be secured abundantly in Fiji. The
coming Of the American boats would
mean an American hotel in Suva. and
a good hotel there would make the
Fijian Islands and their wonderfully
cheap inter-island cruises a temptation
TO any tourist to visit Australia or
New Zealand for the sake of a months
outing among the Fijis. l hope yet 10
see the Union Steamship Co. Of New
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Australasia through tickets, cruise
coupons good for a months stopon at
Honolulu and a cruise among the Ha-
waiian Islands, and another month az
suva and trip about the Islands OF
Fiji.
1 take another delightful cruise from
here. via Samoa and the Tonga Is
lands, to Auckland, New Zealand.
From Auckland to Tahiti there is a
regular passenger line. and from Ia
hiti to San Francisco. II only the
Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand
could be induced to extend its SER
vice, via Tahiti, to Hawaii, or the
spreckels boat would stop at Honolulu
on its way to Tahiti. a perfect South
sea Island cruise route would exist.
and one that American tourists would
delight in What more delightful than
a cruise Of the Pacific, beginning and
ending at Hawaii: I shall visit Dun
edin for the purpose Of talking this
matter over with Union S. s. Co. os
New Zealand officials I hope yet to
see all the allied interests OF the Pa
ciic Islands with their Joint promo
lion committee rooms in Nevr York