The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-08
INTERESTING
COMMUNICATIONS
promotion Committee Receives
Good Promises From
Many Sources.

There was little business outside o
purely routine nature transacted a
the meeting Of the Promotion Commit
Tee yesterday, with the exception O
the report given informally by E. ]
Higgins, the government horticulturist
Secretary Wood reported that specia
exhibits Of kea wood were being pre-.
pared for the promotion rooms here
and in Los Angeles. r. W. Shingle be.
Ing the donor. William Weinrich, man.
ageT Of the sisal plant at Eva. has
also promised the committee an exhibii
Of sisal for the Los Angeles display.
The secretary also reported on the
hack rate question, which had been
taken up by the committee a short time
ago. Harry Webb, the hack inspector.
had been consulted and had promised
To distribute a number Of rate cards as
soon as these could be obtained from
the printer
SECRETARY'S WEEKLY LETTER.
The work Of the committee during
the past week was summed I'D in the
following weekly report from Mr.
Wood, who wrote:
While the steamer Nevadan did not
bring Us a large mail, yet among the
letters were some two or three OF a
most satisfactory nature, eyidencing
the realization Of some of our plans.
The neWly-eIeeted general secretary
OF the United Society Of Christian En-
deayor, whose offices ara IN Boston,
Mass, writes under date OF January e
as follows.
Your favor of January > is at hand
and in reply would say that we shall
be glad 10 make mention Of the trip
to Hawaii as one of the possibilities in
connection with the Seattle Convention
We have return limit on our rail-
read tickets 10 September Is. which
gives large opportunity for such an
excursion
The general passenger agent of the
onion Pacific Railroad Company writes
under date OF January q.
Am in receipt Of your letter of the
It'll. and VIII be very glad indeed to
bear the matter Of trip TO Hawaii In
mind on any advertising ne may get
out in connection with Christian En-
deavor Convention
From gne information contained in
the foregoing letters and others re-
ferred to IN previous reports it would
seem that Hawaii is going TO receive
extended advertising in connection
with the Seattle Endeav0r Convention.
We are now turning our attention
to the National Educational Associa-
ton, which, according TO our last adj
vices. has finally decided 70 hold its
1907 convention al Los Angeles
"a letter from the Department OF
Commerce and Labor, dated January
%, reads as follows:
. Permit me TO acknowledge the re-
ceipt Of your letter OF The Ind inst
and the accompanying framed copy of
a chart showing the sfrategicaI posi-
ton of Hawaii, which is Of decided
interest in connection with the work
Of this department
a letter from Columbia, South Caro-
lima. states that the ladies' of the Free
Kindergarten Association Of Columbia
wish to get up an automobile show
and, having heard so much Of the
Floral Parade held IN Honolulu last
year. ask that we send them as full
about our annual festival
Is possible.
Miss Grace Tower writes that a
couple OF weeks since, she gave lee
-ure or talk on Hawaiian Child Life
before an audience OF five hundred peo-
pie and has been requested 10 repeat
{ before the Los Angeles Mothers
club, which promises an audience OF
rom 1000 TO 1900.
The Daily Democrat, Shelbyviale.
Of January Il gives column
% an interesting description Of Hawaii
Day with the Coterie Club which ap-
,arentIy reused a great deal il inter-
st IN our beautiful islands, resulting
n a request from the president OF the
.lub for generous supply Of our
olders TO be distributed among their /
members, several OF whom are already |
tanning to visit Hawaii at the first
onvenieut opportunity.
"A letter from a prominent san
Diego business man states that an eff I
ort Is being made TO induce Mr.. John 1
}. spreckels 10 allow the steamer Ala
media to call at that port on some trip
0 Honolulu. quite q large number OF
an Diego people being DESTROYS O.
aakfng the trip 70 Hawaii IN this way,
tanning 10 remain in the Islands from
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