The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-19
INQUIRIES FROM
FOUR CONTINENTS
Promotion Committee Receive
Letters From Intending
Tourists.

Letters from four continents were
read yesterday at the regular meeting
of the Promotion Committee, letter:
asking for information of all kinds re
| garding Hawaii from intending visitors
Australia, South Africa, Ceylon, India
and China had its inquirers, showing
the widespread operations of the COM
mittee.
Everything in sight but the steam
ers to carry Uhem," was the remark of
Treasurer Brown, upe1 hearing the in
quiries.
1--WE certainly want to get in and
work for better steamship accommo-
dations," answered L. A. McCandless.
Eyes, but not any steamer of the
American Hawaiian line was T. L.
Waldron s comment on this, and there
after there was nothing said concern
ing steamers by the Promotion Commit
tee.
Secretary Wood reported on his re-
cent trip through the Kona district,
reporting on that section from a tour
ist standpoint. So impressed had he
been with the district that he asked
the approval of the committee to a
scheme he had formed of communicat-
ing with, the various physicians of the
Territory regarding the ACCESSIBILITY of
establishing a sanitarium somewhere in
Kona.
Hawaii has the grandest climate
of any place on earth,' he stated in
summarizing his impressions, ''and
Kona has the grandest climate of all
Hawaii
His suggestion regarding sanitari-
UNI was approved of.
REGULAR WEEKLY BULLETIN.
The regular report of Secretary
Wood was:
Honolulu, October 18th, 1907.
Chairman and Members of. the Ha-
wall Promotion Committee.
Gentlemen: BY the last mail, we
received word from Honorable julius
G. Lay, American Consul General at
Cape Town, South Africa, that the
advertising matter, forwarded him,
had been received and placed on file
in his office and that the attention of
travellers would be called to the mat
ter.
We are also in receipt of letters
from the Ruston Family Hotel at
Agra, India, and the manager of the
Grand Hotel at Calcutta, acknowledge
ing the receipt of our folders and say
ing that they will be pleased to keep
copies on hand constantly for distri-
button among their guests. They also
ask for large photographs for the
walls of their offices.
The secretary of the Douglas Coun-
ty Fair Association of Camargo, Illi-
nois, acknowledges receipt of our
photo of a pineapple plantation, which
he says was prominently displayed,
and as the attendance at the fair was
large. the attention of a great many
people was thus turned toward Ha-
wall. The letter goes on to state that
the writer will gladly distribute any
matter we may send him
in his section without charge.
A letter from Hillyard, Washington,
states that a party is being made up
in that vicinity to visit Hawaii early
next year.
Through the courtesy of Mr.. C. F.
Eckart, Director of Division of Agri-
culture and Chemistry at the Hawai-
ian Sugar Planters Association. we
are in receipt of a collection of TWEEN
ty-two (22) cane specimens, specially
for exhibit purposes.
A letter from Mr.. BONNIE, written
at st. Louis and dated October 4th,
states that he now expects to leave
San Francisco for Hawaii by the Ko-
rea, sailing December 9Th, and will
come prepared not only to give his IL
Illustrated talks on Hawaii, the Yellow
stone and Panama Canal but to re-
main long enough to photograph ev-
cry object of interest throughout the
group.
Respectfully submitted,
H. P WOOD,
Secretary.