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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-08

when it comes into contact with gum,
a grating sound or sensation locates
gum when digging is commenced, The
gum is sent in sacks to the warehouses
in Auckland, where it is scrared, as
sorted and classified, then boxed and
shipped to Europe and America for
vaTnish making
In tho course of milleniums and under
different chemical conditions these
great Accommodations of gum would have
become vast deposits Of amber, which
is only mineralzed resin.
Karuri sum-disgers, | was told, are
mostly scape-graces and fugidves who
follow this occupation because gum
fields are in remote and unfrequented
regions which offer good hiding places
This fact accounts for the absence Of
picture to show gum digging. The
writer tried every persuasive of Tip"
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Kauri-Gum Disgers Include the Flotsam
and Jetsam of Humanity Who Fol-
low This Occupation Because Gum
Fields Are Remote In Unfrequented
Regions Which Offer Good Hiding
Places.

which make it a sort Of Waltonia for
devotees of the rod and reel. Before
reaching Rotorua the train stops at
small station in the partially cleared
mountain district at this place Maoris
offer for sale something which will
greatly interest the entomolgst-it is
vegetable caterpillar, that is, cater
pillar which has become u plant. para
doXcal As it may appear Bishop But
Ter would have gloried over this cater
pillar for his Analogy" in which he
refers 10 the transformation of
caterpillar into a butterfly as no more
wonderful than and being analogous
to the emanating Of the spiritual from
the material but in case OF the New
Zealand larva it is the change from an
animal substance into vegetable,
from a caterpillar (hairy cato into n
plant; but when explained there is
nothing supenatural--the larva feeds
on the leaves OF a vine which grows
on tall trees i'm this particular local
lty; in eating the leaves the mlcros-
copic seed of the vine is sometimes
eaten and when the larve burrows in
the ground for It's change OF form the
seed may happen TO germinntc. whom
this occurs the Iarva dies. and the veg
ctablo growth takes the exact form Of
the caterpillar such as an ipaltr,tiou
Of mineral substance takes Tho form
of the animal or vegetable i'm potufca-
ton The skin and form Of the cater
pillar are unchanged. hut tho interior
becomes a solid piece ~ vegetable pulp
like that Of a potnto. ana "a slender
stem from six In 10 inches high bearing
terminal seed sporcs grow nm ont of
the earth from either or both cndg of
the yereta,iur caterpillar 80 that the
substanca NJ tho ratotpllar has been
CHANGED into that of a plqnt. and the
naradox ls ma rn,adox. IN lis onIy q,
uninuc example OF the universal cx-
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-08

wardnesS may be gagged from the fact
that with territory and a population
twice as large as those of the United
states, Russia produces only one
tenth Of the quantity of iron pro-
duced in the United States, and that
she raises only one-twentieth of the
quantity Of coal raised in the Ameri-
can republic In other words, Amer
lea raises per head Of population 20
times more iron and 40 times more
coal than Russia. Alphabetically and
industraly, Russia is medieval
country.
Many Russians i'm high official posi-
ton assert thai the latent wealth Of
Russia is greater than that of the
United states, and if they are right the
first task Of the Russian government
should be to develop Russia's potcn-
tial wealth Wishing Ia reserve the
whole Of the national wealth to her
own people Russia has so far on the
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| states. To account for this fact is diff
fcult, unless it be the unwiningnes Of
emigrants TO go far away from world
eenters.
FINE MODERN CITY.
Like most modern cities, Auckland
has fine broad streets on which electric
cars rush along, imposing public build
ings, parks. museums, Libraries and
theaters but these are to be seen in
every city, and newcomer is looking
for something unusual, something pc
culiar to the country. What will he
find In New Zealand.
The primitive inhabitants are among
the most interesting things in any part
of the world visited for a first time.
The Maoris are the aborigines of New
Zealand and the country still CON
tans some 10000 or $4,000; the visitor
in Auckland viii not be long on the
streets before he will meet "A dark Wis
aged type which is most likely to be
Maori whom he viii more readily iden-
tify, having seen the Kanaka of Hawaii
and the Samoan. They are considered
to be of Malayan origin, and their ira
ditions say they came from an island
called Hawaiti; and this word so much
corresponds with Hawaii or Savaii Of
the Samoan group, as to warrant the
conclusion Of their having come, with
I'm the last few hundred years. from
those islands; and this conclusion is
apparently confirmed by AN affinity of
language and by II similarity of mental
ana physicGl characterization Many
OF them are now to be seen in the
towns and engaged in commercial pur-
suits Ike the Europeans. They formerly
practiscd tattoong, but the habit is
disarw,aring with tha incoming of
European ways. An occasional deeply
tattooed face may stll be seen whom
an old chief visits Auckland with some
of his modcrnlzed descendants as was
the case when tNc writer secured the
picture shown of a tattooed chief be-
side his daughter and his two grand
children The Maorls had no written
language before the missionaries made
one for them. a hundred years ago
they were sayages, now there are eN-
cellont Maori college graduates Ma
ori gentlemen own ships and speak tho
best London English They are a NOR
ry. open hearted people like the Ha-
Na;ians and the Samoans. The Klnaka
| saluted you with aloha tho Samoan
with "talora' Choth sllutations signify
ing love to you,D and the MAORI
I without the formallty Of an introduce
lion. win greet yo- with "ten-a-koe'
uhats yom. emphasized II you like
hy tho nasal salute known az rubbing
noses: but rubbing noses too has given
way to hand shaking In all but way
back Maori communities
GUM INDUSTRY
| Near the landing pier in Auckland
! the newcomer may see large ware
houses With the unusual sign or no
tice, kaur gum or Kaurl gum MGR
chants. This attracts the attention be-
ause gum digging is rare occupa
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whole discouraged and stined foreign
enterprise. though NJ. de Witte tried to
introduce foreign capital. Russia has
as yet neither enough capital nor
enough experience TO open up
the country rapidly Therefore she
will be wise II she calls for
eign experience and foreign capital to
her assistance. If Russia throws the
country wide open to foreign enter
prise and to foreign capital, and If she
treats literally and even generously
those who, wishing to help themselves.
viii most vigorously promote Russia
prosperity, the poverty and dissats-
faction Of the masses and the penury
OF the Russian eNchequer win soon
come To- an end. Russia suffers from
financial anemia and as she may
prove an Eldorado 10 British contrac-
tors, engineers and investors, her
financial anemia may easily he over
come by their Nineteenth Century.
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Il Aot seNeral thousand mites
. In tropical seas, the Yankee bluejacknts
Twin experience a home coming eXuher-
ance of spirits when they enter thu.
seaport of Waitamata, as the harbcA
of Auckland is often called; for they
4 Twin be again among a kindred people
speaking their own language.
They will then be about 81 degrees
south of the equator and In the south
ern hemisphere, and although more
than a third of the distance from the
equator to the South Pole, they will be
& in a climate corresponding to north"
4 em Italy
q They found the harbor of Honolulu
s hcmmed in by grim old craters; here
a they Will find the splendid harbor Of
81 Auckland and the old capital of New
Zealand surrounded by more than 90
t extinct globe chimneys, not grim and
& somber like those in the Hawaiian
sielyslum, but green to their submits
tand set in the midst of fertile plains
dotted with suburban villas. On their
4 first shore leave they will no doubt
land at Queen Street pier near which
the ocean liners have their docks and
Eat which lntercolonia and coastlnG
eboats arrive. If the men Of our fleet
have been undor the impression that
New Zealand IS an unimportant south
Sea island aud that Auckland Us an in
Significant seaport town the busy ana
extensive maritime hurly burly at the
4 Queen Street pier win tend to dlspel
their Incompetent geography; the for
e'l OF masts, tall chimneys, and tow
eHng warehouses win announce "a
large city and they win see hdrhor
nHcd with ships from all parts of the
world. one may realize that New
Zealand is something more importaut
man rs implied by am Australian island
"hen % is stated that the three main
stands extend more than 1900 miles
| foril' ana south and that the most
borlher Is larger than the state of
4 sew York and that the second or
i middle island Is larger than the
STATE Of Illinois, that the third member
o' the group outsulps the stunt mcm-
o,r Of The American Union, Lutte
NO"a'e' by 1000 square miles Their
/ Aenl may be better understood when
Us stated that the three Islands are
0u'y 70 'rinc less m arca than the three
'hS'lullrB Great Rg.aln, and from
N'I corresponding number and area
NsNt appropriately have hoen called
W." Britain Instead OF New Zealand
''N sea l@ndl. with a fertility equui
N't Of the mother country and a
Ipelor climate, along with many
1'1'i eA'olled ideals in government ono
.Nuets why the population shoulc
nam 20 sparse Many lines Of ras,
1"ers to and from have made time
u distance inconsideruble. yet ~,
.gu'1lon u the three Islands falls
NH mat Of one OF our smallest
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The JIaori Girls LLar Dance

When the Sixteen Great Battleships Fly
ing the Stars and Stripes Arrive at
Auckland the Crews Will Be Given
Shore Leave in a Magnificent Mari
time City That Extends to Them
Warm Welcome.
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FTER brief sojourns in
Honolulu and Page Page,
followed by a sea voyage
of several thousand miles
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-08
GUM INDUSTRY

Near the landing pier in Auckland
the newcomer may see large ware
houses with the unusual sign or no
tice, liaun gum or Kaurl gum NOR
chants. This attracts the attention be-
ause gum digging is a rare occupa-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-08

Arc You Progressing or Just Keeping
shop" In other Words Arc You
Advertising or Not?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-29
FINAL SURVEYS
Of KAPPA VILLAGE
The Mountain Boundaries and
Water Rights Are Being
Determined.

Fred. f. Harvey Of the Survey De-
partment is just now completing the
surveys of the Kapaa village site
planned by Governor Frear on the
plains near the seashore, on the Kapaa
lands of Kauai.
In addition to these surveys there
are some more surveys to be made IN
the mountains on the lands which are
included in Governor Frear's proposal
of exchange with the Makee Sugar
Company. These surveys relate both
to boundaries and to water rights, and
are necessary in finally determining
what shall be done in regard to water
privileges.
Other surveys which are to be made
on Kauai at once include the location
| of a number of school sites on that
island for the Board of Education. One
of these is a school site In the district
of KfEauea, and the other IS school
site near Eleele.
Another survey which is to be made
shortly is to determine the boundary
between the lands of MeBryde anc
Koloa plantations growing out of th'
recent litigation between these tvs
concerns
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-29
WANTS To CUT POSTS
FROM government LAND

Knudsen yesterday called on
Acting Governor Motf-Smlth 10 CON-
.-,,t+ hin, aha14 cutting trees for posts
eo~ ranca between the cane and the
,,.az;v,s, lands ON the government lands
.,.7a~ 1aasa IN the Knudsens. 1t is
ta,sa,,ad that the tenants have the
right under the lease to cut these trees
Co.. This n,trDose. but in the interest
- forestry as well as fencing. Knud-
san Thought il at least courteous to
aa,,ies tra Governor about the matter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-29
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .Hsm8MzRam sMzRsHzHsHz

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that they are not mandatory. The un
written law (and it is very fortunate
for us that so many of our best laws
are of that kindl provides that all
cane lands shall be leased in large
bodies to-well, it isn't necessary TO
state. The American custom of first
come, first served, and fair play to
au,'' applies only to large land hold
ers in Hawaii Everybody knows that
The editor of The VeaIery admits 1t,
and so does his only Constant
Reader
It is really distressing that anyone
should take us seriously when we tax
about wanting small farmers and Ill
versifed industries. What we partlcu-
larly want is tourists, and Congress
of Song. and the feet, and Chinese
labor. and modification of the coast
wise shipping laws, so that japanese
bottoms can compete with the Inter
Island and reduce sugar freights; also
we want more protection on sugar
| Thirty four dollars -on isn't enough
ssThey say as the editor of Tne
Times says, that there are three hundred
| families in Honolulu who would go OF
the land if they had the chance. Sorna
nlalahini said, few years back, tna'
Hawaii could support one hundre'
! Thousand American families. But
thanks be, our land laws, written ana
unwritten, are still in force, SO tina
there is no immediate danger.
/ AMERICAN.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-29

Enough people have called at the
land office inquiring into pineapple
lands on the Koolau side of this island
Ia take M several thousand acres, If it
were available.
Chief Clerk Joshua Tucker says tnat
there is not a day that a dozen or more
De0pTe do not call at the land office
70 make inquiry about these lands.
Some of them have the haziest notions
of where the lands are, or how they
are to he disposed of. But they have
heard that they are pineapple lands
and that they belong TO the govern
rflent and that they are to be disposed
of in some way to people vino want 10
60 on the land and cultivate and I'M
nroye it and raise pineapples, and they
are that kind: they want land 10 cui-
tivate in pineapples, and so they come
to the land office TO inquire about It.
Others know all about the lands'
many of them have visited them. They
have weu-deffned ideas Of what they
want, and they come to the land OF
fee to keep in touch with what is going
IN and tn he on hand whenever any
thing is done.
The lands belonging to the govern
ment which are included in the Kane
oba Ranch Land lease are three pieces:
The lands of Halekou, containing apou'
2s4 acres. the lands of KeaahaIa, con-
tanning $50 acres; the lands of kano-
heuIafwi containing 80 acres. Ihe
lease on these has about five years YET
IN run. and the government cannot dis
nose of the lands until the expiration
of the ,aase unIess the lessee OF tbs
lands is willing to surrender his lease
i As to the last named lands, the Il
acre tract. there has been piah q
divide it up into tracts of about nin'
and half acres each. But j. Il. his'
Gins of the Experiment station cahe<
on the Acting Governor day before yes
terday and suggested that they should
be divided up into tracts OF not Ies'
than eighteen acres.
/ There seems to be a strong feellh'
against dividing up these lands into To-
small tracts. Twenty-Five acres seem
n he the smallest tract that anyon
approves Of. and forty acre tracts ar
favored By the majority Of those "h
are seeking to become pineapple klhgs
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your honorable body to take imTnedi-
ate measures to grade and naeada-
n1ize Bishop street extension from
king to Merchant, and III the event
of your deciding to do this, the under
signed hereby agrees to bear the ex-
pense of curbing said thorougnfare.
We urge promptness in this matter,
believing that it viii aid the Delegate
at washington in getting a speedy
appropriation for the building itself
Hoping for favorable action in this
matter, we beg to remain, very truly
yours,
HENRY WATERHOUSE TRUST
COMPANY, LTD.
A. N. CAMPBELL, Treasurer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-29
JUDGMENT RECORDED.

The Judgment of condemnation in the
Bishop street extension matter was
fled for record with Registrar Mer-
riam yesterday. This Judgment gives
the land for street widening TO the
Territory along the Mahuka site.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-29
BIG HAUL OF GAMBLERS.

Detective Joe Lea: last evening
gathered in thirty gamblers, taxing
thirteen Japanese from the J. ;. wal
ker Nuuanu premises and seventeen
Chinese from a place ON Puahi ana
Smith streets. Among the lot were
nsny old-time offenders, with "hom Al
is likely to go hard.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-29

Honolulu, T. H., April q, 1908.
Gentlemen: I have to inform YOU
that the Territorial Government has
secured and is now the owner OF the
extension of Bishop street between
Merchant and King streets, and would
most respectfully request that you, at
vour earliest opportunity. remove the
fences, and open, grade and nacao-
amfze the street to line and grace
Very truly yours,
MARSTON CAMPBELL,
CONTINUED on Page Sine.1
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nv Nuuanu and Maunakea. and King
and Queen streets. The deeds We're
from E. 8. Cunha, and from MrS-
Cunha. and from F. NJ. and A. l. swan
of santa Cruz. The purchase price OK
an the pieces amounts to about Sll'Voo-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-29
MARIANA SAILED YESTERDAY.

The Canadian-Australia steamship
Mariana sailed again from vancouver
AZ o'clock yesterday morning Tor Ho-
nolulu and7the Colonies and is expected
here on Tuesday morning next. May ,.
she sailed originally on April "a, oue
on Sunday last arrived back IN van
couver with her air pumps broken.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-29
RABBI vooRsANGER DEAD.

SAN FRANCISCO April asRabbi Jacob Voorsanger L oiea
- ds i; his 6v-sxt year Rabbi Voorsangr has pee aDDi
he Jewish Synagogue Francisco since 1880 ne mas d
ha Professor in Semitic languages the University OF
He has been Emanuel IN San FRANCESCA
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-29
NAVAL CASUALTIES.

HARWICH England April asThe British torpedoooat-de,
struck and sunk by the scout anu
Fletcher aboard Gala lost The topedoboat
5esfrover Ribbe was damaged in maneuvers
PORTSMOUTH England April 28Severai men were To-Day
-;rad ir boiler explosion aboard the baeshP Britannia
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-29
COLORADO FOR TAFT.

DrEpT Anu 28-The Republican State Conven-
~ has elected delegation Chicago Convention which mas
been instructed Secretary Taft as the party o
President
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DEEDS RECORDED

Deeds were fled for record yesterday
conveying to the Honolulu Iron WORKS
a large portion Of the block Doohded
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-29
ALAMEDA REACHES COAST.

The Oceanic steamship AldiiitS'is,
which sailed hence on Aprll =, q
ago today, reached san FrS1iieascp Frso,
terday morning, making her nsua' go0'A
tirne
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-29
DEATH LIST OF THREE THOUSAND.

VICTORIA April 28A dispatch received mere oaay , s
thousand people nave perlsneu III i00' " ~
district in China.
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TORPEDOERS AT SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO April 2s-The torpedo hoia arrived mere To-Day
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THE PENSION BILL

WASHINGTON April 2o-The Senate has passed the pension
npropriation b calling expenditure of $re3oooooo
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-29
FLEET GOES TO FIJI
SUVA April 2o-The United States feet will visit Fiji
CHINAS WELCOME PREPARING
PEKING April 2oArrangements have begun for the enter
annent of the United States arrives Shanghai
FLEET GOES TO FIJI
SAFEGUARDING KING MANUEL

LISBON April 2o-Exra precautions have been taken to pro-
ct the King the opening of the Cortes today
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CATHOLIC CELEBRATION.

NEW YORK April a8-An imposing celebration OF ne 0e"
- of the Catholic Church in this city being held TO-DAY.
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The Board of Supervisors met last
might. Present were Chairman Hus-
taca Supervisors Dwight. Fern, Har-
xav cox. Archer, Kealoha; Assistant
county Attorney Milverton, Clerks
Ka1auokalani. Aea, Buffandeau: W. L.
Erazee. colonel sam Johnson, County
Engineer Gere, Fire Chief Thurston'
r. 5. Holloway, and representatives of
the press
the minutes OF the last meeting
avinq been read and approved. the
T. towing bills were ordered paid:
BILLS.
Ina. road district. $3.50.
Waia ,loa road district. s2s-5o
K6oia, -llect road tax, Eva. $2lo.Zo
Com. Ct llect. road tax, Nalanae
'$2s.52. t. road tax. Waiaiua
'ss.7o. district. $3.50.
Waianae road 10.
County Clerk. B. s4oo.
County Attorney. 65.
kapiolani Park 5 s25e,
Fire department, SIS O.
Road department.. So 109-
Garbage department., 9o
Police department. ss2sa. $500.
Electric light department, EN-, $40.
Police and fire alarm syst
County Treasurer sf2s.
Fixed salaries. $3.50.
Poundmaster. $50
County Auditor. s125
Keepers of parks, 800.
Hawaiian band, $685.
County Engineer, s21250.
Keepers Of parks. se5:23.
County Attorney SIS.
koolaupoko road district, read tax,
SI4S7 25. LII
Coroner's fees, $50, ed
Owing to the fact that old bills have col
'een coming in from the Park Com
mission, which the Supervisors do not Se'
Understand. the park appropriation for va va
his month was cut out. Hn
BISHOP STREET EXTENSION. ~. s~
The following communications were one
cad: -.
Honolulu. Hawaii. April IS, 1908 pul
% the Honorable Board of Supervis- out
ors' County OF Oahu, Honolulu. Es
Gentlemen: The undersigned. the ~~-~
Henry Waterhouse Trust Company. car
lmifed. hereby respectfully petitions ma
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BURIAL OF CAMpBELL-BANNERMAN

NEIGH April 2o-The remains of the late Premier Campbell
Bannenan were buried yesterday by the side of his wife