Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-25
AQUATIC SPORTS
FOR FEBRUARY q
Wood Recommends Their
Incorporation In
CeIebrationI

If the suggestion of Secretary II. p.
Wood OF the Hawaii Promotion Com
mittee Is actud upon favorably, Wash.
ingtOns birthday will bc observed with
aquatic sports or like entertainment
! in the afternoons heucCfOrth. In his
letter to the chairman and members
Of the Promotion Committee. Wood
| speaks Of the project. The letter fol.
lows:
THE success attending the Fourth
annual FiOral Parade under the able
direction Of Mr.. r. II. Petric assures
the permanency of this most interest
ing event. The night carnival feature
was also a decided success. Another
year provision should be- made for bril-.
liantly lighting the StreetG set aside
Tor the maskers.
at would be well also tO arrange
for some special features for the az.
ternoon, such as surf riding contests,
etc. thus rounding out the day AMI
anordng series of entertainments
that cannot he duplicated elsewhere In
Mid.Winter The twcnty.sccoHd of
February Is already getting to be
known as Hawaii Day on the mainland
and II will be II comparatively easy
matter to Increase the interest
Our arrangements for advertising
this years event we're quite complete
and we will see further that the main:
land press. monthlics. wccklles and
dailics, are well supplied with write.
ups and photographs.
by the next steamer. we will also
send ont some 1000 marked copies OF
our daily papers, covering the United
States ana Canada thoroughly.
we ale under obligations to the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company for
their courtesy In permitting the &. s.
Mongolia to remain IN port until the
morning of tho 23rd the arrangement
having been made at our request
zone of the Mongolin'g through pas.
sengers was a special correspondent,
of the Rocky Mountain News, tpub
lishcd at Denver), who promised to ar.
range for an extended wlitc.up of thr
parade and carnival in an early issue
of his paper.
by the Mongolia, we sent six On.
larged colorod photographs 10 the Or,
lent. These will be placed in Cook &
Sons Offices at Yokohama and Hong
kong and In the leading hotels.
I'VE are now making another spec.
ial effort to interest the Canadian Pa.
cific Railway and the Canadian Aus.
tralian Steamship Company in en-,
largod plans for next seasons business
and already have the assurance of
some of the lcadig officials Of these
Companies that the matter viii be nc
lively taken up.
The following letter from Mr.. Fred
c. Salter, European traffic manager
of the Grand Trunk Railway SYSTEM
Is OF interest
Liverpool January II, 1909.
Mr.. II. =. Wood, Secretary, Hawaii
Promotion Committee, Honolulu,
. Hawaii.
Dear Sir am today in receipt
of your postal card. dated Honolulu,
December 18th, advising your islands
rs an ideal spot TO spent the winter.
, Il wish to congratulate you upon
your enterprise; ! quite agree with
you that there is hardly any moro
beautiful spot in the World, than your
. locality.
ut was my pleasure some years ago
when living In New York To visit the
Islands.
/ Il shall be very glad In our work 10
, bring the resources of the Islands be,
fore the travelling public, In our ncw
propaganda on this side.
Il hope one of these days We will
have line of steamers running from
Prince Rupert to Honolulu.
Il have much pleasure in sen ling
: you four pocket maps of the Grand
, Trunk railway system, which may
, be of interest to you"
4. by the last mail, We received, with
7 the compliments of the author, Mr.
t Oscar Vojnich, n book entitled THE
/ Island World of the Pacific publishol
at Budapest Forty-ive of the -four
| hundred ind fllty-hye pages are deyot
I ed to Hawaii, the following mention u
our Committees work appearing on
l page 1879:
l THE Hawaii Promotion Committee
. existing under the control of the va
J., rious big commercial houses, takes the
/. place OF tourist Office. All informa
ton concerning travelling in the is.
. lands Is given gratis. The first thing
did was to go to the Propotion Com,
mlttee, to hnd out the timetable Ot
! the local steamboat service and to set
, tie my arrangements for visit to the
| other Islands, The Office drew up u
? plan for me, and ordered horses and Il
guide by wireless telegraphy; even IN