The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-08-09
MANAGER MILNE
IS IN TROUBLE
The Los Angeles Examiner Tour
Man Is Engaged in a Gen.
eral Row.

The Los Angeles Examiner oriental
tour party, which was originally adver
tised to he composed of $50 persons,
has been cut down to llO and as a
consequence W. NJ. Milne, the man who
is supposed to be the manager Of the
party, is in a peck of trouble.
Milne made his arrangements with
the Hau Tree Hotel to furnish lunch
for his go tourists at the rate Of 81 a
person. Later, without notifying the
Hau Tree management, he reduced his
party to 10. The manager of the Hau
Tree learned of this move only through
The Advertiser and Immediately mott.
fed Milne that the dollar rate was
based upon the feeding of $50 persons
and would not stand in case of a ma
terially lesser number. The Hau Tree
manager stated in his letter that if
the party numbered 200 or more, he
would adhere to his original figure of
81 per person, but if the party num-
bered less than 200, he would not agree
TO give them luncheon for less than
$l.5O per.
Milne, who seems to be a good deal
of an amateur at the personally con-
Quoted game, refused to stand for this
arrangement and all negotiations be-
tween him and the Hau Tree were de-
clared off.
Milne is also in difficulties with the
automobile men, After long and ex-
pensive negotiations, Milne contracted
with Il. ii. Lewis, the liveryman, to
supply the automobiles to take his
party out to the beach. This, however,
was not until there had been consider
able correspondence in regard to cart
ing the party about the city in Surveys.
As there are not more than twenty sur
reys in the livery business in Honolulu,
this scheme was manifestly impossible.
Now Milne is in trouble in another
direction. He has written to Lewis
demanding the use, for himself and his
particular friends, of two automobiles
for the entire day, evidently, judging
from his letters, at no additional cost.
But Lewis can't see it that way and
has replied that he can have the two
special automObiles-at the regular rate
of 81 an hour.
Milne has shown signs of wanting to
make trouble for Honolulu if he can.
He has written to both L. II. Lewis,
proprietor of the Lewis Stables, and to
E. p. Irwin, proprietor of the Hau Tree
Hotel, asking for copies of all the Ho-
nolulu papers in which the story of his
row with the hotels was published. Both
men have refused to furnish him with
any such ammunition for the criticizing
of the city and Mr.. Milne will have to
depend upon his own fertile magma
tion.
VIII Cooper, acting secretary of the
promotion committee, says that he can
not see why he should be troubled with
the business troubles of Mr.. Milne, and
he refuses to have anything to do with
them. AT the last meeting of the pro-
motion committee it was agreed that,
in view of the fact that Milne S excur-
sion is not an editorial excursion but
merely business proposition to which
the Los Angeles Examiner has lent its
name, there was no reason why the
members of the committee should go out
to greet Mr.. Milne and his party. Con
sequently, though leis will be sent out
as Honolulu s greeting to the strangers,
there will be no official recognition by
the promotion committee. Mr. Cooper
says he can't see why he should be
bothered by Mines cabled complaints,
as he is assuming no responsibility for
what may happen. He says he has not
agreed to provide either accommoda-
tiOns or automobile rides for the party
and has no intention of having any
thing to do with it.