The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-21


various immirIatltn AVID tourist hu
rcaua, governmental and private, Of
ven ns securing iAc nntite co opera.
ton of ali railway and aicamnkip com.
nenifs. whose work might tend in any
way 10 divert travel % ihe fnciro
with tho farther object Of securing the
preparation and careful distribution Of
information Of value 20 the traveller
and 70 the organizations represented
VI Congressional, for instance, 90 q
fBacdckoF' Of the Pacific, 4 carefully
compfled pocket folder calling atton.
tion briefly TO all parts Of thi6 great
ocean, rs well as say an edition Of
at least Eve thousand copies Of a
Travel Map Of the Pacific, bnsed
lupon the excellent Crossroads Of the
Pacific map issued BY the Hawaii
Promotion Comittee, but containing
additional lines showing steaming dis.
tances between various points Of i'm.
portance, besides other data.
''In the call for this congress the
committee stated that they expected
an unusually large number Of visitors
to be IN Honolulu at the timo Of our
carnival season. am pleased to state
that our expectations have been more
than realized and that we have with
us today fifty per cent more travellers
than we have had during any previous
season. The attractions that we are
able to offer at oar annual carnival
are, of course, limited, and it is safe
to conclude that where we have one
visitor now, we can surely expect
from two to FIVE If able to offer ad.
ditional attractions, such as illustrated
travel talks descriptive of interesting
places around the Pacific, with, posi-.
bly, later on, small exhibits and a gen
erous supply of advertising matter
such as will enable us to intelligently
direct the steps of the traveller be.
yond Hawaii, thus in n way making Of
Honolulu a clearinghouse for the pan.
pacific travel
eve are pleased to say that with
the limited material in hand the com
mittee already has been instrumental
in sending many travellers to the South
Seas and the Orient, but we want to
be able to do more, and with the as
sistance and cooperation of the inter
ests present know that we shall be
able TO accomplish our purpose.
ait is very evident that conditions
are now ripe for the movement we are
about to inaug1rate, and l believe that
as a direct result of this meeting
travel to all parts of the Pacific is
going to be materially increased and
that the Pan-Pacifc Travel Congress
is going to prove to be a big factor
needed to bring about this develop
ment. 4"
Hunter Gives Breezy Talk.
Percy Hunter, representative Of Aus
tralia, and also the head of the tourist
bureau work with headquarters in Sgd
ney was called upon to present the
views of his government with reference
to the call for the travel congress. He
replied, in part:
81 congratulate the promotion COM
mittee of Hawaii on the very excellent
step they have taken in working along
the lines of this congress and I look
forward to a great deal of practical
benefit from this congress. OF course
the older countries of the world have
up to now engrossed the attention of
most travellers. Most of the travellers
of the world have spent their money
and given their attention to the older
countries and have spent their time in
j studying thoroughly their characters.
tics. desire now to turn the trend of
that traffic down to the Pacific Ocean
and to the countries of the Pacific.
Hawaii, by reason of its position, has
very properly interested itself general.
ly in the movement and is q pioneer in
the work of getting the countries
around the Pacific together. am
heartily in favor of the proposal to con.
centrate our energies and to organize
our forces
! ST am heartily with the promotion
committee in this work. I do not know
whether this is the right time to out,
line my views generally on the steps
we should take: probably ] will have
better opportunity shortly, hut shall
say, in order that there may be no mis-.
understanding as to my position in rep
resenting Australia at this congress
that Mr.. Wood has kindly given me Q
/ proposal in printed form-the constitu
tion and bylaws of the congress.
"This goes beyond any idea that ]
had of this sort. I am not prepared t.
criticize it, but it goes beyond anything
that ! might have suggested and DE-
not think that the Australian govern
ment would come in as subscribing
member, BY that, do not mean thai
the government would not subscribe
i financially, but ] do believe that my
government would not be subscrib
ing member to the various interests Of
tile organization. I do not realize this
the necessity OF such an elaborate new
organization as is outlined in this con
stitution. think that the idea tina
Mr.. Wood has advanced is an excellen
one indeed.
"I believe that we should have sim
ply a gathering of delegates, meeting
here or in San Francisco or in Sgd
ney and that we should decide theI
s. TO take steps to accomplish the end
! we have in view. Our ends are to en-
rourage travel on tine Pacific Ocean ant
j Tho most speedy means of achieving
t3hat end. And what would achieve bet
Ter results than leaving to the Hawai-
Promotion Committee the calling to
I gether year by year of such congress
as this. We must each work ON GU
respective sides of the Pacific for tn
general welfare.
at merely throw that ont as a sug
gestion but I want to make my posi-
tion clear as to the views heard OF
that fundamental point. do not knol
that I need delay the congress at thi
stage. much further, except that I d