Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-10-16

FIJI sugar planters declare East In
dian coolie labor very satisfactory
and to the number OF about fOrty-five
thousand, these people are said tn
find renumerative employment In the
islands
The British steamship Loderer, with
1867 tons Australian coal was an ar
rival at Honolulu at an early hour
this morning and went to the Bishop
slip to discharge the shipment of fuel
into the bunkers of the Inter-lsland
Steam Navigation Company.
The Loderer brought several sacks
Of later Australian ana Polynesian
mail and advices. Several officers In
the British ship are familiar with con-
ditions as they pertain to the sugar
and copra industry In Fiji. The Colo
NAL Sugar Company Is said to be one
of the larger employers of labor In
the group. or the 1864 colored po-
pulation Of the group, about $4,000
are Indian coolies. When their en-
gagements have expired, they settle
"o"h' 'hes a. boou
Ceal faster than the native Fijians are
decreasing. The coolies, however, are
a Woodworking steady, harmless lot.
The great Rewa district In Fiji Is
claimed as all under Indian cultiva-
ton. and the lands were leased from
the Fijians. General speaking. the FL
Jan, the Tongan and the Samoan
won't work for another man; hence
the labor problems.
Trade between Sydney and Fiji has
been practically killed by the Customs
duties. which. between British posses
sions, seem an anomaly. The Ton
gan natives are more prosperous than
the Fij!ans. They own their own
lands. and are not declining in num-
Der at the same rate.
The Loderer is expected to remain
at Honolulu for about ten days before
ready to proceed to sea. The vessel
will presumably return to the Colo
MES. though orders to change her des-
tination may be received by C. Brewer
and Company, agents for the steam
ship at any day.
Two sacks of later Australian mail
was received by the local postal au-
thorities. Captain ]. r Green, mas
ter OF the vessel Is young man and
making his first voyage to the Ha-
waiian islands In the Ioderer. He re-
ports fair passage up from Newcas-
tie. N. s. W., his time being little
under twenty-three days.
-
Australians Seek Direct s. =. Line.
A direct steamship line between the
Australian ports and San Francisco
Is muchly sought after by the bust
ness interests of Brisbane II the SEN
timent expressed by A. C. Burrell
managing editor of the Gazette pub
lished at that city can be taken as a
criterion. Before a representative
gathering of San Francisco CONNER
cial men, Mr.. Burrell set forth the
need of a direct steamship connection
by the declaration that the chief OBJ
stacle to American commerce with
Australia, lies in the fact that there
Is not steamship line between the
two countries. He showed the board
that II an Australian wished to take
passage to any part of the United
States or Europe the traveller would
have to go at least $4,000 miles to
get 10 his destination, while II there
were line OF direct steamers to this
country he would not have to travel
over 5000 miles. He further stated
hat all OF the exports that are sent
from California to Australia are ship
ped over the transcontinental rail
roads to New York and exported from
that place. They travel In that way
over three-quarters of the distance
around the world.
Burrell furnished figures showing
that II one desired to come from Aus
tralia to this port It was cheaper to
go through the Suez canal and across
the Atlantic and over one of the cross