The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-12-10
FINANCING WORK
FOR COMMITTEE
Strong Membership Appointed to
Raise Funds for the Mid
Pacific Carnival.

Fred L. Waldron heads the finance
committee for the 1913 Mid.PaeiGc Car
Rival to be held in February, and for
bis assistants will have A. Lewis, Jr.,
manager Of the Bank of Hawaii, as
reasurer. and Emil Berndt, manager Of
he w. W. Dimond Company, as secre-
ary. The other members are Robert
ky. Single. DIR. ~. G. Hobby, Charles
Hemenway, James l.. MeCandless. A.
H.. Castro and S. Akai. manager Of the
Yokohama Specie Bank, one Of the
strongest committees that has been
detected for financing Honoluiu's great
est annual festival feature.
The committee held a meeting yes
serday afternoon in the merchants as
.ociation rooms, following the regular
meeting Of the promotion committee,
which il deeply interested in the success
attending the efforts Of the parade com
mittee.
Director.General ChillingwOrth, who
8 10 have complete charge of the plans
for the carnival arrangements, was
present at the meeting Of the promotion
eommittee. where he outlined some Of
his elaborate plans for the Hawaiian
historical carnival, the first ever heId
here since the days of the monarchy
and announced that for his secretary
he had selected George +. Henshall, the
well known newspaper man.
The promotion committee members
attended the meeting Of the carnival
finance committee and gave some valu
able suggestions.
For Popular Subscriptions
The proposal of A. D. Castro tna'
the carnival be looked after in future
nv regular carnival association ane
that subscriptions be made through
popular channels, was thought to be
good one. but was not practicable iol
the 1919 celebration. II was stated tina
~ left TO popular subscriptions the com
mittee would be unable to get all tn
funds that are needed. 1t was state'
hv secretary Wood, of the promotion
committee, that $500 is left as bal
ance from the 1912 parade.
Mr.. Chillingworth had spoken OF N
plans for at least three days IN
greatest feature is to be the speetaGI
of the landing Of Kamehameha I'd
Great on the Waikiki beach IN wa
canoes. followed by surfing at night D
torehlight Secretary Wood stated I
the finance committee that his landln
of Kamehameha was attracting the a.
tention of the great moving plctuI
films ON the mainland and the Island
would therefore receive much pubhelt
from the event. IT,
Chairman Myers of the promote
eommittee also stated that the rallIoa
men on the Coast, as well as oth'
TRANSPORTATION magnates, believed thi
Hawaii had hit upon the right featul
for the coming carnival, and their on
s1uooestion was that it should be mad
a most elaborate affair for the mr.
attempt.
There was to be card Of horse race
Mr.. Single being member of this cor
nittee. For the horse racing events
nurse of $1,000 is to be raised.
II was the opinion of Mr.. Berndt tn
tho Improvement clubs of the Ell
should contribute to the carnival fnn
To Get Estimates.
The chair appointed committee
three. consisting Of Messrs' Shlhg
Hobby and Castro to confer WIN
rector General Chillingworth to get
estimate Of the amount of funds need
and then to have the general comm
tee raise the amounted proposed. i
methods adopted by the Atlantic he
reception committee for disburseme
of funds will be adopted.
Chairman Myers, Of the promoti
committee, stated that an aviator v
anxious TO come here during carni'
time to give an interisland flight. }
Myer said the aviator was qualified
make sneh flight and this would a
Interest to the carnival and give
other islanders an opportunity TO par
cipate with Honolulu in the celebrate
of Washington g birthday.