The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-07-02
MAY BLOCK THE
PUNCHBOWL SALE
KapioIani Estate Manager Said
to Be Planning Coup 10
Embarrass Frear.
lErom satarday, !. AdverlIser.l

(From Saturdays Advertiserl
There is going to he an eruption on
Punchbowl soon, quite Independent of
that to be staged by the Fourth Of
July committee, and the first prepare.
tions for the disturbance were made at
quiet little meeting in the office of
the Kapiolani Estate yesterday after
noon, with John +. Coburn presiding
! Present were half dozen Portuguese
tenants of the estate who represented
| those Punchbowl residents unable to
qualify for preference rights and the
| object of the meeting was to take steps
TO block the coming sale of the home
stead lots in Kapiolan Estate tract on
! Punchbowl.
The plans for taking some step to
prevent the carrying out of the inten-
tions of the land department have been
under way for some time and are now
coming to head. Yesterday, Mr.. Col
burn is reported to have told the For.
tugues committee that he was prepared
| to prevent the sale of the preference
rights lots and was ready to carry the
matter to the Supreme Court of the
United States in order to see "that
justice is done"
Cause Of Trouble.
The trouble on Punehbowl arises
from the fact that all the Portuguese
| tenants of the Kapiolani Estate have
not been able to make their claim good
for preference to a homestead, a right
that would give them the first chance
to buy the land they are occupying at
low price and without having to pay
for the improvements One hundred
and six tenants have been able to Sc
cure this right; about an equal mum
her have not been able and these lat
ter are said to be very sore. They
want to have the same chance at the
land as the rest and resent being shut
out, although it is very well known
that the government officials stretched
a point and gave every one prefer
ence who had anything like fair
claim.
Colburn the Champion.
Mr.. Colburn, the estate manager, in
what looks like an attempt to embar-
rass the government, has placed him
self at the head of the malcontents and
has come out as the champion of the
downtrodden. Just what he proposes
to do to hold up the sale that is ad
vertised is not known, but he is be
lieved, by the Portuguese at least, as
all ready to do something drastic. His
reported statement of yesterday, that
he would go the limit and take the mat
ter to the Supreme Court, has Travelled
over Punchbowl and was the cause OF
rejoicing among the malcontents ani
the cause of gloom among the holders
of preference rights last night
Delegates Invitation.
The Delegate was not present at yes
terday's meeting, but has issued an in
vitation to all the Punchbowl tenants
of the Kapiolani Estate to attend ;
meeting on Tuesday next, when he will
address them, presumably on this mat
ter of preferential rights and the atti
tude of the government in enforcin.
the law regarding them. The notice O.
meeting was published in o Luso, tht
Portuguese paper, last night, as fol
,, lows:
Prince Kalanianaole requests
all the Portuguese residents of the
land of Auwaiolimu to meet him
at the Kapiolani building on Tues
day, July ., 1912, at 10 O'Clock
noon.
f Warns Portuguese.
Commenting on the situation and tn
= invitation, o Luso says:
"We publish the notice for what i
. is worth but advise that the Portuguese
take good care about what is done a
T this meeting.
"Colburn, manager of the Kapiolan
+; Estate, has made campaign agains
/ the matter of these lands leased to tn
q Estate, which lease expires August Il
"There was preliminary meetin
: yesterday but only half a dozen POI
tuguese, supposedly discontented wit
II the Punchbowl matter, appeared
). Among them there were ]. A. Goi
!. Isalves Jose Vieira, Joaquin Silva, Viz
!, torino Vasconcellos, and two or thre
others. Mr.. Gonsalves, on this occi
! sion, said that 'Colburn merited heave
! because he wanted to do what is right
a cit is true, Colburn merits thre,
!, fold heaven for he has bee
= such n good friend of the Portuguese
his friendship made him receive tn
= rents annually without fail. His polio
:, of the dog in the manger' forced
:, DELAY in the matter of the settlemer
: of the preference rights another yea
T. NuinuIH is II Mosts, Nho WIN lahe tuos
r. happy people who are unhappy to IL
n promised land.
70 fThe leasehold of the lands of A.
waiolimu will terminate completely @
I. August Is and the Kapiolani Estat
,, Kalanianaole and Colburn will hay
n. nothing more to do with this land.
~ wnl revert on that day to its legit
e mate owner, the government of Il
>. Territory of Hawaii, which holds ii
trust from the American governmen
N :" BE careful, eountrymen, with Il
=, matter.h
n. NEWS OF THE DEATH OF
Of 4 OILS T0lIlSSANT COME