Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-07
City Transfer Co,
Tel 1881 James B. Love
HOy6LULlNS IN
Fiji DESCRIBE
SOUTH SEA Life
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walk down without tipping the canoe
over. In fact the whole family some
times lives in a matched house built
out over the outrigger. The boys
use SOULS to propel their canoes, and
the only thing that saw in Suya that
reminded me of Hawaii was the swim
ming of the native boys. The Hawai-
ian boys are more adept at this than
are the Fijians, but the Fijian boy
will dive deeper for. a coin than viii
the Hawaiian, and he seems to stay
under water longer; but there Is no
high jumping or diving. You can see
him swimming yards below the sur
face searching or lighting for a coin
that Is zig-zagging It's way down.
Everything ashore seemed different
from Hawaii The wooly-haired ma
Etives, some Of them with hardly any
thing on, greeted US with "Siandra.D
which means good morning. Some Of
them had tinge of red in their hair
I found that this came from the fact
that every Saturday they cover their
hair with lime, and wash 1t OF Sun
day morning, leaving the hair bril-
liant red they greatly admire. The
Fijian man takes great pride In the
upkeep of his hair. It stands out In
every direction and shields Kim from
the sun. The women do not seem to-
think so much Of their hair as do the
men, but they too cover 1t with lime
just before Sunday The most strik-
ing costumes noticed were those Of
the Fijian. police. Dark blue coats
and navy blue s'laya layas" or skirts
with scalloped edges-my, but they
were proud. Then, too, there were
the Ceylonese men and women
dressed In the rich eolors of India.
Suva Is built on the side Of hill.
Some Of its streets are narrow and
crooked, but shady and pretty. Mr.,
Ford knew the town, for he had once
liver there for month, so 1t didn't
take him long to establish an agency
for his magazine, the Mid-Pacific, and
start q Hahds-Around.the-Pa Pacific Club,
In fact, e new tourist bureau was be-
ing organized by the government and
Ford was right in his element. He
discussed matters with the different
members Of the bureau all morning
and then we called on the governor.
Sir Buchlan Sweet Escott, and we
found him most pleasant governor,
ready for joking or business, and he
seemed to enjoy both. We had
great visit, he promising to give US
his cooperation. The new tourist bu-
reau has started out with tally-ho
auto bus, and tourists are taken TO
see the sights around Suva at two
shillings q head. But instead Of tax
ing the bus we spent our time look
ing for native trails and native grass
houses
In these grass houses old time Fiji
ans live who have not changed much
in the last hundred years. They still
wear lava lavas" which are more pic.
turesque than our sewing machine
made clothes. think that there is
plenty for the tourist to see about
Suva but he would have to wait over
a trip as the best sights are reached
by the little launches and steamers
that cruise among the islands. The
new hotel being built by the Union
Steamship Company is almost com.
pleted. When it Is finished, tourists
will be urged to stop over and enjoy
the $3.50 day fnter-island trips, as
the agent of the Union Steamship Co.
is one OF the leaders Of the new tour
ist bureau and he is very proud Of
Fiji -
We spent the whole days in Suya
and did not leave until lGfe, as there
were plenty of bananas to load for
Auckland and Sydney The Niagara
is so big that we can't feel any mo-
ton, and the table is so good that we
ere all getting fat. The swimming
boys came again when we were leav-
ing, their swimming under water was
wonderful, but their stroke wasn't
anywhere near as good as our boys
of Hawaii in the harbor and at Wal
kiki. Perhaps, though, the new tour
ist bureau will see that some Of the
boys are trained to swim fast, but l
don't think they will ever touch our
Duke