Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-16

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tho Russian volunteer Fleet and the
Minister OF Communications. be-
lieve that plan viii be put in opera
ton to sell the through ticket from
London to San Francisco by way Of
| Hawaii for $3.50, second class rail,
including sleeper, and first class on
the steamer. Backed by the repre-
sentatives of the several tourist bu-
reaus In London, am getting Thos.
Cook & Son to establish a Pacific de-
partment In their great Offices near
St Pauls Cathedral At present it
takes several days tramping all over
London to get any general informa-
ton about the Pacific. and then 1t Is
meager in the extreme. D..
Fine London headquarters.
I Ny headquarters in London are nat
uraliy In the Commonwealth" build
ing, which has the most magnificent
location in London, being built on q
triangle on the Strand. Wei say we,
for / always count Percy Hunter and
myself as we-are turning the ground
floor into tourist bureau, and here
/ Hawaii will be represented In Lon.
don. trust in time, with the assist
ance of the sugar and pineapple peo-
pie, that we can keep representative
in the worlds metropolis. At pres
ent. however. Hunter and his full
force are all boosters for Hawaii, most
of them habing been entertained in
Honolulu on their way through from
Australia to London, and Hunter is
expecting to send his wife and two
boys to Hawaii for 6 six months stay,
the hoys entering school In Honolulu.
london Gets Luncheon Habit
We have an rAustralasian Club" in
London now that meets at weekly
| luncheons. The second lunch was
held at the Hotel Cecil yesterday
with about a hundred present, or
more than twice as many as at the
| first meeting This organization will
give the annual Hands-Around- the.
Pacific banquet in London.
/ Both Joseph Sfickney and are Wis
iting all of the information bureaus
maintained in London by Pacific coun-
tries. Some Of them are superbly and
luxuriously fitted up. ! think the best
that / have seen is that of British
Columbia. In the reading room is
every daily, weekly and monthly pub
Iication Of Pacific Canada, while there
Is no kind of information concerning
British Columbia that can't be Sc
cured here in pamphlet and pictorial
| form Unfortunately New Zealand Is
still hiding herself away. Victoria,
New South Wales and Tasmania have
combined and have q magnificent dis!
play. in fact they utilize six floors
of the Commonwealth building on the
Strand, and are sending steady
stream of Immigrants hack to Eastern
Australia. as well as many tourists
Need Of Education.
1t is wonderful how little the peo-
pie of London know about Pacific
the Pacific interests together In one
building where they can work to-
gether for the Pacific, great educa.
tional campaign might be carried on.
AT present there seems to be some
! hope that the plan for the Dominion
/ Building opposite the Common.
wealth Building will go though.
There is about an acre of gfonHd here
The most valuable acre in London
that Earl Grey has secured an option
on for twelve months, in hopes Of
, getting all Of the British colonies to
subscribe for the building 1t is my
J hope that the countries of the Pacific
Twill do something toward enlarging
this scheme, so that the building will
become an alp acific building in Lon
! S1x,,, I, 1l;o,,oS kl,nk 90 ahio nm ,,.<s
done, it would be easier to raise the
great amount. Of money necessary to
purchase the land and put up the
, building, as It is by no means certain
at present that the British colonies
will raise the funds asked of them by
i Earl Grey. i'd.
- The Pacific is. just beginning its
attempt to arouse Europe to the i'm.
portance and attractions of tn. Great
Ocean. Japan, for Instance contem.
! plates a branch of her tourist bureau
in Berlin, while Australia is looking
into the matter of having its tourist
agencies in several of the great cen
ters of European population aid Java
| has quite bureau in Amsterdam
| while the tourist bureaus of Sweden
and Denmark are quite willing to CO
! operate and assist in securing tourist
travel from London to the Pacific
Coast by the ideal scenic route via
Hamburg, Copenhagen, Stockholm,
Finland and st. Petersburg have
twice entered Russia from Europe.
=, going through Germany and Poland
a not particularly interesting ride,
This time / made. the trip by rail
through Finland and across the isl
, and-dotted Baltic Sea to- Stockholm,
and thence by rail and ferry boat to
Hamburg. There we're several hours
in Stockholm for riding about, and
| several hours in Copenhagen, and yet