The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-01-20
Board Of Trade Has Annual Meet
ing and Dinner and Reviews
a Busy Year,

Mail Special to, The Advcrtiser.)
HILo, January ll7. - The annual
meeting and dinner of the board Of
trade last Tuesday evening served well
its purpose Of combining business with
an opportunity fora pleasant social in.
teEeeurse. About fitytRNe Attea aided the
affair, which, was conducted smoothly
and pleasantly by the slSillful blending
of fun and business. a
Unfortunately Doctor Eliot, the re-
firing president of the organization,
had TO be absent, having decided TO
20 to Honolulu to, attend meeting
Of the graft commission, and in his
place Geo. H. Wears presided, doing
20 graceful'y and in, n very entertain
ing manner.
S Civic Patr,otism.
The speech of the evening was de.
livered by Rev. Geo. Laughton, who
called fattention to the great Importance
of civic patriotism, and the effect of
unity and loyalty 20 one = home town.
By sinking individual differences and
by looking upon matters of general in.
terest from the broad view of public
benefit rather than from the narrow
standpoint of the individualist, Il was
possible to make thescity the ideal city
of truth. A point In Mr. Laughton Is
speech which hit home In particular
was his reference to the present tourist
scfedale, by which visitors shot through
Hilo without allowing them time to
secure anything in Tfilo, not even the
feneft Of its churches. Rev. Mr..
Laughton succeeded admirably In set.
ting forth in the garb of pleasantry
some importa mt truths and advice which
were we'll placed aud pertinent. His
speech was received with much ap.
plause.
The rest of the speeches were inn.
promptu, and most Of them consisted
only IN efforts to dodge speaking.
Valuable Report.
After the coffee the regular meeting
was called to order, and Vice President
p n Netzger took the chair. After
the reading of the re2ort of Secretary.
treasurer Deyo, the report Of President
Elliot was read. IL was lengthy com
Pilation II tie important events of the
year, particularly those of digect inter.
est TO the commercial community. with
pertinent eomment as to their effect.
As q carefully prepared history Of Hllo
during he past year il was well worthy
o. preservation, As a matter Of fact
TINS point was seen by various mem.
pers, and when the reading flushed II
was, decided immediately to have the
address printed in pamphlet form, to-
gether with the report OF the secretary
treasurer.
Everybody Subscribed,
Various formal committee REPORTS
were made, and request from 4.
Church Of Honolulu, ssltlpg for assist.
ance for the MidJPacifhe Carnival
financing was read. This was followed
with a circulation Of The sui Inscription
tanks, with the result that a subscr'p,
ton was received from every nicmher
present lr.m
Metzger announced that there was
before him long letter from Alexan.
der Hume Ford, relating 10 the pro. |
posed establishing OF. a pavilion for
The Hands Around the Pacifc Club at
he San Francisco Exposition. Nearer
suggested that il might be az well 10 |
leter taking up this letter, which sug. |
scstiop was followed.
The meeting was ended little after /
iins o'clock, after which a dance took
llaee IN the dining room, music being
Arnished by the IIilo hand. j
Among those present were Messrs.
)eyo, Langbton, Metzger, Wears, Low
ON, Curtis, Beamer, oRortes, Lindsay,
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