The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-15
Prospects OF Limited TranSpor-
tation Loses City Gas a,
Men In 1916
THEY WANTED TO SEE
MIDPACIFIC ISLANDS
H. L. Strange Creates Sensation
With Hawaiian Afternoon
And Entertainment

Fear of inadequate. passenger traffic
facilities has lost to Hawaii the 1916
convention of the National Gas Men :
Association, says Harry l.. Strange,
manager of the Honolulu Gas Company
and delegate to the recent convention
of that body at San Francisco.
In letter to A. P. Taylor, director
of the Hawaii Promotion Committee,
which was read at the committee 5
meeting yesterday afternoon, Strange
| says he had the convention practically
won for Honolulu, but because the Pa
cifc Mail has withdrawn from the
Honolulu run the delegates thought
the selection of Honolulu as a place
of meeting should be postponed year
They are eager to come, Strange says.
and he feels assured Honolulu will get
the meeting in 1917.
! Novel Hawaiian Features
Strange introduced a number of
novel features at the convention, at
the banquet on September 30 and
conducted IAN Afternoon In Ha.
wall" in the horticultural building
on October |. One feature was an ele-
giant Hawaiian calabash, which he
asked Taylor to forward to him and
which he presented to the Pacific Coast
Gas AssOcia ion. Strange s letter says
"Many thanks for the calabash and
all the trouble you took helping me
with the Hawaiian Afternoon; it was
a great success.
1.-The night before (Thursday) the
big banquet took place, for the dele
gates and their women, more than 900
were present. had arranged with
the MarcOni company to erect an anten-
nae on top of the Inside Inn and to
install complete sending and re-
ceiving apparatus in the banquet room
| over the tOaStmaster $ table.
During the banquet | presented the
beautiful ca.abash you sent, as a sOuVe
mir from Hawaii and the gas company
to the Pacific Coast Gas Association,
to be kept by Mrs. Z. c. Jones, the
wife of the president. 1t created quite
a little excitement, which was height
med when the wireless suddenly burst
out and the message from Governor
! Pinkham came through. had ar
ranged Ave extra hcadpieces and the
prominent gas men from the East sal
in and heard the message come in. II
| was very distinct.
An in all, we had a good ad fol-
Hawaii and for the Hawaiian After
noon the next day, when more than so
gas people were present and thorough
| " enjoyed the affair. We had singing
and playing and two excellent hula
dancers, who hulaed all around the
tables; | tell YOU there was some ex
ritrmcnt. 1t was the first time most
# the Eastern folk had ever seen OF
heard anything Hawaiian.
'The huiIding was beautifully deco
rated and splendid pineapple lunch
was serN ed, with KOna coffee. We theT
had rattle for an ukulele and a lot oil
pines and coffee; all the women wer'
- excited and pleased to win some
thing. They treasured their leis AM
lapel suuN"uIrs very much. All th'
delegates are ANXIOUS to 60 to Hawai-
III 1917.
~ c"uld have persuaded them easil,
for I9Ii, but they were afraid of thu
recommendations, now the Pacific Mai
has Withdrawn.
"AIl during the Hawaiian After
noon | had our side of the hall of tn,
horticultural building curtained of
and we ran continuously, slides depict
~ scenes in the Islands. 1t was ex
trcmcly popular and attracted much at
trutluu.
"Our GOO delegates and guests wer
simply crazy about the Islands, as wa
everyone else who had never seen them
# we could only get good, fast boat
and certainty of travelling at an!
time the tourists would fock, am sure
"Thc Hawaii building is exeellen
for its size, and the boys and Mr.. Woo
have done wonders with the llmite'
space at their disposal. But we har
Iust missed one golden opportunity b.
not making it four times its preSen