The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-11-10
CASTLE WANTS TO
PURCHASE COL0RS
for DOUGH BOYS
-
Submits Plan Err Ye9q!ing Thit'
Y.second Infantry To Cham
FIBER 81 Commerce
MATTER TURNED OVER
,sa,s,T0 FINANCE COMMITTEE
Regiment Formed Here and Is
. Closely Identified With
.e ''''' islands He Says :

The directors of the chamber of com
meree of Honolulu on motion of A. l.
Castle at their meeting yesterday, in
strueted their committee on finance anC
! audit TO purchase a stand of regiment
colors and other insignia for presenta
tion to the Thirty second Infantry.
This regiment is the first unit of thu
Regular Army organized in Hawai-
affdsis 70 be Intimately identified with
Hawaii, George W. Smith, president Of
the chamber, said in bringing this mat
ter to the attention of the directors
1t is therefore fitting that the chamber
which is o representative body, TAXI
immediate eoghizance of the honol
thus conferred on this Territory.
=, PheA proposed anne ndments to the by
laws embodying recommendations mad,
by the various standing committed
and the last retiring president of thu
chamber, were postponed until the reg
ular meeting of the MEMBERS of thu
chamber lIrext Wednesday.
+. j. Lowrey suggested a further
amendment that instead of having
three'stFeasures, one for the public
health committee one for the promo
tion committee and one to have charge
of the general funds, there should b,
one only, and that he could keep sep
arate Hccounts for the various funds
This suggestion met with favor anC
will probably be adopted.
A. L. Castle, chairman of the en-
tertainrnent committee reported tina
have been made to enter
tain as guests of the chamber thu
president, four directors and fifty sew
en- members of the Los Angeles cham
Der of commerce due to arrive on thu
Great Northern. A luncheon will b.
given the visitors the day they ar
rives.at,the Country Club.
His committee has also arranged al
exhibit of early and recent photograph
of Honolulu for the civic booth at tn
Maui County Fair November 80. A. P
Taylor, secretary of the promotion com
mittee, will go to Maui on behalf o
the chamber and to take charge of tn
exblblt, ~ ru'L.
A communication from the Maui boar
of trade requesting a large attendac
of the members at the fair Novembe
80 wasS1feferred by the directors T.
the press with the request that wild
publicity be given. The Maui boar
has the full moral support of the othe
civic bodies in Hawaii in its enter
prise and the directors request as man
members as possible to make thei
plans to attend the fair.
Secretary Raymond c. Brown re
ported on the proposed reservation o
l400 acres of land at Waimanalo in
cluding a considerable beach frontag
for the United States Army. Governo
Pnkham had informed him that if tn
war department at Washington make
application for this land he will issu
a specialization making it a militar
reservation.
Resolutions from the chamber o
commerce of the United States askin
for the appointment of a special com
mittee on national defense was re
ferred to the committee on Legislation
Progress reports were received froI
the committee investigating the aeris
tramway at the Pail, and from the sec
rotary on the request of the Hilo boar
of trade to get boarding privilege
granted their agent, Malcolm A. Frank
lin, collector of customs, will take u
this matter personally with the prope
Uffieials while in Washington.
The directors elected August Ahren
of Honolulu and w. G. Cooke of Ne,
York to membership in the chamber