Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XLIII, Number 42, 20 ʻOkakopa 1905 — "O MAUI NO KA OI." [ARTICLE]

"O MAUI NO KA OI."

LONG BEACH, L. 1., Oct. 3, 1905.— Eia i ke kulanakauhale nei o Nu loka kekahi mau oiwi o ka aina, a ke hui alauna pu nei makou i keia mau la a u)a nui no hoi ka hauoli ma keia hui ana. Ua hul pu no hoi au me ia hoa 0 Maui o kaua oia o Mr. Thomas Hennessey. He nui ka hauoli o ko'u naau 1 ka ha'i aku ia oe oia ke "Kupakjako Nui" (Chief Entry Clerk) o ke keena kuai lole o kekahi o na hui kukaa lole nui loa o Amerika nei. Ua hele aku wau e ike iaia maloko o kona keenti, a ua ike pu aku no hoi i na haole malalo iho ona. He hookalakupua na hana a keia opio Mtiui o kaua. He nui kona hilinaiia e kona mau hakuhana no ka noeau a mikioi ame ka hoopono i ka malama \ana i ka hana. Ua kilohi iki aku i 'ka hooponopono buke ana a ua hoa nei o kaua, a ua ku no i ka ij>aikai a pololei na hania. Ua loaa iaia keia kulana kiekie mamuli o ka hoohaahaa, akahai ame ka hoopono. A°le no i poinia na Lani i 'ke kokua ana mai iaia, a o ka iini nui oia no ka hoomau an a i kona pi{ ana iluna. He hana paakiki loa ka loaa ana o ka hana ma keia aina, a he oi loa aku ka paakiki ma na kulana ano nui o ka hana, no ka mea he nui na poe akamai, nolaila ua hiki no ke olelo ia ua lawa maoli no keia opio ma ke kulana kiekie i loaa iaia. Nui ka mahalo ia oe e Tom, a o ka iini nui o na hoa ou o 'ka mau o ka pii o kou kulana. | Eki hou mai no ia Maui o kaua, oia hoi o Mr. Joseph Puni. Aole hiki ia'u ke olelo ae he kanaka akamai oia i ka himeni, aka o ka mea kupaianaha 1 ka'u ike ana ola ka lilo ana iaia o ka aelike (contract) e haawi ana iaia ka mana nana e hoonanea na kaukiani o na haole e hele ana i ka Paka Luna o na haole hana <keaka kaulana loa o Amerika nei oia hoi o Messrs Tompson ame Dundy. Ela no iaia ka aelike no ka hoonanea ana i na haole e hele ana iloko o k(a hale hana keaka "Hippodrome" o keia mau haole. O ka hale hana keaka nui loa keia o ke ao nei, nolaila o ka loaa ana/o ke>a aelike, he kulana kiekie ia i loaa i keia hoa Maui o kaua ma ka oihana hoon,anea ame hoohauoli. Eia me ia kekahi mau haole Italia kahi i hana ai, a i koi*a wa e kamailio ai e kani ka pila a keia poe haole, he honehone mai hoi kau. He poe Hawaii no kelqahi iloko o kana kalapu hlmeni, a ua fc u no L ka nani na hana. He nui no ka loaa ma keia hana, a no ka u'l no o ua hota la o kaua, nolaila ua nuj no kahi e "lele" ai na manu. He nui kona poe hoaloha a he makua oia no na Hawaii maloko 0 keia kulanakauhale. O ka iini nui e holomua oia ma kana mau hana. I o'u iho nei ko kaua hoaloha, Mr. Abraham Kaulukou, a ua nui loa ka hauoli ma keia hui ana. Ua hele pu mai oia me Mr. Kim o ke keena loio o Mr. Ashford. Ua hookipa ia laua ma ka mea hiki a ua lawe ia laua e ike i na wahi ano nui o keia aina. Mamuli o ke kono a Mr. Joseph Puni, u|a lawe ia aku wau a hoolauna i kekahi ohana kuonoono o keia kulanakau hale, ua nui ko'u hauoli ame ka eehia 1 ka lohe ana i keia ohana mai ka ma, 'kua a na keiki e himeni ana i na himeni Hawaii me ka pololei. Ua komo pu aku keia a hookahi ko makou himeni pu ana, a ua nui no hoi ka hauoli I ka pau ana o ka lakou himeni ana, ua ninau aku wau ia lakou, owai ka oukou himeni makemake loa ua pane mai lakou me ka hakalia ole, "O MAUI NO KA OI." Ua haawi aku wau ia If-kou i 'ka lima akau o ke aloha me ka i ana aku ia lakou, ua pololei oukou, a Ina oukou e hele ma ia mokupuni, aole e nele ko oukou ike i ka pololei o kela himeni. O Mrs. M. G. Moore ka inoa o keia lede a o ka inoa o na lede opio oln. no o Misse9 Edna, may ame Irma Moore a he hookahl kerkikane oia o Mr. Gorham V. Moore. Ua olelo noal lakou la-'u ua (SO.

lakou ipuka i na Hawaii i na manawa apau loa. Nui ka mahalo i keia poe no ka lokomaikai. Eia ia nei ko kaua hoaloha Mr. Abraham Manase. He maikai no 'kona ola • kino ,a he oia mau no oia e noho nei i i keia mau la. I He ma'u wahi mea hou keia o keia 1 aina, Me ke aloha no a nui loa. [ PUAKAIL.IMA,