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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1906
Page
8
Mike Wright discusses Hawaiian prospects for tobacco as he describes contracts with local growers. He notes the island’s climate, early experiments, and plans to deliver tens of thousands of pounds yearly while advocating a shift from cane to tobacco. Public attention and newspaper excitement rise as contracts extend for next year.
At the Honolulu Stock Exchange on January 20 1905 the latest sugar quotation shows 3.6175 cents per pound, price per ton 72.35 dollars. Beaville and Boweton figures noted with minor variances in the daylight trading summary.
The speaker urged leading planters to devote time to improve tobacco quality, noting Hawaiian wrappers rival Havana. He claimed expert growers could strengthen plants along the South Beach line, boosting yield and price from twenty to forty cents per pound, potentially earning $500 to $1000 per acre.
The Hawaii Promotion Committee announces preparations for an ocean race from San Francisco to Honolulu. Letters, notices, and travel tips are mailed nationwide to yacht clubs and boating enthusiasts. The program highlights favorable May departure, moonlit voyage, and a welcoming invitation from the Honolulu committee to participate or attend.
Local items note sugar supplies and pineapple shipments from the Tropie Fruit Co. for coast travel, a near-term sailing Wednesday from the Alaska wharf, and a cable steamer Restorer returning to Howell after a San Francisco voyage. The Awomobily Club meets at the Young Hotel to elect officers, with plans for preventive measures and a committee distributing agricultural yearbooks from Washington.
A telephonic alert says Japanese laborers at Wolpe plantation will likely face trouble and be ordered to stay on site. Hilo, March 18. W Patten, bookkeeper at Hake Ian Plantation, named second vice president of Kitwi Bank in Hilo. J McMule to replace him as plantation bookkeeper after fourteen years at Honokaa.
Long fragmented Honolulu market notes report steamer arrivals and departures, including the Clawdine and Ke Au Hou services, cargo and passenger movements, and weather delaying sailings. Local notices include vacant rooms, probate route matters, and social events with prominent residents and attorneys listed.
Prices for crushed rock by grade are set at No 1 1.65 per cu yd No 2 1.80 per cu yd No 3 2.00 per cu yd No 4 1.00 per cu yd The note highlights No 4 now near white sand price and suitable for all concrete work due to its superior quality.
An office relocation lists rooms 21 and 24 in the Alexander Young Building Houret 1012. The reference mentions the Young Hotel and telephone calls to the Young Motel, indicating a change affecting the residence and hotel properties in the same complex.
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