13 Apr 1900
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Newspaper
Hawaiian Gazette
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
1
C Hustace advertises wholesale and retail grocer services at 212 Kangt Street with short notice family plantation and ships stores supplied. New goods arrive on every steamer and orders from the other islands are faithfully executed.
Machinery of every description made to order by Honolulu Iron Works Co. offers custom fabrications for industrial needs. The firm emphasizes precision, durability, and rapid turnaround for orders from businesses and construction sites. Located in Honolulu, the company serves local and regional clients with tailored metalwork solutions.
Armstrong Smith, principal of the Princess Kaiulani School in Honolulu, has resigned effective April 17, 1900. Minister E A Mott-Smith commends his work and notes Hawaii education will miss him as he pursues medical studies in Great Britain, with plans to travel to London, Glasgow and Edinburgh before returning to public life.
Attorney General Griggs has ruled that the Treasury Department holds full authority over disposing of wrecks of Spanish vessels along Cuba, a matter with major implications for U S jurisdiction. The opinion, sent to the Secretary of the Navy, centers on the Alphonso XIII wreck near Mariel harbor sought by private buyers.
Sydney Herald reports a feared bubonic plague spread to the colony with warnings of rats as carriers. Dr. Ashburton Thompson predicts recurring outbreaks and long containment, while inspectors work on purifying spaces. Authorities seek Pasteur serum and consider local production. Cardinal Moran issues Lent indulgence guidance amid health fears.
London dispatch reports a British column east of Bloemfontein walked into an ambush by Boer forces. Colonel Broadwood’s detachment, including six guns, was captured with losses estimated at 350 men and several artillery pieces. General Colville moved to aid. the outcome remains uncertain.
War reports describe Boer ambush and convoy carnage with British constancy amid heavy shelling. Hawaiian Council of State session ends with debate over hospital funds and morgue site, approving some acts while deferring the incurables hospital due to funding and constitutional questions.
President C B Wood of the Board of Health denounces unclear health certificates from ships from Sydney and other southern ports. He contrasts Sydney with Honolulu, noting Sydney has issued no plague statements while Honolulu provides complete vessel health reports. Captain Watta of the Pactolus lands ashore to avoid inland contagion as quarantine tensions rise. The Planters' Association weighs cargo seizure in response.
The Board of Immigration issued permits for 40,599 Japanese contract laborers to sugar plantations. Chinese immigration ceased. European arrivals totaled 609. About $13,520 was spent to encourage immigration. total appropriations were $50,000. Gulicians cost $6,110 and Spanish Portuguese $7,410 via steamship Victoria. The report includes tables on sugar production and labor employed per plantation.
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