Random local news, 150 years ago.
Cover Image: Masthead of Ka Nupepa Kuokoa published on August 29, 1874.
Aloha Nūhou Monday!
In many of the Hawaiian language newspapers, there was a column of short, random news items: descriptions of neighborhood parties, extreme weather, fundraiser announcements, and so forth.
The columns would come under titles like, “Kela ame Keia” [This and That], “Na Hunahuna Mea Hou” [Bits of News], “Nuhou Kuloko” [Local News], “Nuhou Kuloko Pokole” [Short Local News], “Nuhou Hope Loa” [Latest News], “Na Anoai” [News], and “Hunahuna Kuloko” [Local Bits]. The following is from Ka Nupepa Kuokoa.
Image: Kilauea, Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.; Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawai’i. Bishop Museum Archives, SP 59431
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Image: “Ka Nuhou Kuloko,” Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Augate 29, 1874, p. 2.
Local News.
Next week, the Kilauea will sail for Kona.
These days the haole are leaving in droves because we don’t have work.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Hawaiian bark R. C. Wale [R. C. Wyllie], sailed for California filled with cargo for that port.
Hawaiʻi sugar is being sold in San Francisco at a price slightly better than recent times past.
This Tuesday, the new Lunakānāwai Hoʻomalu [Police Magistrate, Judge W. Claude Jones] resumed his duties.
Early yesterday morning, Friday, the Magarita [Margarita] turned back for Kikane [Sydney] and its usual port.
The sailor [Morrow] from the American warship [Benicia] who stabbed some haole kamaʻāina [Gertz and Speckmann] was put on trial, and it was postponed until the October session.
The Hawaiian bark Comet that would sail the great distance between Oʻahu and San Francisco, was sold in Sydney for $12,000.
Yesterday morning, the Governor of Oʻahu [John Owen Dominis] traveled with his friends to spend time and relax a bit in the refreshing sea spray of Puaʻena.
Image: Prince William Pitt Leleiōhoku Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. Photo by A. W. Osborne. Bishop Museum Archives, SP 74014
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Image: “Ka Nuhou Kuloko,” Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Augate 29, 1874, p. 2.
We hear that His Highness, the Heir to the Throne [William Pitt Leleiōhoku] will go touring the windward side, beginning at Makapuʻu, from next Wednesday; but it will perhaps be that day that shows the truth of this rumor.
A Lei Has Faded.—In the afternoon of this past Thursday, at Kawaiahaʻo, the Lord took Kaiahaiola Pauli, the daughter of the late Pauli, and Vaseti [aka Wakeki, Wakiki, Vakeki, Vakiki] who survives. She is a newborn, and she followed in her youth the footsteps of her father who went before.
Image: Queen Emma’s summer home, Hānaiakamalama, Nuʻuanu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. Bishop Museum Archives, SP 223184
Image: “Ka Nuhou Kuloko,” Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Augate 29, 1874, p. 2.
Accident.—When the Kuhina Kālaiʻāina [Minister of the Interior, William Lowthian Green] was riding seaside from his home Hānaiakamalama in Nuʻuanu, he fell with his horse, and was injured. He perhaps will assume his duties next week. He was injured on Saturday.
We were told about some men from Waialua getting their foreheads hit by rocks. The first man, the rock was thrown by his fishing companion, hitting him on the head, but he was not seriously injured. The second, he was thrown a rock at in mischief by a youngster named Meheula Luka, and the mischief maker was fined $15.00.
It is heard that there are many cases of maʻi kaokao [syphilis] among the men of this town, following the failure of the passing of the Kānāwai hoʻokamakama [prostitution bill]. That is what we hear from several doctors, and confirmed by what we see; among forty people, there are sixteen who have it.
We hear the Papa Ola [Board of Health] have given the authority to treat maʻi Pākē [leprosy] cases to the doctors W. P. Powell and Akana. They have orders to go immediately to Kalawao to test their abilities while having the assistance of the Board with everything they ask for. The two will practice among the leprosy patients for a period of six months, and should they cure some, placed upon them will be loads of benefits.
This town is convenient these days with the increase in hired carriages; when the Hawaiian ships dock, the passengers board the carriages along with their baggage, for just the cost of 25 cents. It was not like that before. Only your baggage was allowed on the carts, your body was left to walk until you reached your friend’s place. We appreciate the hired carriages.
The Benefits of Saving.—On the first day of February 1867, long ago, the Post Office Savings Banks of New Zealand were established and at the end of that year, the savings of the people who made deposit was $355,985. After that, the number of people who save in that manner increased greatly at that Savings Bank. And at the close of 1873, the total at that bank was approximately $3,324,035. Why does Hawaiʻi not do as they do to get out of debt?
We hear that Dr. W. P. Powell has refused to go to Kalawao to treat the leprosy patients, for a number of reasons—perhaps because the small pay.
This post is part of He Aupuni Palapala: Preserving and Digitizing the Hawaiian Language Newspapers, a partnership between Bishop Museum and Awaiaulu with assistance from Kamehameha Schools. Mahalo nui loa to Hawaii Tourism Authority for their support. Learn more about this project here.
