Sailing without need of a compass, 1928.
THE YOUTH OF PUNA Mr. Jonah Kumalae, Editor of the Alakai o Hawaii, Aloha nui oe: Please allow me some open room in your precious. Miss Laenihi, the youth of Puna lives on Hawaii. Her favorite activity...
View ArticleKahoolawe leased, 1874.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO.”] Kahoolawe.—The island of Kahoolawe was leased for 39 years at $250.00 per year. There are goat and sheep on it. (Ko Hawaii Ponoi, 5/20/1874, p. 2)
View ArticleBeached whale at Hauula, 1858.
A fish came ashore at Hauula. O Hae Hawaii: Aloha oe:—I have some news to tell you. This is that news. Isaia Koaniani came upon a large fish at the shore here in Hauula, Koolauloa. When he got up in …...
View ArticleLove’s Bakery advertisement, 1914.
MADE EACH AND EVERY DAY Love’s Bakery Soda Crackers LOVE’S BAKERY Sold at markets 10c Small Package 5c (Kuokoa, 7/24/1914, p. 2)
View ArticleWallabies in Hawaii, 1916.
Infant Wallaby In Trent Zoo Killed by Dogs Canines Then Attack Parents of Little Macropodine and Drive Them To Hills Richard H. Trent is still looking for his hundred-dollar wallabies, small editions...
View ArticleWallabies still missing, 1916.
TWO WALLABYS TAKE TO THE HILLS, STILL MISSING If you meet a wallaby on your way home tonight take him by the hand and lead him to the offices of the Trent Trust Company. Richard H. Trent is looking...
View Article“[They] may propagate and produce eventually a breed of Hawaiian wallabies.”...
RICHARD H. TRENT’S WALLABIES FLEE FROM THEIR CAGES Strange Australian Pets of Real Estate Man Escape Into Mountains Richard H. Trent, Honolulu’s animal impresario, issues a call to all citizens of Oahu...
View ArticleTwo wallabies become five in a few years, 1920.
LOST WALLABIES REAPPEAR Three years ago R. H. Trent lost two wallabies, which escaped from his private menagerie on Alewa Heights. Now he has five. That is, he may have them if he can catch them. They...
View ArticleWe all know what happened to that old lady who swallowed a fly, 1896.
THAT IS THE GREATEST OF CALAMITIES. Because of the great many calamities faced by the sugar industry in Hawaii, therefore some people think best thing is for us to import another animal larger than the...
View ArticleOn rice birds in Punaluu, 1873.
[Found under: “Na Hiohiona o Koolauloa.”] Pertaining to Punaluu.—This is rice farming lands for Chulan & Co. There is much rice in this land; there is much rice as well amongst the Hawaiians in...
View ArticleAbsence of singing-birds among our trees? 1865.
Canaries.—There is nothing which strangers so quickly notice as the absence of singing-birds among our trees and in our gardens. We have to rely on imported birds, and among these the canary is the...
View ArticleForeign birds set free by the Honorable Lilia Kamakaeha, 1870.
Originally posted on nupepa: [Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO: Oahu.”] We hear that the Honorable Mrs. Lilia Kamakaeha was pleased at the releasing of some new kinds of birds so that they spread here in...
View ArticleBird catching, 1866.
Originally posted on nupepa: [Found under: “SMALL NEWS OF HAWAII NEI.”] Bird snaring.—We received a letter by T. P. Kaaeae of Hamakua, Hawaii, saying that the men and women of that area are joined...
View ArticleOn the decline of native birds, 1871.
Originally posted on nupepa: Locals of the Tuahine Rain are no more. O Ke Au Okoa:—Aloha to you: I am sending you a small gift atop your outstretched foundation, should your captain and Editor be so...
View ArticleNew birds from China, 1865.
Containers of new birds.—Upon the trading ship of the Chinese that stopped here, there were containers of new birds. The thing these birds do is to eat creeping things of the earth, they being...
View ArticleIn praise of the mongoose, 1866.
[Found under: “NOTES OF THE WEEK.”] About Rats.—A correspondent writes us as follows: “In your last issue I have remarked a paragraph on Snakes vs. Rats. It seems wonderful to me that none of our...
View ArticleWilliam Hillebrand brought new plants as well, 1865.
New plants.—Aboard the trade ship of the Chinese laborers which Dr. Hillebrand sent for, arrived some plants which were never seen before in Hawaii, that being some banana plants [pohuli maia], unusual...
View ArticleList of plants and animals imported in 1865.
[Found under: “NOTES OF THE WEEK.”] The R. H. Agricultural Society [Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society] received from Dr. Hillebrand, by the Alberto, about sixty-six varieties of trees and shrubs, the...
View ArticleScary talk, 1865.
[Found under: “Various Items.”] Commendable—There are few or no song-birds native to the Sandwich Islands, and the Hawaiian Government is importing rare and beautiful birds from China, setting them at...
View ArticleRoyal Hawaiian Agricultural Society and the importing of plants and animals,...
[Communicated.] Mr. Editor:—The eminent success which has attended Dr. Hillebrand’s first consignment of plants and birds per Alberto for the Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society, ought certainly to...
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