A DYING RACE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1781, 20 June 1913, Page 4

A DYING RACE.

HAWAIIANS' DAYS NUMBERED. . Civilisation,'or perhaps 'tfie evils, of civilisation, have worked havoc with the people of Hawaii, according to Mr. J, \Y, Doyle, of Honolulu, who is nt present visiting Wellington, and, ho adds, their days as a distinctive race are short numbered. Tho modern Hawaiian will, it is stated, only work when ho is forced to it. Ho will not work steadily in tho fields, but do a littlo on the Honolulu waterside, and they are really good workers—for about two, or maybe three, days a week. That gives tho Hawaiian enough to keep him in food and drink for a week or ten days, perhaps. Theso watersiders aro invariably hard drinkers, and their favourito drink is a long glassful of "squarc-faco" or "sand-paper gin," described as tho vilest of raw spirits. That is the drink they like after a day's work. Drink and siieer laziness aro rapidly undermining tlio remnants of ono of the most picturesque of the peoples of the Pacific, says Mr. Doyle,