HAWAII AND THE WAR

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2846, 10 August 1916, Page 6

HAWAII AND THE WAR

.Among the passengers who arrived in Sydney: by the Niagara last week was . Mr. Walter F. Frear, ex-Governor of ■ " Hawaii, who is . oni a holiday trip toAustralia, accompanied by his wife and daughter. Mr. Frear stated that the war, wjth its effect on prices, had given .. a big fillip, to the Hawaiian sugar industrjy which represents liine-tenths of the production of the group, the annual output being 600,000 tons. Mr. Frear was at Washington (U.S.A.) foe the . first half-year of tho war, and'confirm- ! Ed the statement of -fellow-Americans that the great majority of people in i the United States is pro-Ally. In Honolulu over £40,000 has been collected for various relief funds in'connection with ' ' the'war, while one 'of 'tho leading American doctors, Dr. James E. Judd, is with the American hospital in France, accompanied by his wife, who i ; . is doing nurse's work.. Numbers of ■ British residents in the islands, said Mr. Frear,'have gone to England or • Canada to enlist smce the outbreak of the war. .Mr. Frear is president of the "Hands 'Around tho Pacific" Club, which represents a movement started about seven years ago, having for its object the promotion of co-operation and goodwill among tho different nationalities represented in tlio Pacific. In this connection a big Pan-Pacific exhibition is being planned to take place at Hoaoluln in .1919. ■; 10 H.P. AUSTIN. For immediate delivery, has just been 1 ' " completely overhauled and painted. Equipment includes noiv hood, five lamps, screen, detachable wheels. Par- ; ticulars from SCOTT MOTOK AGENCY, ■ ■■. > . i 57 Lower Cuba Street. ] WELLINGTON, !