Hawaiians?"

"Where Are The Hawaiians?"

Letter to the Editor YOUR Tahiti correspondent is con stantly asking; “Where are the Hawaiians?”

Well, I am going to answer his ques tion, in detail; so there shall be no more of this talk of a vanished race.

First of all, there is Poliokalani who owns the fried-fish cocktail-lounge estab lishment at Waikiki Beach, on Oahu.

Poliokalani is the grandson of Princess Popocatapetl, whose father came from Mexico, and was a direct descendant of Montezumah or, at least, he said he was.

Tourists flock to Polio’s place; because, they say, it has “atmosphere.”

On Maui, Ohopuli runs the Rest-House half-way up Hale-o-ka-la. When tourists have drunk three or four of Ohopuli’s Rainbow Punch mixtures, they see so many things besides rainbows that they decide to “call it a day.” then and there.

The Tourist Bureau at Honolulu is very angry at Ohopuli, and wants his licence taken away. It claims he is wrecking the whole Maui schedule. Ohopuli says he is saving the Bureau money for horse shoes and extra feed for the animals, on the heavy climb above the Rest-House.

Just now. the great Hawaiian musi cian, Kokakola, is in New Mexico, on the Mainland; where he is playing his steel guitar for the Taos Indians, when they perform their Snake Dances to amuse tourists.

Here at Hilo, we have Mako Ono, who keeps the Curio Shop down near the Customs House. Mako Ono is so proud of his name which, in English would be “barracuda shark” that he has had all his teeth filed to sharp points.

Tourist ladies say he is cute. But when Mako grins, they stop arguing about the price of curios, and come across with the dough.

Mako is a persuasive politician. We hope to send him to the Territorial Legislature, at the next election. He is just the chap to talk down those stubborn people who oppose importing Alabama negroes, in place of Filipinos, to work on the plan tations. We need new blood in the Terri tory.

In addition to these, we have three real Hawaiian hula-girls Tzetze. Rako and Palolo. Tzetze may have almond shaped eyes; but she was bom in Hono lulu. Rako who was born on Kaliai, the Garden Island has one blue eye and one brown eye, that makes tourists look at her twice which is just what Rako wants them to do, Palolo’s mother came from Samoa, and married Charley Hashimoto, who is the bouncer at Ching Koo Wang’s honky tonk, on the Honolulu waterfront, facing the steamer docks.

All three girls dance there. They put on a good show and the tourists like it.

Now, all this answers your Tahiti cor respondent’s question. And let me add, that if he does not cease writing nasty things about Hawaii, we shall send Mako Ono down there, to bite him.

I am. etc.,

Kalelekoa.

Hilo, Hawaii. 31/3/47.

New Caledonia’s oldest inhabitant, Mme.

Louis Guichard, celebrated her centenary in April. She was born on the island of Reunion in 1047, and she and her husband arrived in Noumea in 1872, with other people from Reunion, many of them to establish sugar growing and agricultural settlements. She has three children, 14 grand-children and 12 great grand children.