Category Archives: English Newspaper

On the 100th anniversary of the passing of Queen Liliuokalani, 1917-2017.

Posted on by
Reply

[Found under: “LILIUOKALANI. A Published Interview With Her.”]

The Hawaiians are my people, and I am still their Queen. To the Hawaiians I shall always be Queen while I am alive, and after I am dead I shall still be their Queen—their dead Queen. But Hawaii is not in the hands of its people. From other countries all kinds of people have come—some wise, some foolish, some good, some very mean. They found fortunes in my county under the protection of my fathers, and then they robbed me of my throne.

[This quote is taken from an interview by Jule de Rytiler originally published in the American Woman’s Home Journal. For the entire interview as published by the Independent, see here.]

(Independent, 4/1/1897, p. 4)

Independent_4_1_1897_4

The Independent, Volume IV, Number 547, Page 4. April 1, 1897.

 

New street names announcement in English, 1856.

Posted on by
Reply

[Found under: “By Authority.”]

In Privy Council, Nov. 24, 1856, it was voted “that a copy of the Resolution assigning names to several streets be given to Mr. Hopkins for publication in the Polynesian:”

The Resolution is as follows:—

“Resolved, That the new street leading up from Beritania street by the King’s Garden, towards the western side of Punch Bowl Hill, be called Emma Street. Continue reading →

Hawaiian Halloween in LA, 1937.

Posted on by
Reply

WAIKIKI

Commencing
Saturday, Oct. 30

HAWAIIAN HALLOWE’EN
CELEBRATION–for 7 Days
–as in The Islands!

SOL HOOPII’S Orchestra

LENA MACHADO
PRINCE LEI LANI

ALOHA KAIMI Arrives from Honolulu to Join TANI MARSH in Interpretive Hulas!

NO COVER CHARGE

Hawaiian, Chinese and American
Cuisine — Special

DINNER SATURDAY $2.50
All Other Times $1.50

LA BREA AT BEVERLY               York 8183

Try a Poi Cocktail at “Noa-Noa”

(LA Times, 10/30/1937, p. 5)

LATimes_10_30_1937_5.png

Los Angeles Times, Volume LVI. October 30, 1937, p. 5.

Kauai was ahead of the crowd back in the day! 1888.

Posted on by
Reply

[Found under: “LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.”]

OUR old and esteemed friend Spitz returns to home to Nawiliwili, Kauai, this evening, after a stay of several days in the city. Mr. Spitz takes along a milkshake machine with him, and will hereafter treat the people of Nawiliwili to “shakes.”

[The first mention of milkshake machines in the newspapers seems to occur only a year earlier, in The Decatur Herald (Illinois), on 8/9/1887.]

(Evening Bulletin, 12/13/1888, p. 3)

EveningBulletin_12_13_1888_3

The Daily Bulletin, Volume XIII, Number 2121, Page 3. December 13, 1888.

Beverly Noa, sophistication, 1959.

Posted on by
Reply

Sophistication is achieved in this classic shirt-sheath in charcoal brown. The fabric is a drip-dry, silk-finished blend. It is worn by Beverly Noa. The dress is belted in the striking new opalescent print, recently introduced by Alfred Shaheen, Limited.

(Star-Bulletin, 9/30/1959, p. 23)

StarBulletin_9_30_1959_23.png

(Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Volume 48, Number 231, Page 23. September 30, 1959.

Kaiulani Elementary School celebrates the birthday of the Princess, 1899.

Posted on by
Reply

KAIULANI SCHOOL

Pupils Have a Holiday Next Monday.

Exercises This Evening In Honor of the Princess’s Birthday—Program for the Occasion.

Monday being the anniversary of the late Princess Kaiulani’s birthday, the pupils of the Princess Kaiulani school will be given a whole holiday.

Exercises will be held this evening in the large hall, but owing to the lack of seating accommodation no invitations have been sent out to parents or friends this year. The program is the work of the pupils entirely. They devoted a good portion of yesterday to obtaining ilima leis and maile to decorate the picture of the late Princess. Continue reading →

English coverage of the Heen/Notley wedding, with better pictures, 1906.

Posted on by
1

POPULAR COUPLE WEDDED

MR. AND MRS. WM. H. HEEN.

An impressive ceremony at St. Andrew’s cathedral last evening united Miss Lily Notley and Mr. William H. Heen in marriage. The ceremony was performed in the presence of a large number of friends. The bride was attended by Mrs. Leslie, as matron of honor, and the groom was served by his brother, Mr. Afong Heen, as best man. Rev. F. Fitz officiated.

The church was simply decorated, a border of waxy white flowers mingled with fern leaves adorning the chancel rail. The bride was given away by her father, Mr. Charles Notley. Continue reading →

Dr. Yosihiko Sinoto through the years, 2006.

Posted on by
Reply

WHAT LIES BENEATH: UNCOVERING ANCIENT TREASURES OF POLYNESIA

Photos courtesy of Yosihiko Sinoto

1955

A young Yosihiko Sinoto works at Makalai Cave, an archaeological site at South Point on the Big Island.

1961

Sinoto, right, and longtime colleague Kenneth Emory, at a dig on Maupiti in French Polynesia.

1982

On Huahine, Sinoto excavated planks, a paddle and, seen here, a mast from an ancient canoe.

(Advertiser, 4/9/2006, p. D1)

Advertiser_4_9_2006_D1.png

Honolulu Advertiser. April 9, 2006, p. D1.

Dr. Yosihiko Sinoto and the great canoe, conclusion, 1978.

Posted on by
2

EXPEDITION CREW—Tim Lui-Kwan holds an unfinished canoe bailer found preserved on Huahine Island in Tahiti. Other early Polynesian artifacts on the table include Tahitian war clubs, called patus, and a tapa beater. From left are Elaine Rogers-Jourdane, Toni Han and archaeologist Yosihiko Sinoto.—Star-Bulletin Photo by Warren R. Roll.

PRESERVED LOG—A mastlike post is recovered from the Huahine pond.—Bishop Museum photo.

CANOE RELIC—Yosihiko Sinoto is shown digging a trench to look for the end of a plank believed to be part of an ancient double-hulled canoe.—Bishop Museum Photo.

Pieces of Ancient Canoe Found

Continued from Page One

…canoe plank, because of the L-shape, so what is it? That was the big question.

“SURPRISINGLY, we found a second piece about one foot below. The two pieces are the same size and the same shape.”

He said the logs that they found were round and well-worked and one was a boom to lash a canoe hull and an outrigger. “The form was very close to the Tahitian sailing canoe,” he noted.

After he returned to the museum, he began searching material on canoes in Oceania and studying canoe models to try and identify the large planks. Continue reading →

Dr. Yosihiko Sinoto finds parts of great canoe, 1978.

Posted on by
1

Most Important Link to East Polynesian History

Parts of Ancient Canoe Found on Society Isle

By Helen Altonn
Star-Bulletin Writer

A Hawaii archaeologist has discovered what he believes are the remnants of an ancient double-hulled canoe such as described in Polynesian legends.

They are two large L-shaped boards, apparently the end splash boards of a double canoe.

“If it is a double canoe, the size is bigger than the Hokule’a,” said Yosihiko Sinoto, chairman of the Bishop Museum anthropology department.

He uncovered the boards and numerous other wooden objects, many associated with canoeing, in a pond on Huahine in the Society Islands.

Kenneth Emory, senior archaeologist as the museum, said the site is the most important found yet in revealing the early history of East Polynesia. “You have a cross-section of life at one moment of time before Hawaii and New Zealand were settled,” he said. Continue reading →