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Hilo Tribune.
Hilo, Hawaii, January 1, 1904, page 3.
Hilo Federal Jurors.

Grand and petit jurors for the Hilo term of Federal Court, drawn in the United States District Court at Honolulu last week, are as follows:
Grand Jury
W. A. Hadden, Wm. G. Brasch, A. Gartenberg, N. F. Burgess, C. J. Campbell, Chas. Girdler, Frank Davey, ...

Chronicling America
Hilo tribune. (Hilo, Hawaii) 1895-1917, January 01, 1904, Image 3
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Evening News
Sydney, 2 January 1904, page 4.

HAWAII.

(BY A LATE RESIDENT.)

The natives, both male and female, are great swimmers, and love all water sports, and stay in the water for hours at a time.
It is very interesting to watch the surf riders.
They swim out to the surf with boards about six feet long, two feet wide, tapering to about twelve inches and half an inch thick, and ride in on the waves.

They see the wave coming - just breaking - and swim as rapidly as they can towards the shore, until the wave catches them.
Then in they come, standing, kneeling, and lying flat on the boards.

Canoe surfing has become very popular with the white residents.
The natives handle the canoes very skilfully, and one of them is always taken aboard to do the steering, otherwise there would surely be some capsizing.

On the incoming and outgoing of foreign steamers a score or more little native boys may be seen swimming around the steamer in the harbour, shouting and diving for coins, much to the pleasure and interest of passengers.

Trove
1904 'HAWAII.', Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), 2 January, p. 4. (EVENING NEWS SUPPLEMENT), viewed 24 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112788137

Evening News
Sydney, 22 January 1904, page 3.

BREVITIES

...
Every morning, upon an average, a hundred men and youths indulge in surf bathing on Bondi Beach, and if something could be done to remove the fear of sharks and the undertow, no doubt the present numbers would be greatly in creased.

Trove
1904 'BREVITIES.', Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), 22 January, p. 3. , viewed 09 Nov 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112791001

Hawaiian Gazette
Friday, January 22, 1904, Honolulu, Hawaii

HAWAII, THE SUN LAND, IS GOD'S COUNTRY OF HEALTH
Mainland Tourist Companies Advertise the
Islands as an Attractive, Sunny, Flower-Laden
Country, Fit for Tourists.

"The Collvcr Foreign Tours" is the games of the United States. To these
title of, an attractive brochure which is must be added the best surf bathing in
being distributed in Honolulu at the the world. Who has not refused to be
holds and elsewhere, and which re- Iicve the picture of a native Hawaiian
fers to, the islands as"IIawaii, the Sun- erect on a triumphantly
Land." The cover indicates that the riding the crest of a great wave rolling
tour includes Hawaii, Japan, Manila,
towan, ,,norc? 0ny al,.cx,,er, catl 0
Hongkong, Shanghai, Canton and Ma- ,, , tnck but
cao. The tour 7s to start from cvc".a nov,cc '" ox'-
Francisco on March 5, under the di- pcncncc some of its exhilaration by
rcction of Leon Collvcr, and will end the Jiclp of a native surf-boat and
at the coast on June 15. The Doric strong-armed rowers,
will bring the tourists here, and the Aflcr ..., (o , t ,
party will remain in Honolulu from , a .""' Hawa"; 1,0"'cvc,r
March 12 to March 22. Mr. Collvcr f,lor' onc ,s alt to appreciate Mark
aptly describes the Islands thus: Twain's well-chosen words:
Hawaii, the Sun-Land. As hard to "N0 Land ,11 all the world has any
imagine heaven without happiness as dccp, strong charm for me but that one;
Hawaii without the charm of eternal
no other land could so longingly and
summer. Palms and flowers 1 Picture 'beseechingly haunt me sleeping- and
both, and there is no uncertainty about waking, through more than half a
II.1w.t11. Saint and sinner alike may time, as that onc has done. Other
hear the welcome ' Aloha I" (Love things leave me, hut it abides; other
to you I) from the throat of a flower- chance, but it remain itn snnn
decked native, and enter the country of J?or mc its balmy airs arc always blow-poi
and pleasure, careless ease and co- i,lg( its summer seas flashing in the
coanuts and drink the balmy ocean sun; the pulsing of its surf heat is in
breezes in. my car; I can sec its garlanded crags, its
GOD.'S COUNTRY OF HEALTH, leaping cascades, its plumy palms bowing
., , by the shore; its remote Summits
t,
Ihe'mcan of Honolulu temperature iK like islands above the cloud rack;
for 1902 was 73.87 degrees, maximum I call fcel the spirit of its woodland
90 degrees, minimum 53 degrees. At solitude; I can hear the plash of its
this temperature Human life thrives the brooks; in my nostrils still lives the
best. 1 he natives tell the tale. Straight- breath of flowers that perished years
limbed and strong; ideal physical years ago."
A TRIP TO HAWAII.
Have you ever heard on shipboard the
cry, "Land," and away on the horizon
seen .hat thin line of promise? Imagine
the promise of Hawaii, the -wonder-world,
where nature's abundant beauty
lives in flower, leaf and graceful tree.
A run of color ranges far beyond the
palette's limitations with such subtlety
the most appreciative study is defied.
And through all, from translucent pur
ple mountain shadows to the dreamy
(Mark Twain's words as above do not
follow the original. They were sent
out from here in the above manner and
no correction has ever been made.)
Tuesday, March 22nd, the steamer
Nippon Marti, of the Toyo Kiscn Kaisha
Steamship line leaves for Yokohama.
SIX TOURS ARRANGED.
The Nippon-California Tour company
of San Francisco, Boston and Los
Angeles, has arranged six personally
conducted tours to Hawaii, the reading
matter in their very attractive brochure
charm of noon-tide, surf-line and spark-1 ' beinc; identical with that in the Collver
imp; wave-crest, a fascination nnd
strange suggestion of quiet luxurv. For
the artist color is triumphant, for the
musician nature's softest tones, and for
thejioct the suggestion of all-surrounding
sea and mighty mountain fires. I5ut
for ordinary travelers, such as you and
I, there is a people peculiar in custom
and lifc. a country of rest, yet full, of
interest in rich commerce as well as in
natural wonders.
Honolulu, the commercial, with a
well-defined ebb and How of wealth from
four continents over great ocean high
ways. her own riches she exports
a vast s.torc of sugar, coffee, bananas,
cocoanuts and rice. Electric
lighted, with ocean cable, telegraph and
telephone, steam and electric railroads',
the most modern and beautiful of hotels.
Honolulu is thoroughly abreast with
civilization.
Onc would little think that near by
was a tame volcano with the largest
active crater in the world. Kilauea is
easy of access for the tourist. Good
hotels, good roads and guides make
easy the way for a peep into the everlasting
fire of a real volcano.
Even women and children may make
the trip. There has never been a fatal
accident.
Some of the older craters arc much
larger than Kilauea. Hawaii boasts of
the largest extinct as well as the largest
active crater in the world. And here
also is the highest mountain in all the
Pacific, Mauna Kea, 13.900 feet above
the sea. Like most of the mountains in
Hawaii, this may be easily ascended on
horseback by those who like exercise.
Some people are attracted by the
scmitropical vegetation of this fortunate
island; the cocoanuts and bananas, tree
ferns, and many palm trees.
For those who like sport there is
shooting and fishing, and the ordinary

The Hawaiian gazette. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, January 22, 1904, Image 7
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Evening News
Sydney, Wednesday 27 January 1904, page 6.

ACROSSTHE PACIFIC BY THE MIOWERA.

HONOLULU AND NEWCASTLE COAL.

...
Another great attraction at Honolulu is surf riding, which is indulged in very largely by travellers.

'Shooting tie Chute' is said to pale into insignificance when compared with surf riding as practised at Honolulu.
The boats- specially built- put off from the shore for about half a mile, and when a big roller is selected, the boat is handled so as to be picked up and then carried ashore at the rate of 60 miles an hour (or less).

Trove
1904 'ACROSS THE PACIFIC.', Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), 27 January, p. 6. , viewed 24 Apr 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112788871

Evening News
Sydney, 1 February 1904, page 3.

BREVITIES

...
The heavy sea that has been rolling on to the coast during the last couple of days has rendered surf bathing on the ocean beaches a more than usually exhilarating, if somewhat risky, pastime.

Trove
1904 'BREVITIES.', Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), 1 February, p. 3. , viewed 09 Nov 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112792947

The Hawaiian Star.
Honolulu, February 9, 1904, page 8.

RICE AND PERKINS BUY OUT DAVEY
BIGGEST TRANSACTION IN THE PHOTOGRAPHIC BUSINESS IN HONOLULU FOR YEARS.

The entire property of the Davey Protographic Company, which was assigned a few days ago to the Mott Smith Estate for the beneflt of creditors, has been purchased by Rice & Perkins.
The purchase includes all the negatives, prints, material, photo graphic stock, good will, and lease of the quarters for so long occupied by the Davey Company.
The deal was closed this morning.
Certain alterations and improvements are to be made In the quarters included in the lease, among them repairs to the elevator and then Rice & Perkins will move from the Oregon Building where their present studio is located to the new premises.
The purchasers say that they will sell off all stock and material which will not be of use to them, and keep up the establishment to
the highest grade.
The material they have purchased includes hundreds of Hawaiian views of great value, some of them impossible now to duplicate.
Among these are views taken during the period of annexation and the Spanish war.
In addition there are the portrait negatives accumulated during the nearly ten years that Frank Davey has been in business here.
Rice & Perkins began business here in April 1901, both members ot the firm having come here during the previous year from California.
The price paid by the purchasers is a matter not disclosed bv either buyer or seller.
This is the biggest deal In the photographic business In Honolulu for many years.

Chronicling America
The Hawaiian star. (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, February 09, 1904, SECOND EDITION, Image 8
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The Hawaiian Gazette.
Honolulu, March 4, 1904, page 3.

A BOOK OF LEGENDS
Latest Publication by Hawaii Promotion Committee.

An interesting, as well as valuable booklet is the latest publication of the Hawaii Promotion Committee on "Hawaii, Its People and Their Legends," by Mrs. Emma Metcalf Nakuina.
...
Misters Campbell, A. Lewis and other well known amateurs contributed snap shots or places seldom seen, even by the island resident.
There are some particularly fine fishing and surf riding views, and of the various falls in the islands.

Chronicling America
The Hawaiian gazette. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, March 04, 1904, Image 3
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Notes.
Nakuina, Emma Metcalf: Hawaii, Its People and Their Legends, Hawaiian Promotion Committee, Honolulu, H.T., 1904.

A booklet for promotional activities, it was widely distributed with local hotels providing complimentary copies to their patrons.
The introduction notes:
"For the purposes of reproduction in magazine or newspaper, the copyright on the contents of of this volume is waived."
On page 15, captioned "Surf Boating and Riding at Waikiki," there is one photograph of canoe surfing, one of several prone of boardridrers, and one of a lone standing surfer.
The latter was widely reproduced.
The images are accredited to Rice and Perkins, the page design by Julian Greenwood.
See:
1904 Rice and Perkins : Surf Boating and Riding at Waikiki.
Images from Emma Nakuina: Hawaii, Its People and Their Legends, Hawaiian Promotion Committee, Honolulu, H.T., 1904.
Internet Archive
http://archive.org/details/hawaiiitspeoplet00nakuiala

Evening Bulletin.
Honolulu, April 23, 1904, page 3.

DROWNED AT WAIKIKI
WINFIELD S. CROUCH GOES BEYOND HIS DEPTH
ARRIVED BY THE KOREA YESTERDAY FROM ROCHESTER, N.Y.
LEAVES WIFE AND CHILD.

Winfield S. Crouch, who arrived yesterday morning in the Korea, was drowned in the surf at Waikiki yesterday afternoon.
At about 4:30 p.m. the deceased went bathing together with John E. Hartshorn and Mr. Hughes, fellow passengers in the Korea.
They had surfboards along with them.
When they were wading near the Moana hotel they suddenly fell into a hole beyond their depth.
Hartshorn and Hughes managed to escape but Crouch, who could not swim, clung to his surfboard and shouted for help.

Hartshorn, who can swim a little; grasped a surfboard with one hand and started to go to Crouch's assistance.
In the meantime Crouch, who had tried to paddle ashore, lost his surfboard.
By the time Hartshorn reached him he was floating on the surface in an insensible state.
Hughes soon came up and he and Hartshorn began taking the insensible body ashore.
A boat joined them in which the body was brought ashore.

By the time the beach was reached Crouch was dead.
Dr. Walters and Dr. Irwin, a passenger in the Korea, were called from the Moana hotel.
They worked over Crouch for forty minutes but were unable to restore respiration.
A coroner's jury investigated the case last night and returned the following verdict:
"That the said Winfield S. Crouch came to his death at Walkiki, in the district of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, on the 22nd day of April, 1904, from asphyxiation, to wit, by being accidentally drowned in the surf at Walkikl Beach, Honolulu."

The deceased was a resident of Rochester, N. Y.
He came here representing several Eastern commercial houses and intended to remain here some time.
He had registered at the Young Hotel.
Crouch leaves a wife in the East.

Chronicling America
Evening bulletin. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii) 1895-1912, April 23, 1904, 2:30 O'CLOCK EDITION, Image 3
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser
27 April 1904 page 1048.

Autumn Bathing: at Manly.

Sketches by the ' Mail's ' Special Artist.

Until quite lately
                'Continental' or 'Mixed'
bathing, widely
                practised at famous European
and American seaside
                resorts, and to a lesser
extent in England, was
                little known and much
discountenanced. A few
                people went to the

estuary at Little
                Coogee, and bathed in 'mixed'
parties, the
                proceeding making them a nine
days' wonder, and
                leading to municipal com
ment and press
                correspondence. Here and
there at picnics, on
                special evenings in en
closed baths, or where
                families wore camp
ing, the protection
                which the presence of male

bathers affords to
                those of the other sex was
recognised in their bathing together. At
Little Coogee some of
                the conditions were so
primitive as to call
                forth interference by the
authorities, though we
                have never reached
here the frank return
                to nature which was
for so long
                characteristic of the German
middle classes in
                their annual visits to
tKe sands of
                Heligoland.
The 'Continental' bathing in the surf at
Manly as it exists
                to-day is practically the
growth of the last
                couple of years. For many
yJears past Manly male
                residents have
. enjoyed the luxury
                of a dip in the surf,
                and

isolated parties of
                ladies were
wont to go down early
                in the
morning, usually
                keeping to
themselves or joining
                some party
of male acquaintances.
                The
municipal authorities
                did every
thing they could to
                stop the prac
tice in the interest
                of their en
closed baths on the
                harbour side.
The very opposition
                seemed ,to
force its growth, and
                a couple
of summers ago it grew
                to such
ah extent, and was so
                undoubtedly
drawing people to the
                suburb,
that the council began
                adding to
the very slight
                facilities for
dressing previously
                afforded ladies
.'in a tiny
                summer-house. Before

this summer two
                additional shelters were
built for the ladies
                to dress on the Parade, and
a long section of
                fence was erected to afford
some screen to the
                male bathers while dress
ing.
A year ago bathers
                scattered themselves
along the whole sweep
                of the ocean beach,

family parties keeping
                much to themselves,
and lit lie knots of
                ladies bathing
                apart from
men. Then came some
                fatal accidents as a
result of which the
                council strove for pro
tective reason to
                concentrate the bathers
of both sexes at the
                southern end, where is
the best bottom and
                relatively greater safety
from currents. The
                absurd restrictions as
to hours of bathing were also
                relaxed, and
instructions were
                issued that the short
trunks hitherto used
                by the men must be re
placed by 'neck to
                knee' swimming costumes.
Gradually the whole
                conditions of bathing
have altered, and
                through the past summer,
while the number of
                people bathing
                has increased
enorjnously, almost
                the whole of them have
concentrated at the
                southern end. There on
a bright sunny morning
                it was not unusual
to see 1000 people,
                including many hundreds
of women, girls, and
                children frolicking in the
breakers at the one
                time and place. Our
artist's sketches,
                taken this week, show that
though this is late
                autumn, and the great
body of country
                visitors, who swell the sum

mer population of 'The
                Vil- -«.
lage' have long since
                re- ^
turned to their homes
                in
vigorated by their
                sojourn,
there are still some
                hun
dreds of bathers- On a
                fine
Sunday or holiday
                morning
a very bright and
                animated
scene may still be
                witnessed
on the beach.
The fact that the
                ocean
?beach at Manly has a
                north
easterly, exposure,
                and is pro ?
tected from the
                southerner..

and even from the cold
                westerlies, __
encourages bathing all the year
round- Though it may
                be cold .V) -
yards away, on the
                beach itself
after sunrise, the
                warmth is most
grateful, and so the
                people revel in ;
it, even at this
                season, and in still ^S
colder seasons. _
It has been said that
                anyone can
differentiate between
                the Manly girls
who patronise the surf and those who
do not. There are a
                freedom of move
ment and carriage! and
                a richness of com
plexion — exposure to
                the morning sun makes,
not mars, complexions
                — about the former
which mark them out in
                the Sydney streets.
Manly bathing costume for
                either sex is a
very simple affair,
                and much alike. The
great majority of
                ladies wear ordinary swim

ming tights, coming
from the 'neck to
nearer the knee thaa
those affected by tho
men. This is wont
to startle the new
comer, but after

awhile one of Iho
                reasons becomes apparent .
Surf bathing is not as
                smooth water
bathing, and the Manly
                breakers are apt
to be strong. All
                sorts of dainty and volu
minous 'confections,'
                after the fashion
of French or American
                resorts have
been tried by the
                ladies here, but as a
rule these suffer so
                much in the buffeting
of the surf that their wearers
                preseutly
joiu the majority, and
                adopt simpler garb.
What is or is not a
                sufficient cos-tinno 5s,
of course, largely a
                malur,- of opinion, of

convention, of con
ceptions of decency,
or of fashion. Cus
tom has familiarised
at Manly a garb
which would not be
permitted to the
ballet, and which the
wearers would pro
bably not dream of
wearing elsewhere. So
rapidly do indivi
duals adapt them
selves that tights
attract practically no
attention, while more
elaborate garb at
once becomes the
cynosure of all eyes,
and makes the
wearer stand out as

an object ot
curious atten
tion among her
, sisters.
U There is much
ja\ greater variety
?Yk of garb out of
m\ water than in
li\ it. Here the
[|h\ whole sartorial
||m\ garment, from
««» the pyjama
WP suit or the
J3V ' sweater and
raants' to ; the
elaborate dress
ing gown or bath
gown is run by
the male sex,
^ while ladies lean
^ chiefly towards
\\ the kimono, and
k\\ its congeners.
IJl With either sex

there is a complete
                abandonment of conven
tionality in this
                before-breakfast garb, and a
thorough air of
                negligent Bohemianism.
And one great
                opportunity that the free and
easy custom permits to
                the fair sex, is the
display of a fine head
                of hair. Art and fashion
bring to a level the
                woman to whom nature
has been bountiful,
                and her less fortunate
sister who has to
                resort to the aids of the
'tousorial artist.' It
                is only in the pri
vacy of her boudoir
                that the woman blessed
with luxuriant hair
                can ordinarily display

it, but returning from an invigoraiino

and health-giving revel in the surf ihl,

girl with locks of a mermaiden can cast

their whole luxuriant length free, and

with the morning s.un making every strand

look like spun silk or new-run SO1J

march demurely, but proudly homeward

conscious that she is the centre of admi

ration or of envy — either tribute is S;1j,]

to be equally pleasing to the sex. iL

is her Great Opportunity.

Trove
1904 'Autumn Bathing at Manly.', The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), 27 April, p. 1048. , viewed 09 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163988289

The Pacific Commercial Advertiser
Honolulu, May 31, 1904, page 9.

YOUNG HUSTACE SAVES A SAILOR FROM DROWNING

An act of bravery which was witnessed by many people on Sunday at Waikiki beach showed the courage of young Thomas Hustace, son of Frank Hustace, in rescuing a drowning sailor.
The young fellow was on the beach front of the Hustace place at Waikiki near the Moana Hotel when he was attracted by the struggles of a man in the water a short distance from the shore. The man was seen to sink, come to the surface and struggle, and then go down again. Before he had gone down the second time, however, young Hustace had grasped the situation.
He immediately picked up a small surf board, plunged into the water and swam to the struggling man's assistance.
He reached the latter as he was about to go down the third time.
Hustace shoved the board under one of hia arms and the drowning man grabbed it.
Hustace finally prevailed upon him to merely rest his hands upon the board, or he would take it away from him.
The sailor followed the advice.
[By] this time Hustace's younger brother had swam out to the pair with a large surf board.
With this the boys, with other assistance, brought the half drowned man to the beach.
The man's face was almost black from asphyxiation.
He was rolled over a barrel and was finally brought back to a realization that he was really in the land of the living.

Chronicling America
The Pacific commercial advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, May 31, 1904, Image 9
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Evening Bulletin.
Honolulu, June 4, 1904, page 6.

(Visit of the Italian Prince Luigi and the officers of the cruiser Liguria)

The bathing party given by Mrs. S. G. Wilder for Prince Luigi at the Wilder pinie, Waikiki was a very jolly affair.
Canoeing and surf-board exercise much interested the Prince and his aide-de-camp.

Chronicling America
Evening bulletin. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii) 1895-1912, June 04, 1904, 2:30 O'CLOCK EDITION, Image 6
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24th —Italian Cruiser Liguria arrives with noted Prince Luigi, Duke el' Abruzze.
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The Friend, Volume LXI, Number 6, 1 June 1904 Edition 01 — Page 15

The Hawaiian Gazette.
Honolulu, June 28, 1904, page 4.
LOCAL BREVITIES
...
Jack London, Acting Governor Atkinson and Walter G. Smith were entertained yesterday noon by Col. McFarlane at an elaborate lunch.
Later Mr. London was taken to the beach and given his first experience with a surf-ride.
The famous author has not yet decided whether he will make a book out of his war experiences.
Chronicling America
The Hawaiian gazette. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, June 28, 1904, Image 4
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The Hawaiian Gazette.
Honolulu, July 1, 1904, page 3.

DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS

For Supplies to Public Works Department
Six Months.
Contracts for supplier to the Department
Public Works for the ensuing six months have been awarded as follows.
There are some ties in bids and in such cases the orders will be divided:
Allen & Roblnson: Nor'west lumber, 11 Items; redwood, 13 Items; shingles, 4 Items; laths, 3 Items; Adams paint brushes; yellow metal, 2 Items.
...

Chronicling America
The Hawaiian gazette. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, July 01, 1904, Image 3
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The Hawaiian Star.
Honolulu, July 11, 1904, page 8.

There were large crowds at the beach resorts yesterday and good bathing and surf-riding were enjoyed.

Chronicling America
The Hawaiian star. (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, July 11, 1904, SECOND EDITION, Image 8
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The Register
Adelaide, Monday 25 July 1904 page 6.

ROUND THE WORLD.
FROM ADELAIDE TO SAN FRANCISCO.
(From Our Special Correspondent)

…
The bathing in Honolulu is a source of wonderment.
The breakers roll in thunderously upon the coral reefs that ward off the sea, dashing up smothers of foam.
Then the waters rolling over the rocks rush into the shore.
Here the bathers go, and on their surf boards ride on the waves that kiss the beautiful shore.
The waters are nearly of the same temperature as the air.
For nearly an hour I enjoyed this lovely pastime.

Trove
1904 'ROUND THE WORLD.', The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), 25 July, p. 6. , viewed 24 Apr 2016,
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The Hawaiian Star.
Honolulu, July 29, 1904, page 1.

BEACH PICTURE

The Tourist Promotion Committee and Photographer Rice want everyone in Honolulu who enjoys bathing, or surf-riding or any other beach pastimes to be at Watkiki on Sunday, as a large panoramic picture of the beach is to be taken.
The camera will be taken some distance out to sea by Rice and it is intended to take a long view of the whole beach.
In order to have the scene at its best it is desired to have many people out in surf boats and swimmlng, as well as seated in the Hhnde along the beach.
The picture will be taken at about two o'clock In the afternoon, and it is expected that there will be big crowd on hand to get in it.

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The Hawaiian star. (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, July 29, 1904, SECOND EDITION, Image 1
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Evening Bulletin.
Honolulu, August 6, 1904, page 6.

The Social Notes of the Oklahoma Times-Journal contain the following;
A very pleasant gathering of neighbours and old friends assembled in the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Richardson Thursday evening to view the fine collection of views brought from Honolulu by .Mr. and .Mrs C A. Galbraith, who have lately returned from the Hawaiian islands.
...
The views consisted of ... pictures taken on board steamers, surf bathing, native festivals and customs, prominent personages, transports bound for Manila, and several views of the leper camp.

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Evening bulletin. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii) 1895-1912, August 06, 1904, 2:30 O'CLOCK EDITION, Image 6
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The Hawaiian Gazette.
Honolulu, August 9, 1904, page 4. PHOTOGRAPH THE BAND
Acting Governor Atkinson has received a formal request from the Hawaii Promotion Committee to have the Government Band play at the Hotel Annex Sunday afternoon in order to bring a crowd at that point and to the Young Hotel Annex, the Moana Hotel,
Waikiki Inn and other places along the beach, so that Photographer Rice of Rice and Perkins may take a picture of Waikiki Beach with plenty of life on it.

While the photograph taken two weeks ago was a success in that it showed the beautiful photographic possibilities of the beach and vicinity, yet there were not enough people in view in propoition to the long sweep of the beach from the Annex to Diamond Head to make it really typical of a festive seashore scene in Honolulu.

With the band playing on the beach there should be a huge crowd of people present at the various resorts mentioned and if the day is fine it is hoped also that as many persons as possible will avail themselves of the opportunity to go in bathing.
It is such a picture that the Promotion Committee is desirous of taking, for the demand in eastern cities for advertislng matter on
Hawaii is for a seaside picture showing plenty of "life."

The Promotion Committee has also appealed to yachtsmen and owners of canoes to make an aquatic demonstration at the same time.
Pictures of Waikiki beach showing Hawaiian canoes riding on the crest of waves toward the beach are always attractive to mainlanders and has always proven so to tourists.

The committee has met with some success in this respect and the prospects are good for an aquatic exhibition which will show up well in the photograph.
On this occasion a number of young Hawaiians and haoles who are adept at riding standing on surf boards, will be taken in this daring act.

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Evening Bulletin.
Honolulu, August 18, 1904, page 5. LOCAL AND GENERAL

There is a heavy swell outside today and the breakers are rolling in grandly along the bench from the Hawaiian Annex to the Moana hotel.
The Waikiki beach displaced a lively and interesting scene both yesterday and today by reason of the heavy surf and the number of bathers and spectators.
...
If the heavy surf continues it is expected that a surf-riding contest, in canoes, will take place off the Moana hotel beach tomorrow evening.
The participants will be all well known society people.

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The Hawaiian Gazette.
Honolulu, September 20, 1904, page 2.
FRANK DAVEY IS IN SAN JOSE

The San Jose Mercury devotes a page to Frank Davey, who has formed a photographic partnership there.
It prints cuts of photograps he has made of eminent men and women and of Hawaiian scenes.
Some of the reading matter is as follows:
There has lately been added to our local list of artist-photographers a name with almost a world wide reputation, that of Mr. Frank Davey, who has become associated with our own Andrew P. Hill.
Mr. Davey is by birth an Englishman, his native place being London, where he was born February 27, 1860.
He was educated as an artist in his native city, under the able instruction of his father, William Turner Davey, a member of the Royal Academy and one of the best known historical engravers of London.
In 1880 Mr. Davey left England for the continent; and was associated with Walery of Paris.
Later he came to New York, where he was with Sarony, and then on to California, where he was ten years with Taber.
From California he went to Japan, China and other points of the Orient, where he gathered valuable experience, and met, in his professional capacity, most of the notables of those places.
He was in Hawaii for seven years, where he became familiar with the leading points and people of that paradise of the Pacific. Recently he returned to California, and formed the present business association in San Jose.
DAVEY'S ARTISTIC STANDING.

As an artist-photographer Mr. Davey has few equals and no superior.
This work is the passion of his life, and into it he has put all his marvelous energy and enthusiasm.
Constant experiment and improvement in his work have marked his professional career.
While with the Taber company he invented and improved various processes that have been in great demand; and originated the Iridian process which has been successfully used for some years.
Undoubtedly, no other one photographer in the world has taken such a wide variety of scenic views, or of people.
All parts of the world have yielded their attractions to his camera, almost all the famous men and women of the times have sat for him.
He has autographic photographs of great men and women from all parts of the world and in every profession and walk of life.

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The Hawaiian Gazette.
Honolulu, October 2, 1904, page 2.

WILDER STOPS ON WORLD TOUR

Marshall P. Wilder the well known journalist also known as the "Prince of Entertainers and Entertainer of Princes" was among the passengers on the
Mongolia yesterday.
He is making a tour of the world to end July 15th, 1905, and during the trip he writes a weekly letter for the Sunday magazines of the New York Tribune, Boston Post, Chicago Record-Herald, Pittsburg Post, St. Louis Republic and Philadelphia Press.
It is said that over one million readers see his letters every week.
Mr. Wilder had but a short time to see Honolulu but he made the best of that.
He was met on board the steamer by Secretary liovd of the Promotion Committee who showed the traveler and his wife the sights of the city.
The letter on Honolulu will be awaited with interest.
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A trip was made to the Pali, then through the city and park and around Diamond Head, then to various points of interest, and at 4 o'clock Secretary Atkinson entertained both Mr. and Mrs. Wilder with a surf-boat ride at Wnikiki beach.
Mr. Wilder also had the pleasure of seeing several young men ruling in a standing position on surf boards.
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Sunday Times
Sydney, 23 October 1904, page 7.

THE DELIGHTS -OF SURF BATHING.

How the Summer Girl on the Ocean Beach at Manly sports
on the wave according to the idealist who prepares picture postcards.

A realistic snapshot of the same by ?

—'Scraps.'

Trove

1904 'THE DELIGHTS OF SURF BATHING.', Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930), 23 October, p. 7. (The Sunday Times Magazine Section), viewed 09 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127810951

The Hawaiian Star
Honolulu, October 31, 1904, page 8.

The Healanl Boat Club la forming a relay swimming team to meet the Myrtle team.
The Healnni Club can got together some crack men such as Dan Renear, Paul Jarrett. Bert Webster George Freeth and Bill King.

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The Hawaiian star. (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, October 31, 1904, SECOND EDITION, Image 8
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Evening News
Sydney, 15 November 1904, page 2.

BREVITIES

...
Surf bathing is becoming an increasingly popular pastime in Sydney.
Where a dozen bathed from the ocean beaches a few years ago there are now hundreds.

At Little Coogee yesterday there were at times not fewer than a thousand persons of both sexes and all ages in the water at one time.

Trove

1904 'BREVITIES.', Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), 15 November, p. 2. , viewed 09 Nov 2016,
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The Hawaiian Gazette.
Honolulu, December 6, 1904, page 3.

Governor Studies Plan to Build Native Village.

The territorial Executive has shown a disposition to take up very seriously the plan advanced by Sir. J. J. Williams to establish in the islands a native village to preserve the arts and illustrate the habits of the people of old Hawaii.

Replies favorable to the plan have been received from several parties.
Among these replies, that of Sir. C. L. Wight, president of Wilder's Steamship Company, unhesitatingly approves the plan as one having merit.
"The location for such a colony," says Sir. Wight, "should be on the seashore, where canoeing, surf riding and fishing would be features,
"As to hula dances, admitting the Ayran origin of the Hawaiians, they probably sprung from the same source as the religious dances of the early Greeks and Romans, and for ethnological reasons should be preserved by the government."

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The Hawaiian gazette. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, December 06, 1904, Image 3
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Hilo Tribune.
Hawaii, December 20, 1904, page 3.

Reprint of Charles Nordhoff: Surfriding at Hilo (1873)
Northern California, Oregon and the Sandwich Islands, Harpers and Brothers, New York, 1874.

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