Ke Aloha Aina, Volume III, Number 35, 28 August 1897 — LOAA HE WAIWAI ILOKO O NA POHAKU MOMI [ARTICLE]

LOAA HE WAIWAI ILOKO O NA POHAKU MOMI

O Samuela Harns, he kanaka ooio i ho!o aku no na Pae moku o ka Hema ī'kela makahikl aku nei, ua % hoea mai .oia maluna o ka 'mokupea <alilee, ma ka Poako!u nei, me ka lat*e pu ana ma! he heiuna m\ o «ā pohaku momi * Uie keka : W mau waiwai kumukuai nu! eae j baa hoi iaia ma ke kumokuil haahaa !qj, w\ht a kā nupepa lCērontka!a o IU īa 15 o A«gite,

Ua haalele iho o Harrs maluna n ke kiapa Tropic Bird ma Kela Augate aku nei i hala rre $3,000 i hoohlo ia aku ina waiwai fīke ole, no ka piepiele ana aku, me na kanaka oia wahi. Ua hoea aku oia i Papeete a malaila, ua hui oia me na poe Tahiti, no ke kuai ana i na momi. Ua holopono kana huli waiwai ana, a no umi mahina ua loaa iafa he heluna nui o na momi, i emi ole iho melalo 0 $45,000 ko lakou waiwai io. Mahope koke ih© no o kona hoea ana ilaila, ua loaa iho la kekahi momi eleele ia«a mai kekahi kanaka Tahiti mai, no $4, a mahope o 24 hora ana i malama ai, aku la oia i ua memi la ia Caspar Coppenrath, he kanaka krJepa Tahiti ma Papeel- io $2,400.