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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kelepona: Telephone PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Harim: Hear HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Do not believe all that is told you.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “If the phone doesn’t ring, you’ll know it’s me.” (Anon.)
March 7th, 1903: Mauians get to try out the latest invention: “automatic telephones.” With these things, you could pick up your phone and call directly from, say, Kuau to Paia WITHOUT an operator! Gossips everywhere mourn the day.
March 7th, 1848: King Kamehameha III signs the Great Mahele, (with the help of foreign advisers) dividing lands that had formerly been held in common and administered by chiefs and their konohiki (overseers). The Mahele allocated 23% of land in the Islands to the king (called crown lands); 40% comprised konohiki lands to be divided among 245 chiefs; and 37% was declared government lands, to be awarded to commoners who worked the land as active tenants. The Mahele was followed in 1850 by the Kuleana Act, which established fee simple ownership of land. Because native Hawaiians had no concept of land ownership, what was an attempt on the part of the monarchy to distribute property among the Hawaiian people, actually resulted in Americans and Europeans finally achieving their goal of acquiring Hawaiian real estate. The land rush continues to this day ….
