Superferry’s Last Day
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Poultry Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kaua: War PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Pait: War HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A day to be brave, a day to flee.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Wars are occasioned by the love of money.” (Socrates)
Hawaii Superferry at Kahului Harbor, Maui is pau for now.
TODAY: The Hawaii Superferry is scheduled to make one more round trip to Maui today to allow passengers to get their cars back to their home islands. Then the company will lay off nearly all of its 236 employees. More >
March 19th, 1947: Kahului Railroad Company breaks the Maui bus drivers strike by filing an injunction in court stipulating that the drivers union had not given the legally required five days notice for the strike. Drivers struck over lack of pay and poor schedules. Conscientiously, the drivers return to work and did not strike again.
