Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 355, 29 December 1891 — THE LE LACHEUR'S OPIUM. [ARTICLE]

THE LE LACHEUR'S OPIUM.

The lot 01" opium whieh was sup- j posed to be reshippod to Ohina by > the Le Lacheur, wns n'landed. at E wa, ,grily a few 1. our« after she left the port of Honolulu. It is supposcd that the same cnurse was pursued by the mnnipu}afers o'f thē Velocity*s two thou?and- pounds of i opium. There can» be no doubt,! that tl. schooner Beaglc. have būen the meeliuin, tō land it asborp, but was prevented ly the suit ;igair,st her owrK?rs. whieh kept hor back for a dav or two after the other vessel had gone to sea. The activ?ty disi>iayed in m<?;i£ing suitable rcsidences ne oornors, ooves and landings aroun«l tliiy island, shows that some v>ssel is expected ;md gives color to the truth of the reoort that a vessel was r n off Waikikilast Monday cvening.siscnalling j toand feeing answered from the shore Here is a ehanee for tl e iast tbief toget his finger hx the pi-j aud get. the stuffing ont the boodlc - pie. Where is the bark Kalakaua now ? What a..fine time she woukl have with the Waimanalo a steam tender to land iier eargu. A diamond mine is not more profitable. and from the signs, the Hawaiian government has been resovled into a grcat big opium den and houpe of ill-fame^