Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Costa, Augusto Souza August 20, 1887 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, published by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

AUGUSTO SOUZA COSTA, Sugar Mill Manager. Aug. S. Costa, manager of the Wailea 
Mill Co., Ltd., at Hakalau, Hawaii, was born in Angra do Heroismo Terceira, 
Azores, on Aug. 20, 1887, the son of Antonio and Marie Neves (Ribeiro) Costa, 
but came to Hawaii with his parents when a child and was educated in the 
public schools of Honomu and Puhakupuka, Island of Hawaii.
  Prior to entering the sugar industry, Mr. Costa was a clerk in the Honohina 
store, 1901-03; in newspaper work on the Hawaii Herald, Hilo; A Setta, Hilo, 
and O Reporter, Oakland, Calif., from 1903 to 1908; in the law office of 
LeBlond and Smith and served as Portuguese and Spanish interpreter in the 
Fourth Circuit Court, Hilo, 1910-12; U. S. Storekeeper and gauger, Hilo, 1913-
17, and deputy internal revenue collector in charge of the Hilo office, 1917-
19.
  Backed by his long and varied experience in other lines of work, Mr. Costa 
on Aug. 1, 1919, became president and manager of the Wailea Mill Co., Ltd., 
and has since been in charge of that sugar factory. Mr. Costa is a member of 
the Sociedade Lusitana, B. de Hawaii, Honolulu, and is also a member of the 
Board of Public Lands of the Territory of Hawaii.


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