The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-01-28

Masonry at the half-yearIy communication Of the
Grand Mark Lodge.
THE , s AIEITOO.
arrived ia the Thames ON tLe 9th inst. from
S~haughue. This l. the first 81 "a regular line 81
steamers under the Chinese fag for carving on
q direct trade between this country and China.
The MeifoO brought "a cargo Of 5000 tons Of tea.
being the first Chinese steamer % discharge ~
the London docks. There were also on board IA
passengers Me,srs. Luu SLi Ting and LANG Sing
In the managers 81 a new association % be Is
tibli,hed here. The undertaking will be COM
mcuced with "A capital Of EljO. 900, and counts
among its shareholders some Of the most
prominent merchants and capitalists IN China.
IL may not BE- generally known that the MeIfoO
was formerly tho iron bark Beuclutha. which
was stranded on Cape Shantung and afterwards
got Of and taken u S~hAnghae IN July 1879.
SOTEs AID ITEMS.
Accounts If the Kings rcturn u Honolulu
from his tour round the world principally COM
piled from the descriptions IN THE PACIFIC Com
MERCTAL ADvEETIsEE J have appeared IN many
English and continental journals, testifying 10
the strength IN which the memory Of the Kings
recent visit 20 this continent -
accounts from Egypt state that this years su-
gar crop promises TO be exceptionally good
BY the last trip OF the =. ; Orient the overland
mail was landed ia South Australia in the I'M
precedently short time Of only thirty days from
being posted here-The new Orient \. y. Co =
steamer Austrsl, $500 tons, for the Australia
NHNN~An'A NAaa"AF WNH AAAHL AANE 81 - AAF
yard II Nessrs John Elder X Co. This was one
Of the large steamers ON the stocks. inspected
by the King during his visit to Glasgow in Sep
TENDER last. Meslrs. Money Wi-ram X Sons
have also arranged for the building on the Clyde
and ON the Tees 81 three powerful steamships.
each 81 about 1000 tons They will be com
pletet during the next twelve months for service
ON the Australian line.
NAVAL SEws.
Rear-Aduriral Algernon MLellan Lyons. will
sail by mail steamer next week for Panama to
Join his flagship and relieve Admiral Stirling.
He takes with him Captain Aitcheson as his
flag Captain. Lieutenant Algernon Thomas as
flag Lieutenant, and Plymaster George Liddell
a. private Secretary. The Triumph Was still at
CoquimbO by last accounts. Inns. Lapwing,
which sank the HO Chung last April, has ar-
rived home at Sheerness from China.-The
detached Squadron with the Royal Princes
passed Christmas at HOngkOng, and an illumi-
nation Of the city took place in honor of the
German navy in the South Pacific
now consists Of the gunboats Move and Habicht
and the corvette Garcia. The Habichi, , guns,
Captain Kuhn, was ut Jaluit. Marshall Group.
last OctObeT.-The steam yacht CeylOn has
passed the SueZ canal and il now due at Bonn
bay on January Ist, ON her way round the world.
Some more passengers joined at Alexandria.
making the total number on board about 30.
HAWAII n THE POSTAL UNION.
This will be- the last letter from your European
correspondent. forwarded at the old rate Of posi-
age Od. per hat Ounce--uS HAWAII enters the
General Postal Union on the LIST of January next.
The postal authorities have issued the following
notice Prepaid correspondence for that coun-
try will then be subject to the following rates of
postage Letters. Id. per y or, postal cards,
I'D. each, newspapers, ID. per 4 OF. printed
papers and patterns. Id. per 2 OF. commercial
papers, same n for printed papers, except that
the minimum charge will be 2Id. Unpaid let
tiers will be charged on delivery with double
postage Letters. postal cards, newspapers,
commercial papers. printed papers and patterns
addressed To Hawaii may be registered. From
Germany the rates will be Letters, 30 pf, post
nj cards 10 pf. each. and newspapers. CONNER
cial papers aud patterns D piper 80 grammes.
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