The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-03-18
THE MORNING STAR.
Rays of Light from its General Agent,

Rays of Light from its General Agent.
A representative of the PACIFIC CONNER,
GAL ADVERTISER was on Brewers wharf
yesterday morning, where he met Mr.. ". W.
Hall, who acts in this city agent Of the
American Beard of Foreign Missions. he
proceeded to interview him in reference TO
/ the missionary packet Morning Star, that
arrived last Sunday.
You have a fine vessel out there, Mr..
Hau?"
"Y Yes, she looks very well. Is little
listed to starboard /; probably used little
more Of the coal on that side on the voy-
age"
Was steam used much on the passage
outP"
| Ono, not great deal. The plan was to
/ fire up every two weeks. and work the engines
one day at time to keep every thing in good
running order; but Captain Bray tells me
that ne did not use steam as often as that"
How did the engines work {? D."
First-rate. There is no fault to be found
with the machinery. There is a ridiculous
report floating about, to the effect that the
engine of the Morning Star is failure but
that is nothing but yarn. 1t never was
intended that the propeller should be any
thing but an auxiliary to the sails of the
vessel-Only to be used in Gains and the
smooth seas of the islands where she will
cruise"
The vessel is insured, is it not?"
Why, of course it is. The American
Board always insure the vessels they send
out here. 1 act as their agent here and 1
do not believe there is a vessel in this harbor
better insured than the Morning STAR
60 1 have heard something about this vessel
being sent to the South Pacifc-that is,
south of the line. Is this true !? -
Nothing of the kind. The Hawaiian
Board of Foreign Missions established here
have arranged with the English Mission not
to enter the field south of the Equator in
the Pacific. BY reference to the fine maps
just received from England, it will be seen
| that the Marshall group, the Caroline
Islands and the Gilbert group, with the ex-
ception of five or six small islands, are all
north of the line. These three groups com
prise the field of labor of the Board that
send out the Morning Star. OF the five or
six small islands have mentioned as being
south of the Equator in the Gilbert group,
the Hawaiian Board occupies one-Taupa-
tuea the others have Samoan teachers
placed on them by the English Wesleyan
Mission"
docs the Morning Star make an extern
sive trip this yoyage?"
''Oh, yes. AS the last years work was in
terrupted by the loss of the former Morning
Star, there is much additional work to be
done this season. Then, too, it is intended
to work this year further west in the Caroline
group than ever before
Chow much of that groupis now occupied
| by the missionaries?''
But very little. Mr.. Logan is located
about its center, and the Morning Star will
go to the westerly psrtof the group, where
she will be within a few degrees of the
Philippines, and little south of the La
drones.''
GLOW about the report that the Morning
Star will be engaged in trading?"
''There is no truth in any such report.
The orders are very strict to the officers
of the Morning Star in that respect, and
there is no trading allowed. The vessel
carries such articles of utility and food
as are wanted by the natives of the
islands she cruises amongst, for the
purchase of wood and water, and a little
cordage, etc. But as for copra, oil, pearl
shells, beche-le-mar, or other articles of
commerce, neither the missionary packet
nor the missionaries themselves are per-
mitted to trade for them
when does the vessel get away?''
1--WE hope she will leave in May, and we
have no doubt but she will give good re-
port of herself upon her return