The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-03-03
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per Z. s. s. Monowai, San Francisco,
February 20, 1891.
tFrom our special correspondent.)
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Sugar Notes.
Most of the American Refinery
boats Civilians, Dimond & Co.'S
Dispatch Llne) are docking at Oak
land pier on arrival and discharg-
ing into cars for freighting East.
The sugar is coming in SO fast now
that the local refinery cannot
handle it all. BY shipping the sur
plus East the association refneries
are aided in securing free sugar
and keeping their foreign imports
in bond until April releases it duty
free.
p Gable Matter.
From Ottawa, under date of
February Sd comes a dispatch say
ing that Sir John Macdonald has
received an important communica-
ton from Hon. Audley Coote, NJ.
L.. G.. N. S. W., regarding the pro-
jected Trans-Pacitic cable. Among
other things Mr.. Coote says: GAS
one of the original projectors of the
Pacific cable to Australia [ have
the honor to send you a few partl-
culars as to the condition of nego-
tiations on this side. 1t was at the
first arranged that the cable should
start from San Francisco, but after
conference held in London in
1889, the whole negotiations turn
ed toward the Canadian Pacific
shores, with Vancouver as it's
terminus. The official letters from
Canada to the Government of Aus
tralia and the guaranty is expected
to extend to about 9750,000 per
annum. The feeling in Australia
is that each colony should con-
tribute on the basis of it's popula-
ton, Canada coming in on fair
terms. Hawaii passed an act of
parliament in my name some
years ago, which is still alive, Civ
ing as her share $4,000 per year
for fifteen years, and similar sum
is expected from Fiji"
The idea of San Francisco people
interested in this cable is that Con-
gress should take hold of the mat
ter at once and pass the bill to
head off the English capitalists
who are working for the same object
The Canadian Pac. fic IS anxious
for encouragement in the establish
ment of just such line with Vic
toria for the American shore point,
and the British policy of reaching
for foreign trade makes such
rivalry to be feared in event Of
long-delayed consideration. The
commercial Importance of the Ha-
waiian Islands and their situation
as the one neutral station between
this country and Japan is being
urged as one of the main reasons
for the subsidy asked being granted
Koch's Lymph in San Francisco
i The supply of lymph from Ber
lin has been about exhausted in the
treatment of patients at the loca
hospitals, and Mayor Sandersor
has sent"for another lot. Thus fal
, the effects upon consuElptive pa
TENTS has not been as marked al
was expected, but the symptoms il
some cases are very encouraging
What will interest the readers o
the ADVERTISER and GAZETTE NOR
particularly is the fact that
patient suffering from leprosy i
being treated with the lymph for tn
purpose of ascertain!ng what effec
it will have on the dread disease
, The patient is young German, on
of three brothers. He contracte'
the disease during a residence il
the Sandwich Islands. He is nov
at the Pest House, and DIR. Becl
, was asked to use the Koch remed,
by DR.. Fitch. The first injection
was made about two weeks age
, and since that time most encour
aging re-actionary symptoms hav
followed the various injections Q
the fluid, at one time the tempera
ture of the patient reaching 10s
Following one of the recent injec
tions the affected parts of the pa
: TENTS face became covered wit
small pimples, showing that tn
! disease is amenable to the lymp
treatment. The case is being close
ly watched by the medical profes
= sion, and some are so sanguine a
s to believe that science has at las
4 discovered remedy for leprosy.
8 The New Steamer Time Table
2 In an interview with your cor
! respondent, r J. Creighton, pr
vate secretary of John D. Spreck
5 els, stated that the only change il
5 the Australian service growing GU
of the combination of the Oceanic
Steamship Co. with the Uniol
5 Steamship Co. is the withdrawal o
l the Zealandia from the Colonia
2 line in favor of the Monowal. Th
/ time service will remain unchang
l ed till the companies receive NOR
3 encouragement from the Col
1 onies and the United State
6 Government. The placing of tn,
Zealandia on the Honolulu line
6 Mr.. Creighton says, is due to tn
5 increase in traffic between Sal
Francisco and the Islands. 1t will
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