The morning call., 1891-10-25
ITEMS FROM
SEA AND SHORE.
Arrival of the Steamer Australia
Ahead of Time.
Return of the Albatross-The Morning Stars
Engines Failed to Work-Movements
and Charters.

The mail steamer Australia arrived in
| port from Honolulu rather Unexpectedly
| yesterday at noon aad two days ahead of
schedule time Many thought she had
knocked the record from Honolulu to this
| port into a cooked hat The Australia,
| however only made an ordinary run up
! from the Islands, and her appearance here
| ahead of schedule time was due to the fact
that she left Honolulu TWO days ahead of
| time. She brought 81 cabin and about 60
| steerage passengers. Among her cargo are
| 1894 punches of bananas, $3.50 bags of sugar
| and 5691 sacks of rice. She also brought 2S4
| packages of ferns for the Golden Gate Park
! Commissioners.
The new time card of the Union Pacific
steamers running from this port to Oregon
| will 60 into effect to-day, and the steamers
| will leave every three days until further
notice.
| HER ENGINES WOULDN'T WORK.
There was large crowd down at Folsom
street Wharf yesterday morning to take a
| trip around the bay on the missionary brig
| Morning Star The trip was not made,
! however, and the Sunday-scho0l people re-
| turned to their homes disguised in conse-
| quence. Just before the hour advertised to
| start it was found that for some reas son or
| other the engines would not ork, and in
| spite of all the engineers could do they could
not turn her over, and Captain Garland had
to announce that the trip would have to be
postponed.
Another of the heavy gun carriages for
| the fort on Alcatraz is lying at La Rue's
| Wharf ready to be taken to the island. The
| carriage is one of the new hydraulic pat
| tern, and was made at Buffalo, New York
The United States cruiser Marion left
| Honolulu for Yokohama on October Sd.
SURVEY FOR THE PACIFIC CABLE.
The United States steamer Albatross re-
| turned to port yesterday, having completed
| the survey and soundings for the shore end
OF the proposed cable to the Hawaiian ISL
ands. The vessel started from point near
| Monterey and continued to n point $50 miles
| off shore. The depth varied from ffty-five
| fath0ms, near the coast, TO 2900 fathoms at
| point about 800 miles from the coast The
| AlhatrOss will now provision and take coal
| sufficient to enable her to complete the work
| through to the Islands.
During the recent trip Uf the Australia to
| Honolulu Mrs. Jane -ScanlaD, one Of the
| saloon passengers, died two days after the
| vessel left San Francisco. DR.. Soule, the
| steamers surgeon, embalmed the body and
it was taken to Honolulu for burial.
Outside The Heads yesterday the weather
was very thick. The wind was from the
| southeast, blowing twelve miles an hour.
| The barometer stood 30.05
| IN FROM SEA.
Quite feet of vessels slipped in very un-
| expectedly yesterday during the heavy fog.
| and the boarding officers and port physician
| were kept on a lively move for some time,
| The arrivals we're the steamers Yaquina
| from Moss Landing, Queen from San Diego,
| City of Pueba from Victoria and Navarro
| from Navarro. The deep-water ships were
the German ship Louise from Hull, with
general cargo for Meyer, Wilson & Co.; the
| German bark Moewe from Hamburg. also
| with a general cargo for Meyer, Wilson d
| Co., the British bark Alexander Black
from Glasgow, general cargo consigned to
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.; the bark Wake
field, in from Pisagua with cargo of 1886
tons OF nitrate, consigned to j. W. Grace &
Co.; the whaling bark E. f. Herman,
from Behring Sea, 80 barrels of oil and 1900
pounds of bone, for Magee & Battles, and
| the coasters X. X. Ham, Porta, Bender
Brothers, Alice Kimball and Mary Eta.
MOVEMENTS AND DEPARTURES.
! The moves yesterday were the Ardrossa