The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1892-12-13
WHARF AND WAVE.
Arrival of The =. = China Las-
est Foreign ITEMS.
DIAMOND HEAp, Dec, 12.-9 Pm. :
Weather, hazy wind, light \.

The T. NJ, s. 5, China, Capt ain
Seabury. was anchored off port on
Monday morning, ) days and l.
hours from San Francisco. The
China could easily have made the
passage in five days if the captain
cared to do so. This is the China's
second trip TO Honolulu under six
days. She brought 42 tons of
freight for this port, and had con-
siderable freight and large num-
Der Of passengers in transit for Io-
kohama and Hongkong. The China
left last evening for the Orient.
The steamers Mikahala and
Claudine transferred their sugar to
the 5. G. Wilder and ]. c. Glade.
The Hawaiian steel bark r. P.
Rithet finished unloading her 1900
tons of Departure Bay coal yester-
day afternoon.
The barkentine 5. \. Castle,
Capt. L. H. Hubbard. arrived yes
terday morning, y days from San
Francisco, with a full cargo of gen.
eral merchandise. Reported being
in company with the brigantine ].
d. Spreckels from San Francisco
for kahului of Hawaii last Satur-
day. The Spreckels reached Ka-
hului on Sunday. The 5. \. Castle
is discharging freight at Brewers
wharf.
The steamer Iwalani will take
this afternoon besides general
freight 100 tons of Laysan island
guano, ex schooner Liholiho, for
the Grove Farm Co., Nawiiiwili,
Kanai.
The barkentine Amelia, Captain
D. Il. Ward, will leave to-day in
ballast for Port Blakeley, to load
back with lumber for this p1rt.
The barkentine 5. G. Wilder
viii finish receiving sugar about
the end Of this week.
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.
AREzvALs-Nov. %, bark 5. c.
Allen IA days from Honolulu,
brig Consuelo IL days from Ka-
hului; Nov. q, s. s. Monowai I
DAYS from Honolulu.
DEPARTURES = Nov. q, schr.
Transit for Honolulu; Dec. 2, bark
Harvester for Hilo Dec. 3, bktne.
] Discovery for Honolulu; Dec. 5,
bark S. c. Allen for Honolulu.
PROJECTED DEPARTURES - Dec.
10, 5. :. Monowai for Honolulu,
etc; Dec. q. s. 5. Australia for
Honolulu; Jan. I, s. s. Oceanic
/ for Honolulu, etc. brig Consuelo
for Kahului bark Sonoma and
/ bktne. ". II. Dimond for Homo
lulu.
The recent storm did tremendous
damage TO the shipping about the
bay. While the loss was not large
10 any vessel, the aggregate is great.
( The towboat companies did rush
ing business
The ship J.B. Brown and steamer
Point Iona were badly damaged
By the recent storm. Other mis-
haps al sea are expected TO be re-
/ ported soon.
The owners Of the schooner Jane
4 Gray intend 10 sue the government
for heavy damages. Their vessel
\ was seized as q sealer IN the Beh.
friDg sea by government vessels and
sent to Sitka. Her entire voyage
was thus ruined. AS there is NJ
/ evidence that she took seals, the
/ owners have q good case.
There wi.l shortly be a big com.
! petition IL the Central Ana cicac
! business. The Panama Railroad
4 Company viii put an Independent
/ line on between Panama aad Sar
Francisco, and Otis, McAlligter 4
! Co, Of San Francisco, have alreadl
established q competing line. Th'
/ Pacific Mail has already cut rates
50 per cent. 10 Central American
ports.
PoaT GAmBLE-Dec. 5, Amer
lean bktne. Skagit from Honolulu
The barkeDtine Planter is no,
On an even keel al Victoria, y. C.
and her cargo ig being discharge
al T. be outer wharf
Kew YORK, Nov. 30.-Informa
ton was received al the Martin
Exchange to-day that the Japanes
cruiser sberik Harukaw collide
with the British steamer RaYonp
: in the Inland sea and sunk. tn
japanese cruiser was bound fro1
France 10 Japan, and ali Of th
: crew, numbering ZI5 men, are n
p ported lost.
The whaling bark Horatio Lei
San Francisco On November 29t
for Honolulu IN command Of Chic
? Officer Peoniman. It IS only
: fortnight ago that the bark arrive
! from the Bebring sta with Z3G
pounds of whalebone and $50 bal
rels Of oil The work Of reGttin
the vessel for another years cruiS
: has been rapidly pushed. Captaj
MJnslow. who Was IN command (