The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-08-24
WHARF AND WAVE.
DIAMOND HEAD, Aug. % SPIN,
Weather, clear wind, light n. Z.

The Occidental and Oriental S. 5.
Oceanic, w. NJ. Smith, commander,
arrived at Honolulu yesterday at
6:27 A. NJ. from San Francisco,
making the passage in 6 days, Is
hours, "A minutes, and reports;
Left San Francisco at 4:25 p. NJ.
Aug. 10Th; had moderate n. w.
winds first two days; latter part of
passage light n. L. winds and fine
weather.
The Oceanic left for China and
Japan last evening about o'clock.
She carried $50 Chinese and 1874
Japanese from this port.
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.
Arrivals-Aug. 3, S. S. Oceanic,
t days, II! hours; blk. Ophir, %
days; bkt. S. G. Wilder, 204 days;
Aug. 4, S. S. Mariposa, 6 days, 10
hours; Aug. 5, bgtne. w. G. Irwin,
% days, all from Honolulu. Aug.
6, bgtne. Consuelo, p days from
Kahului. Aug. II, schr. Transit,
20 days; schr. Alice Cooke, "a days,
both from Honolulu. Aug. Is, blk.
j. c. Pfluger, 10 days from Homo
lulu; bgtne. j. d. Spreckels, Is
days from Kahului; schr. John G.
North, II days from MahukOna.
Departures-Aug, II, blk. Ceylon
for Honolulu; Aug. u, bgtne.
Consuelo for Kahului; Aug. Is, bkt.
S. G. Wilder for Honolulu.
Projected Departures-Aug. 10,
5. S. Mariposa for Honolulu and
the Colonies; Aug. 81, S. S. Austria
liza for Honolulu; Sept. 27, S. S.
China for Honolulu and the Orient;
Oct. %, S. s. Oceanic for Honolulu
and the ORIENT; brig Lurline for
Hilo.
AUCKLAND, Aug. ARRIVED,
S. S. Alameda from Honolulu.
TAToAsH ISLAND, Aug. r.
Passed in, bks. Veritas and Suma-
ira from Honolulu for Port Town
send. Arrived at Port Townsend.
AUCKLAND, Aug. 13.-Sailed, s.
S. Monowai for Honolulu.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 4.-Sailed, CIR.
blk. II. Hackfeld for Honolulu;
passed Holyhead Aug. 5.
! Spoken-JuIy 81, lat. % N, long.
| 20 W., blk. Martha Davis from Bos-
/ ton for Honolulu.
The clipper war between Sutton
/ & Co. and Williams, Dimond & Co.
on one side and Balfour, Guthrie &
Co. and J. n. Grace g. Co. on the
other goes merrily on. The local
merchants have subscribed fund
to keep up the Grace and Balfour
lines, and they seem to have come
to stay.
President J. 3. Houston of the
Pacific Mail says, with reference to
the report from Chicago stating that
the Pacific Mail is likely to lose its
Trans-continental Railway subsidy
at meeting Of those roads in Chi
cago, it is a mere revival of the ru-
mors in circulation on that subject
every fortnight since he has been
connected with the company.
OONALAsKA, July 25.-The first
seizure in Behring sea has been
made, and the schooner Winifred
of Victoria is the name of the YES
sci captured. The Winifred en-
tered the forbidden waters of the
sea on the night of July 18th.
The new barkentine Hilo, lately
built at Eureka for Captain E. H,
Paul and others of this city, will
not come here direct, as expected
as the vessel has been chartered tC
load lumber for Sydney, New South
Wales.-S. T. Elk.
The British ship Kenmore vii
sail this morning with cargo oil
grain for Queenstown. Captain
Jenkins has so far recovered from
his injuries as to be able to go on
in command. It will be remem
bered that he was stabbed by hi
first mate about six weeks ago OIL
the voyage from Honolulu to thi
port. The mate is now on his wa.
to England to stand trial. IS. F
Elk.
LONDON, August 1.-The steam
er Australia, formerly a splendid
Anchor Liner plying between elias
Cow and New York, while lying a
the Portish head dock, near Bristol
, took fire Wednesday night. i
! spite of the efforts made to eXtln
guish the flames the fire ragged unit
late this afternoon and the steame
was we'll nigh Quilted.
NEW YORK, August 9Th
d steamship Teutonic arrived thi
0 morning, making the trip acros
\ the Atlantic in ) days Is hours an
:, 46 minutes. August 1st the vesst
was compelled to slow down tire
y hours, owing to the fog. The be:
# run in one day was 528 miles, enc
ing at noon yesterday. This bea'
ncao-J for ~