The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-05-06
WHARF AND WAVE.
Captain "Jack" Lee Presented
with a Tin Star.

DIAMOND HEAD, May So PM.
Weather, clear; wind, west
A skipper writes from Califor-
MIA: The great ocean race be-
tween the bark Colusa, Capt.
Backus, and the bark Sonoma,
Capt. Lee, from Honolulu to San
Francisco, ended in the Colusa
coming in five days ahead of the
Sonoma. Capt. Lee took his de-
feat much to heart, but was pre-
scented by his admirers with an
enameled tin star suitably en-
graved. Capt. Backus won in
addition to other bets large illus
trated gilt-edge family Bible and
pair of high-heeled boots, and en-
tertained his friends to a French
dinner at which many toasts were
given. And during one of them
the captain remarked, if | had not
won this race | would have retired
from going to sea and studied
medicine. Give these lines a small
space in your valuable paper and
oblige. NEPTUNE"
The steamship Mariposa sailed
for San Francisco on May 9Th. She
took from this port 1928 bags
sugar, 1884 punches bananas, 141
bags ava and AZ boxes pineapples.
She had also on board large cargo
in transit from the Colonies.
The American ship Columbia,
now loading at San Francisco for
Honolulu, has been re-rated after a
thorough examination in which her
timbers and planking were found
as perfect as the day they were
put in the vessel. The Columbia
was built in Bath, Me-, in 1871.
She was here several years ago in
charge of Captain Meyer, now mas
ter of the J. G. Potter.
The schooner Transit will leave
tomorrow for San Francisco.
The bark Colusa will sail about
the latter part of next week for San
Francisco.
The steamer Hawaii and the
schooner Lavinia will be laid up
for some time.
The American ship John G.. Pot
ter, Capt. H. Meyer, was berthed at
the Fort street pier on Thursday,
May 5, sixty-four days from New
castle, N. S. W.. with 1905 tons of
coal for w. G. Irwin & Co. The
captain reported as follows: Sailed
from Newcastle, March 2; expert
enced very heavy gale on the 4th
and 9Th; thence light N. E. and E.
winds to Three Kings, New Zea-
land, which was passed on the
Doth from thence had moderate
E. and n. E. winds for twenty-five
days. Sighted Tahiti on April 18th,
forty-three days out, and six days
later passed off the Caroline ISL
ands. Crossed the equator on April
22d, in longitude 149 deg. w, fifty
one days out. Thence had light,
moderate N. e. trades. On May LIST,
sighted Hawaii experienced light
head winds, rain and lightning the
remainder of the passage. 1t rained
continuously during the first forty
five days out. Mrs. Meyer accom-
panies her husband.
The Mariposa, which left yester-
day for San Francisco, had 32f
passengers on board, 80 of which
were from Honolulu.
The barkentine Discovery has
finished discharging her cargo Of
general merchandise.
The British steamer China sail
ed May 9Th for Yokohama and
Hongkong with the following cargo
in transit: 6729 packages for Japan
and 33,081 packages for Hong
kong. She took 1875 Japanese pas
sengers-94 men, % women and 9
children for Yokohama, and e.
Chinese-55 men, 4 women and s
children for Hongkong.
The U. S. S. Charleston arrived
at Santa Barbara on April Is.
The Wilder S. S. Kinau sails to-
day at 2P. NJ, for Maui and Hawaii.
The U. S. S. Mohican has been
taken out of the British dock at
Esquimalt, British Columbia, fully
repaired. She has been ordered to
cruise in Puget Sound for a short
time, visiting the ports Of Tacoma
and Seattle.
The new yacht brought on the
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