The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-10-21

The -masted schooner Gov.
ernor Ames left Newcastle fol
Honolulu on Septembr I'd, with
247S tons of various coal, and she
is therefore fifty days out. The
Mauna Ala is thirty days out also
for this port with 1853 tons of coal
The steamer James Makee came
in yesterday from Kauai. Report.
ed rainy weather throughout Ka,
uai. She sailed again in the after,
noon for Kapaa.
The steamer Iwalani will come
down from the Marine Railway to-
morrow.
The schooner Mary E. Foster
takes to-day 100 tons of coal, ex
bark J. c. Glade, for Makaweli
The Liholiho will leave either to-
day or tomorrow with 100 tons OF
coal for Waimea.
The O. S. S. Co.'S barkentine W.
H. Dimond, Capt. Nelson, arrived
yesterday morning, twenty one
days from San Francisco. She
brought about 700 tons of general
freight.
The schooner Aloha is discharg-
ing freight at Brewers wharf.
The Mariposa brought the fol-
lowing cargo to this port yester-
day: 45 cases whisky, 5 cases
stout, 5 cases ale, 2 cases arms, 16
packages merchandise, 20 cases
mullett, $50 sacks oats, 3 cases
lines, and 10 cases pineapple tops.
The R. NJ. S. Mariposa, Hay
ward, master, sailed from Sydney
October Sd at 5 P. NJ; from Auck-
land, October Sth, at 2:30 P. NJ.
from Apia, October 18th, at s 80
Pm. Arrived at Honolulu early
October Goth, and she left again
for San Francisco at Ais P. NJ,
after taking on board 1885 bnchs.
bananas, 100 bags ava root and
several pieces sheep skins and
hides. The domestic cargo was
valued at $5107.
The mail steamer Monowai ar
rived from San Francisco, Homo
lulu and Samoa early on October
9th somewhat unexpectedly, as she
was not looked for until late the
day following. The steamer made
a very rapid run from the Golden
Gate, averaging a rate of about 49,
knots the whole way, the actual
steaming time being II days %
hours from San Francisco. Though
not the fastest trip on record, the
mail steamer Alameda still taking
the palm, the present trip of the
Monowai is a most creditable per
formance.-[N. z. Herald.
SYDNEY, September 90 The
schooner Friendship has been
wrecked on a reef off the coast OF
New Caledonia. The crew and pas.
sengers reached the mainland in q
boat. The lady passengers suffer.
ed severely from exposure.
Captain Downey, of the British.
American ship Treasurer, now in
Hobson's Bay, from New York, re-
ports that during the voyage to
Melbourne a quantity of floating
wreckage was passed on August 2.
in latitude SO degrees south, and
longitude 81 degrees east. 1t con.
sifted of cabin doors grained, g
number of barrels, a trunk, and
two or three small articles. 1t was
about dusk at the time, and moth.
ing could be ascertained as to what
vessel they had belonged to. While
passing this wreckage some object
grazed the ship on the port side
and tore off three sheets of copper
It is believed that this flotsam has
come from the bark Africa, which
went down in the Southern Ocean
some time ago, while on her voy
age from New York to China
Australian paper.
Thirteen millions sterling have
already been spent on the Man
chester Ship Canal, or five mil
lions more than the original est
mate. Two millions more vii
have to be borrowed from the cor
poration of Manchester.