The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-08-12
lH2Y Ara HELD PRISONERS ON
BOARD The AUSTRALIA


Iughet MP ia a small IouIA ia uIb
steerage apartment of the steamer
Australia arc man aud two huys,
tho boys ate Sidney Jackson aud Pail
mer Biddeil, aged 10 aud IA respect
lively, and the man, James MaGauley,
who claims 10 be "a years OF age, aud
an irlsman by birth. Iheir detention
on boacd Is not because the steamship
company desires their presence, bat
because the customs authorities refuse
1 To allow them 20 land on Hawaiian
/ soil, aud for the simple reason that
! they are stowaways.
| When the Australia had got we'll
/ out from san Francisco the two boys
made their appearance on deck The
man was not discovered until the
vessel was more than one day out.
lie had snugiy ensconsed himself in
the forcastle, and having become
in need OF food came forth from
his hiding place. The two boys
came aboard the steamer at san Fran
cisco "a newsboys aud went up on the
hurricane deck and covered them
selves over with boards.
As soon IA the officers OF the ship
We're appraised Of the presence of the
stoWawayA there was some strong Ian
gunge indulsed III, and the three un-
fortunatea were ordered locked up,
and they have remained so ever since.
The Stowawaya will be returned To San
Francisco by the Australia, aud 10 IL |
safe TO assert that II long time will
elapSe before they undertake another
voyage in the same class.
\ ADNEKTiSkIk gtAnortpr ViaifnH L
the stowaways yesterday, and spent |
some time in conversation with /
the trio. They complain bitterly
OF the treatment accorded, and1
say that the slightest liberties
are denied them, the officers
even denying them the privilege
of taking bath, either in the bath
looms OF the ship or by swimming in
the harbor under the surveillance OF
guard. Notwithstanding this the inn
prisoned stowaways appeared to be in
good spirits and seemed To take their |
Incarceration with as good grace as
possible under the circumstances.
Although Il goodly portion of healthy
food is furnished them, their walters
positively refuse to put ice in the
water they are given to drink.
some kind friends of the boys have
papers, and they manage
TO fill in the time by peruSlng these |
and watching the dock laborers at
work and the antics of the native boys
sporting in the water.
Young Jackson is a son of Admiral
Jackson, of the Royal Hawaiian
navy, who was in command of the
royal flaghship Kaimiloa, during the
Dalmy days of the reign of the late
IxaIakaua. He also has brother in
this city, who is at present under
treatment in the hospital.
The boy Biddell is Il chum of young
sydney jackson, and when the latter
,ignified his intention of paying his
brother a visit, cast his fortunes along
with his friend and became his stow
away companion. He had been at
ending school in Frisco before start
ng on his Hawaiian trip. Although |
young Jackson's brother has paid him |
several visits since the Australia has
been in port, and catered as far as
possible to his every requirement, he
8 powerless to get him ashore. Macau-
ey says he was trying to make his
way to New Zealand, where he has
brother engaged in profitable bust
in San Francisco concluded I
% take the chances of a stOwaWay in |
order to reach his destination. AL
hough be claims to be an Irisbman
and no doubt can be expressed on
hat point he advanced the
argument that because he had ,
been residing in America for
ome time it was the duty of the
4 merican consul here to succor him
n this his dire hour of distress. Were
t not for the heavy fine the Oceanic
teamship company would be called
IN to pay should these stoways escape
rom the vessel, a way could be easily
Ound for the door of their prison to {
'pen. ,