The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-09-26

The Japane Sc steamer Aikoku,
100 tons register, Capt. Y. Furu-
kawa, arrived in port at 8 o'clock
Saturday evening, seventeen days
from Yokohama. Reported having
experienced fine weather the entire
trip. Capt. Edward, Of the British
steamer Zambesi, is on board the
Aikoku Maru as sailing master.
The Aikoku Maru brought 100 tons
of general freight and zoo tons Of
coal from the Kiushu coal mines,
Japan. The coal is brought here
as an experiment, and is claimed
to be superior article for steamer
use. The only passengers for this
port were SO Japanese, % men and
Z women, in the steerage, whom
DR.. Yamanouchi reported all we'll
The passengers were landed ct the
quarantine station yesterday morn
ing and are to be released this
morning. K. 0gura & Co., the
agents, expect to despatch the Al
koku Maru to Yokohama next Sat
urday. Forty Japanese have al
ready applied for berths on board.
The Japanese cruiser Naniwa,
Capt. Togo, which was here a few
months ago, was lying in YokO-
hama harbor when the Aikoku Ma
ru left for this port.
The British bark County Of Meri-
oneth is now over forty days out
from Newcastle, \. 5. W., with a
cargo of coal for this port.
The bark Ceylon is twenty-four
days out from San Francisco for
this port. The barkentine Planter
and bark Mauna Ala are eighteen
and seventeen days out respectively
from San Francisco.
To the Hawaiian ship John Ena,
which arrived at Port Prize a short
time since, belongs the honor of
bringing the largest cargo Of tim
Der to Australia, as well as the
largest which has left the shores Of
America in one bottom. She has
the enormous quantity of 2,5S0,797
superficial feet, which is equal to
1916 tons of forty cubic feet. The
ship, which has made smart pas
sage of sixty-nine days, is con-
signed to the Globe Timber Mills,
limited, and is the second vessel to
arrive of the fleet chartered in full
filment of their contract with the
Broken Hill Proprietary Company,
limited, for the supply Of 10000
900 superficial feet Of mining tim
bern. z. Herald.
The R. NJ. S. Warrimoo, Capt.
j. c. Arthur, r. n. r. arrived here
at 6 A. N. Sept. a, nearly seven
days from Victoria, B. c. She
left Vancouver on the evening Of
18th, at : o'clock, left Victoria at
4 A. NJ. 18th inst
BERMUDA, Sept. 15th.-H. NJ. s.
Bermuda has arrived from the
East Indies for Halifax. A heavy
storm caused her some damage and
the loss of three boats.
The differences between the
ship owners association Of San
Francisco and the coast seaman's
union have been finally adjusted.
1t is said that beginning October
1st the wages of the seamen sailing
in and out of these waters will be
reduced S. month.
SAN Francisco, Sept. 12th.-The
steamer Monserrat, which arrived
this morning FROM Nanaimo, brings
news of a terrible hurricane en-
countered off Cape Flattery. The
about midnight was caught
in southeast gale that for a time
threatened the safety Of the vessel.
The port lifeboat was wrenched
from the davits and smashed into
splinters. The foreward port boat
was flung over the ship, the butch
er shop was washed overheard and
the engine room flooded. The men
in the fire room were kept at work
with the greatest difficulty, while
on deck the seamen were in water
up to their waists. The port hole
lights were smashed and the sky
light broken.
The British steamer Carmar-
which arrived at Singa-
pore recently had on board 1917
officers and men Of the Japanese
navy for London for the cruiser
Yoshino, now being built at New
for the Japanese
Il will be remem-
bered that the two new Japanese
men-of-war, the Unebi and the
Christina, which were built in
France, never reached their destin-
alton, as they were both lost on
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