The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-12
WHARF AND WAVE.

w eatner, May WIND, 1reSh 4.
The steamer Likelike will tow
the barkentine Mary Winkelman
to Kahului this afternoon.
Two sugar laden vessels left ka-
hului for San Francisco last week
The bark Leah left on Wednesday,
and the schooner Lizzie Vance
went out Saturday evening. The
brigantine J. D. Spreckels will
leave this week from the same port.
The steamer Waialeale had some
very rough experiences on her last
trip. She injured one of her boats
and nearly lost two men who fell
into the water.
The four-masted schooners Car
rier Dove and Robert Searles ar
rived Sunday morning sixty-fve
and fifty-one days from Newcastle,
N. S. W., respectively. The Car
rier Dove brought 1916 tons of coal
while the Searles has on board
over 100 tons of coal. The former
vessel reported Gains, rains, and
bad weather generally, while the
latter vessel reported a pleasant
passage.
Five of the 1. [. S. n. Co.'s
steamers brought 1894 bags sugar
last Saturday.
The steamer Likelike, Capt.
Weisbarth, leaves at o'clock this
afternoon for Paauhau.
The schooner Tampa left on
Saturday for San Francisco with
1869 bags sugar valued at $50, S57.
The bark Margaret left yesterday
morning for the same port with
2S,603 bags of sugar valued at
500, 4O2.47.
The bark Matilda, Capt. Sven
son, brought on Saturday 1928
tons of coal for Allen 81 Robinson.
She was thirty-one days from De-
partupe Bay, B. c.
LPhe British sealer w. P. Say
ward left on Saturday for the
Japan coast.
The American ship Daniel
Barnes, Capt. O. P. Arpe, arrived
December 20 from Celeta Buena,
Chill, after a voyage of ninety-one
days. An interesting and impor-
tant report from Capt. Arpe is in
regard to the total disappearance
of an island in the South Pacific
Ocean. On October 10, Capt. Arpe
says, he passed over the exact spot
where Podesta Island is laid down
on the chart. He had men aloft
looking for land, and, although it
was daylight and perfectly clear,
he says that nothing could be seen
of it. The island was about forty
feet high, three-fourths of mile in
diameter, and in longitude 80 deg.
1 min. w, latitude 80 deg. Is min.
S. It is thought by the captain
and officials at this port that some
volcanic disturbance on the main
land caused the island to disap-
pear.-Baltimore American.
President Morgan of the South
ampton Chamber of Commerce had
in the London Standard of Deem
Der 20, long letter pillorying the
British Post Office policy in regard
to the American mails, and con-
tending that the quickest ship
should take the mail, whatever
flag she flies. Nothing but harm
to England, he says, "can result
from the narrow-minded jealousy
which would deny the mails to
ships flying the stars and stripes
in order that they may go on
slower British ships.
The longest bridge in the world is
the Lion Bridge, near Sangang, in
China. It expands five and quarter
miles over an area of the Yellow Sea,
and is supported by 800 huge stone
arches. The roadway is 70 feet above
the water, and is inclosed in an iron
network A marble lion, q feet
long, rests on the crown of every
pillar, The bridge was built at the
command of the Emperor Kieng
Long, who abdicated in 1876 on ac
count of old age.
Five thousand words are daily
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