The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-02
WHARF AND WAVE.
Arrival of the Arawa-The Iva
lani's Big Weeks Work.

P. NJ Weather clear wind light,
north.
The Sydney Herald says that
Rear Admiral Bowden-Smith re-
ports to the Governor that H. NJ. S.
Lizard, which recently examined
the Antipodes Islands in accord
ance with the request from the
Premier, found that they are very
incorrectly drawn on the chart,
and that the position is about two
miles out in latitude and seven
miles in longitude. The matter has
been reported to the Admiralty,
and instructions asked for as to the
necessity for sending a special
surveying vessel, or whether they
would be satisfied with one of the
warships on this station making a
survey of the islands.
II late Sydney paper says that
| the Dominion Government have IN
troduced a bill in into the Canadian
House of Commons for the grant
ing of the subsidies to the Cana
dian-Australian mail service and
| the direct service with England
promoted by Mr.. James Huddart.
Mr.. Huddart intends that the
steamers in connection with the
direct mail service between Canada
and England shall average thirty
hours less on the voyage than the
time taken by the mail steamers
between England and New York.
The steamer Arawa, of the Cana
dian line, arrived yesterday after
noon from the Colonies. She left
Sydney on 18th March, and arrived
at Suva on the 23d. Fair weather
was experienced throughout the
voyage. She brought but two steer
age passengers for this port. She
took on board a shipment of rice
and bananas, and left last night for
Vancouver.
The ship Occidental arrived from
Comax, B. c., yesterday with $500
tons of coal for the Inter-island S.
S. Co. She was 20 days out.
Rough weather was experienced,
but otherwise the voyage was un-
eventful. This is the first trip the
vessel has made to this port.
The four-masted schooner which
was sighted yesterday after
noon is supposed to be the Robert
Levers. The Levers was to leave
San Francisco a day or two later
than the Australia.
W The handsome schooner Alice
4 Cooke arrived from San Francisco
on Saturday. She was out about
Is days. Captain Penhallow
has been warmly greeted by his
many friends.
The Australia departed for San
| Francisco on Saturday with g
cargo valued at $63,658. She had
a heavy passenger list and large
crowd of people was at the wharf to
see her off.
The schooner Grace Darling, a
well-known colonial trader recent
~ went ashore during gale and
became a total wreck. She was on
her way to Burketown from Bris-
bane.
The w. G. Irwin and the Ceylon
both left for San Francisco on Sat
urday with full cargoes of sugar.
The list of vessels in port is con-
stantly decreasing.
The steamer Iwalani made big
record for herself last week. She
made three trips to Kauai IN five
days and a half, and handled 49,
1873 bags of sugar.
The Aloha will get away about
Saturday. She has taken in about
10000 bags of sugar, but will re-
uuire about $4,000 more to COM
plete her cargo.
About 10000 bags of sugar, it is
said, are stored in the warehouses
of the mills on the Hilo coast,
about $4,000 of which are at Pa
paikou.
The last quick and successful
trip of the Likelike clearly dem
onstrated that Ned is not the Jonah
as was supposed earlier in the
season.
The barks Albert and Andrew
WEIGH are on their way to this
port. Captain Griffiths can be de-
pended upon to make fast trip.
The bark Harvester arrived at
Sydney on the 18th of March. She
left Port Blakely on Jan. 9th, with
a cargo of lumber.
The Pele, James Makee, Iwalani
and Mikahala returned to port yes
terday morning with their holds
full of sugar.
The schooner r. w. Bartlett ar
rived yesterday from Newcastle
with III tons Of coal. She was 81
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