The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-08-28
WHARF AND WAVE.

at Queenstown Oh the Sth inst.
1t is said that the Arawa had to
refuse about 600 tons Of freight at
Vancouver for this port.
The schooner o. NJ. kellogg has
been chartered TO load lumber from
Gray's Harbor to Honolulu.
The German bark J. c. Glade
has been chartered TO load wheat
from San Francisco TO Europe.
The cruiser Champion left port
on Saturday afternoon, bound for
EsquimaUlt via Necker Island.
About thirty men arrived on the
Araws; they will assist in build
ing the Oahu railway extension.
H. B. ". S. Satellite, Command
er 4. !. Allen, recently arrived at
San Diego from England, on her
way 10 EsQuimalt.
The Belgic's japanese steerage
passengers. thirty-two in all. have
been placed in quarantine. They
will be liberated on Saturday.
Teams were kept busy yesterday
removing the Arawa's freight from
the Mail wharf to make room for
the Belgic's cargo, consisting Of
about 1l20 tons.
The steamers leaving today are
the Belgic for San Francisco at 3
P. NJ, the Mikahala for Kauai, the
Claudine for Maui and the Mokolii
for Molokai. all at SPIN.
The schooner Lizzie Vance az
rived at Port Townsend on the 9TH
inst, and on the same day the
barkentine Skagit reached Port
Gamble. Both vessels were from
Honolulu.
The Belgic has no Chinese pas
sengers for either this port or San
Francisco. The Chinese boats will
not carry Chinese to the last named
port until the plague in China has
disappeared.
The steamer Empress of China
from Vancouver to Hongkong, re-
Gently went ashore at Shanghai
and was subsequently tioated. 1t
was found necessary to discharge
all of her cargo to float her.
The engineers trial trip of the
cruiser Oregon, built at San Fran
cisco, will take place about the
Goth of next month. The first trip
Of the ship, made for the purpose Of
trying her machinery, was to take
place on the 14th inst.
The Z. 4. S. s. Arawa, Captain
Stuart, arrived on Saturday morn
ing, nine days from Vancouver via
Victoria. She brought seven cabin
passengers and forty in the steer
age for this port, besides 100 tons
of freight, principally feedstutfs.
She resumed her voyage at mid
night on Saturday.
VALLEJO tCaI), August 9.-The
ninety-ton caisson Of the Mare
Island dock capsized and sank at
the mouth of the dock Tuesday
night, preventing the docking of
vessels The accident was due en-
tirelv to carelessness in leaving the
dock filed with water, and making
no allowance for the rise and fall
of the tide.
Advices received from Liverpool
state that the American Line has
announced q further reduction in
its steerage rates from London,
Liverpool and Queenstown to any
of its American ports TO &c shillings
for adults, including an outfit.
This rate has never been ap-
preached before in the history OF
the Atlantic service.
4 gasoline schooner has been
built at California City by Lynd Il
Hough for their Goldfish trade. Il
is expected to have her running
within two weeks. The business
of the firm in shipping Goldfish to
Chicago has increased greatly re-
Gently, and they were compelled TO
improve their transportation facili-
ties from the fisheries to the rail
road wharves.
TANGIER, Aug. S.-The new sui
tan. Abdul Aziz, has dispatched
his confidential agent, Bril-, to
Italy TO receive and bring back the
cruiser built there for Morocco.
1t was contracted for by his father,
the late sultan. This warship will