The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-01-05
WHARF AND WAVE.
Arrival Of the Peking from the
Orient.

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Weather, cloudy; wind, fresh E.
The 2. NJ. S. S. City of Picking,
Commander Searle, was locked at
the Mail wharf at 6 o'clock last
evening, u days from Yokohama,
She left Hongkong December 18th,
and sailed from Yokohama on the
oath at 4 :O7 pm. After leaving
Yokohama had heavy NV. gale
for four DAYS; very rough sea and
swell on the fifth day; wind, sea
and swell moderating and coming
from the eastward wind light,
with long swell thence to the
meridian, squally weather with
light rain. From the meridian to
port had fine, clear weather. The
Picking brought 663! tons of Chi
nese new year goods for the Chinese
of this city, among which were 65
pkgs. frecrackers, 796 pkgs. saki,
and 2796 pkgs. soy. Consignees !:
Castle & Cooke, F. A. Schaefer q
Co., w. S. Luce, N. S. Sachs, J. P.
Collies, w. c. Parke, and Japanese
merchants. The City of Peking
will leave at 2 o'clock this after
noon for San Francisco.
The barkentine Amelia will
leave for San Francisco next Mon
day.
The brigantine Consueio will
leave Kahului next Saturday with
a cargo of sugar for San Francisco.
The barkentine S. G. Wilder will
leave next Tuesday for San Fran
cisco. She has commenced receiv-
ing sugar.
The bark Martha Davis of the
Brewer line is about due. She
sailed from New York on August
18th and at latest account had not
been reported.
The bark G. D. Bryant is now at
the Kinau wharf. She will leave
next Saturday for San Francisco
with about $4,000 bags sugar and
100 bales wool.
Several of the Arctic whaling
fleet have already sailed from San
for the 1894 cruise. The
steam-whaler Narwich was among
the number and may be expected
at this port soon.
An extraordinary instance of the
burning of a vessel was that of the
Ada Iredale, bound from Scotland
to San Francisco with cargo of
coal. She was abandoned in Octo-
Der, 1876, nearly 1000 miles east of
the Marquesas Islands. Her crew
took to the boats and succeeded in
reaching the Marquesas. Mean
while the wreck, still burning,
drifted westward in the equatorial
to Tahiti, a distance of
2423 miles. Finally she was tow
ed into port, and her cargo con-
tinued to shoulder for more than
year. However, she was repaired
eventually, and is now engaged in
the China trade.-Ex.
The S. S. Miowera, Capt. stott,
sails at noon today for San Fran
cisco.
The United States revenue cut
ter Corwin was expected to arrive
1T San Francisco from Honolulu
The schooner J. G. North, from
Mahukona, and schooner S. F.
Croker and bark Annie Johnson,
from Hilo, will all leave for San
about the middle of this
Spoken October IA, 1898, in lat.
81 s., long. 49, W., German bark
Nautilus, from Liverpool for Homo
lulu.
During the voyage of the Hawai-
AN bark Leah, from Eureka to
Sydney, derelict was passed about
200 miles to the westward of San
Pedro. The wreck was that of a
vessel of between 500 and 600 tons.
Sydney, Nov. Sth.
The steamer Hawaii arrived yes
terday afternoon from Hamakua,
and reported that it was raining
and blowing along that coast when
she left for Honolulu. The steamer
Kilauea Hou could not load at
and was compelled to
seek shelter at Hilo on Wednes-
day.
The bark Andrew Welch is
eighteen days out from San Fran
cisco for this port.