The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-12-13

about fourteen days, taking on coal
and stores.
The Honolulu Iron Works has a
force of boiler makers on the Aus
tralia overhauling her.
The American gun boat Concord
ran aground recently near Foo
chow, China, and was quite badly
injured.
The Martha Davis cargo con-
sisted mainly of glassware and had
to be handled with considerable
care when it was discharged.
The U. S. S. Baltimore is expect
ed in a few days. The island will
soon be alive with sailors and
marines.
The saloon passengers petitloned
Captain Won Otendorp to keep the
Alameda in port till 6 O'Clock yes
terday, but he refused.
II the tug Eleu does not succeed
in capturing any smugglers, she
will at least have some real fun IN
weather like this. She has not yet
returned.
1t is reported that Captain
Morse, late of the Oceanic liner
Alameda, will assume command OF
one OF the new Canadian vessels
soon to be placed on the Orient
route from Vancouver.
The officers on the Wild Swan
report disagreeable weather during
the last few days of their voyage
They were glad to get to Ho-
nolulu, but the weather that greet
ed them was not much better.
Tuesday last witnessed the ar
rival in Mulinuu OF the largest
boat yet built in Samoa, which
was 100 feet long, q thwarts, and
was rowed by ffty-four oars, says
the Samoan Herald of November
30th.
NEWCASTLE, N.S.W.-Arrived,
18th, four-masted bark
Isles, from Port Pirie.
Sailed, November 23d, bark Cory
phene, for Honolulu, with 1885
tons coal.
Letters received from H. NJ. S.
Royalist at Samoa state that during
the cruise in the Solomon group
Commander Douglas visited the
scene of the murder of the traders
Atkinson and Flood, of the schoon-
er Narovoo, and arrested six ma
tives alleged to be implicated in
the crime. The prisoners were
sent to FIJI in the H. NJ. S. Ring
dove for trial at the high commits
court.
The Alameda passed through
some rough squalls. The log OF
the trip as furnished by Purser
Sutton is as follows: Sailed from
sydney Nov. 25th at 5 p. M; ar
lived at Auckland Nov. 18th at 3
D. M; sailed from Auckland Nov.
10th at $50 p. m; arrived at Apia
Dec. 4th at 7:36 a. NJ; sailed from
Apia Dec. 4th at 2:1S p. M; ar
lived at Honolulu Dec. 18th at 6 |
|. m, II days Is hours. Dec. 1st
It 1:40 p. m. passed S. S. Mari
,osa. Dec. eth and Sth had strong
northeast winds and northeast sea
With heavy squally weather; thence
o Honolulu fine weather.
The cruiser Olympia did not
.rrive at Yokohama until Novem-
'er 9th, and a great amount of fun
s being poked at her in the Orient,
PARTICULARLY by the English. 1t
vas announced that she was to
make speed trial across the Paci-
ic, and when she failed to arrive
n anything like the time scheduled
or her it was taken for granted
hat she had failed. As a matter
# fact, no attempt was made at
peed. She steamed very slowly,
nd was eleven days going to Homo
ulu and seventeen from Honolulu
o Yokohama. She did demonstrate
me thing, however, and that is,
hat she is splendid sea boat. On
November Sd she encountered
errible gale, but behaved SPLEEN
Idly, and there never was a time
When she could not have used all
Ter guns. She was in the gale for
wenty-four hours, yet she remained
IS steady as an ocean liner.