The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-09-18

| TON, Sept. IL, 10 p. m.-Ihe weather
is clear; wind fresh, north
The Kaala was not sent out to ka-
huku yesterday She will remain over
until Monday.
The S. G. Wilder is now Is days out
| from San Francisco She is expected
in at any moment.
Boats from the Re Au Hou, Kaala,
Kauai and Iwalani have been entered
for the races on Saturday.
The Waialeale is expected in from
Kauai today. The Re Au Hou and
ance-
The little steamer Iva sailed for
Honoipu at about 3:15 yesterday, TAX
ing cargo of corrugated iron and 80
bags of rice.
The Ladas, Forest Queen and w. G.
Irwin are now the only foreign sailing
vessels in port. This is very un-
usual for Honolulu.
The American bark Forest Queen
took on ballast yesterday preparatory
to her departure for Port Townsend
today She is at the Fort street wharf.
The American schooner Transit, Jor-
gensen master, sailed for San Fran
cisco at 2 p. m. yesterday with cargo
= or
267.07, and shipped by VIM. G. Irwin
& Co., Theo. H. Davies & Co., F. A.
Sehaefer & Co. and c.. Brewer & Co.
The o. S. S. Mariposa, Hayward
commander, sailed for San Francisco
shortly after noon yesterday, taking
a cargo of 1852 bags of sugar shipped
by VIM. G. Irwin & Co. 91S punches
bananas together with a small amount
OF other freight shipped by various
exporters.
SEEEs55 - sssazg!SSzT III
The American brig w. G. Irwin,
Williams master, arrived in port yes
| terday afternoon, 20 days from San
Francisco with $50 tons of general
| 10 hdI1OuS CqnSISuGGS
| The Irwin struck succession of Gains
all the way down. For three days she
| took down all sails and ha2dly moved
The latest development of the new
woman is as mariner. 'Fhe colony of
! Victoria boasts of one woman who is
ambitious to become second mate on a
| ho ID n
formal application for examination,
which was refused by the marine board,
! but she is not discouraged, and intends
! to try in England.-VictoriaT Times.
The Custom House force of guards
and inspectors have received orders
| from headquarters to the effect that
they must not sit, smoke or talk to
anyone except it be on business of the
Custom House while they are on duty.
This is thought by people along the
water front to be rather hard, espe-
cially to the guards that have to stand
| watch for fourteen hours.
The largest ship in the world is
Bredon near Stettin, Germany, for the
Hamburg-American line. The new
monster steamer has a length of 625
feet on the waterline. and is therefore
considerably larger than the Campania,
which is 600 feet in length between
perpendiculars. The engines will have
$1,000 horse power, and a speed Of %
knots is expected.
The steamship Dessoug, which sue
cessfully brought from Egypt the ODE
lisk that now stands in Central Park
New York, is to be broken up for ole
iron She was originally the British
steamship Denton and was built al
Hartlepool in 1864. She has been i'll
the Savannah Line of the Ocean
Steamchip Company of late years, bu
has been laid up for some time Her
class expired last autumn.-Ex.
The British tramp steamship Lin
Iithgow, reported as drifting off th'
Central American coast with her ma
chineTy in a helpless condition. viii
prove a rich find for some vessels
The Linlithgow is comparative!
) new steel steamer of 2.O41 tons ne
register, and cost to build, in 1894
over $3.50. 600 She has cargo O
90 900 centals OF barley valued at $40,