The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-09-21

1O4NJ Dept ~, ~ ~. nC nScaNhCA
is clear; wind fresh, northeast.
The favorite expression along the
water front now is Don't you know /
can't talk?"
The American bark Forest Queen
sailed in ballast for Port Townsend
FRIDAY morning.
Charles Murray OF the Gus ON House
force has severed his connection with
that department.
The schooner IA Moi came in from
Paauilo, Hamakua, Saturday mornine
with 1920 bags of sugar for 1heo. H.
Davies & Co.
The u. S. S. Adams, Watson com
mander, sailed for Lahaina for large
practice shortly after noon Sunday
She will; be back in about two days
The Re Au HOu came in from Kauai
ports on Saturday with 902 bags of No.
1 and 572 of No. 2 sugar for F. A.
Schaefer & Co. Fine weather along
the coasts is reported.
The Iwalani brought 1900 bags OF
sugar from Hawaii Saturday This
was divided as follows: 2426 No. l
and 1915 No. for H. A. Co. and PA
No. 1 and 315 No. for Chong.
The Kinau sailed at about 1890 am.
Friday with heavy freight and some
thirty cabin passengers for the Vol
cano and way ports. She w IL be back
in port on the oath instead of 25th
The barkentine S. G. Wilder, Nc
Neil master, arrived early Friday a
ternoon, 10 days from San Francisco
with a cargo of general merchandise
consigned to F. A. Schaefer & Co..
The Waialeale arrived from Kaua
ports on Friday with 202 bags of rice
for M. Phillips e Co, Kwong Les
Yuen, G. A, K. w. A., Y. S. and Go
Yock Kee and 1895 bags of paddy for
]. A. Hopper, Wong Kwai and Chin
Wo.
James Bolster, shipping reporter OF
the Star, left for Kohala on the Kinau
Friday morning. He has been in very
bad health recently and expects to re-
recuperating. His place on the Star !
has been taken up by Mr. Pickard.
The Mikahala came in bright and |
early Sunday morning from ports on |
the Garden Isle, bringing over hum
dred passengers and 1915 bags of su- |
gar distributed as follows: 707 bags |
A and 90 bags B for F. A. Schaefer & |
Co. and 800 a and 147 B for H. Hack |
field & Co
The transatlantic steamers seem to |
be engaged this summer in the pleasing |
task of breaking their own records |
If they keep on this course they will |
be giving a very hard task to the |
steamers that are to be built to break |
the record. More speed on less coal |
will become a nightmare |
to shipbuilders.-Ex.
Capt. G. w. Mckay, son of the cele
brated shipbuilder Donald Mckay, and |
himself designer and builder of many |
swift fore-and-aft vessels, has redis- !
covered the original British yacht. He |
says: 'Phineas PETIT, who invented the |
frigate, as is recorded on his tomb, |
also built the first yacht, as we now I'M
the term. When a young man /
PETIT made q voyage to the Levant. He /
was two years knocking about the Med |
iterranean and adjoining seas, during |
which time he industriously studied the /
war craft built by the Genoese and We
netians, who at that time were the |
greatest and most skilful shipbuilders
IN the world. On his return to England |
he was made assistant master ship
wright at Chatham, and in 1903 he was
to build a yacht for the
young Prince of Wales, Henry, to dis
port himself in about London Bridge.
his little vessel was carved. gilded and
painted to the highest degree. She was
20 feet long and II feet wide The
Prince christened her the Disdainn. and
PETIT was made Captain"
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