The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-01-17
ALL ALONG TIE DOCKS.
STEAMER Soon EXPECT
ED FROM THE ORIENT.
Wharf Room at Premium Rice for
the Immigrants Andrew weIcb
to Load.

stone ballast yesterday.
Two boatloads of rice went over
to Quarantine Island this morning
for the immigrants.
The schooner Moiwahine which
was lowed to sea yesterday after
noon goes direct to Hilo.
The whaling bark c. w. Morgan
returned from cruise and was
lowering off port this morning.
The steamer James Makee ar
rived from the Garden Isle this
morning with sugar Tor the Refinery
fleet.
The steamer Waialeale will leave
again for Kilauea at 3 o'clock this
afternoon expecting to return on
Sunday.
The barks Matilda, Aldergrove
and Seringa are not discharging to-
day. The c. +. Croker is the
only merchantmen unloading.
1t being a national holiday the
Customs Offices are closed and the
flag is flying. None ofthe shipping
in the harbor display any bunting,
The steamer Iwalani from Hama.
kua was telephoned at 1910 o'clock
this morning. She brings sugar
for the bark Andrew WEIGH and the
Oceanic warehouse.
The bark Andrew Welch hauled
in alongside the Kinau wharf this
morning, and received her first
sugar from the steamer Lehua.
The bark has had long wait for
cargo.
The steamer Waialeale arrived
yesterday afternoon with 1900 bags
of sugar for the bark Alden Besse.
This will complete her cargo, and
the vessel will leave some time to-
morrow for San Francisco.
The big shipping firms of H.
Hackfeld & Co., w. G. Irwin &
Co, F. A. Schaefer & Co., T. H.
Davies & Co., Allen & Robinson
and the Wilder Steamship Co. closed
at an early hour this morning.
The Inter-Island boys got no
holiday today-too many in success
sion, says the boss. With the ar
rival of the steamers James Makee
and Iwalani and the departure OF
the w. G. Hall and Waialeale
they were kept pretty busy.
The Norwegian bark Sjokongen,
Captain Gran, master, arrived this
morning and anchored in the
stream, 76 days from Newcastle,
N. S. W., with 1850 tons of coal to
order. Rough weather coupled with
Gains was the cause of the long
passage. There are now two banks
in port flying the Norwegian flag.
The Japanese steamer Gaisen-
Maru, chartered by Ogura & Co.,
will fall due from Japan about Feb.
S. She is a large vessel, register
ing 2,9oo tons. Her cargo will
consist Of $50 tons of Japanese mer-
chandise. She will also bring $40
japanese laborers and free passen-
gers. The Gaisen- Maru will re-
turn direct from Honolulu to Japan.
The steamer w. G. Hall did not
get away until an hour after her
schedule time this morning. Delay
was caused by late freight. Ma
chinery to be used as a mixer for
the Hawaiian Agricultural Co.,
weighing 24oo pounds, was taken
aboard. The Hall had quite time
getting away from the wharf, owing
to the prevailing southerly winds.
She took seven volcano passengers,
besides a large number for way
ports.
Wharf room at the lower end of
the water front has been at pre-
MUM since the influx of the sugar
season. The Lehua arrived yester-
day afternoon from Hawaii with
sugar, and the Waialeale and
Kinau today, both with cargoes of
sugar. The bark Alden Besse now
loading for San Francisco will ease
up the rush somewhat, but only
temporarily, as the Iwalani, Kauai
Mikahala and Claudine will be due
before and on Sunday with full
loads.