The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-09-29
ALL ALONG THE DOCKS
ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALIA
WITH HEAVY CARGO.
Large Passenger List--The Voyage
Doric Next from the Coast--Kinau
Leaving Late-Front Notes.

The Hawaii sails tomorrow for Ha-
wall ports.
The Iwalani left for err regular
IIamakua ports this morning at 9 a.
IN.
The Claudine and Mikahala sai,ed
on their respective routes at p. IN.
for Maui and Kauai.
The o. O. o. S. S. Doric sails from
San Francisco today, and is the next
regular mail steamer.
The Waialeale is expected early to-
morrow from Kauai. Should she ar
rive she will probably sail in the even
ing for Kappa.
The Ke Au Hou was unable to sail
last evening on account of the large
amount of freight to be taken on
board. She left at 0 a. m. today For
Honuapo and Punaluu.
The Kinau was unable to leave UNI
til few hours after time today an
account of having been on the marine
railway, and for that reason being
behind with her freight.
The bark Martha Davis, Capt. Soule,
arrived yesterday afternoon from San
Francisco, seventeen days o ut, having
left that port on September 18th.
Pleasant weather was experienced
throughout the voyage.
The City of Picking was unable TO
get away last night, not having all
her coal on board. Men were coaling
her an night. The officers of the
Peking had the satisfaction of know
ing the result of the race between
themselves and the Australia. The
difference of time was fourteen hours
in favor of the Peking. The Picking
sailed at noon today.
The British tramp steamer Lintith-
gon broke her shaft while on a voy-
age from San Francisco to Leith. Six
seamen started out for Acapulco in
a twenty-four foot life boat, dis
lance of 900 miles, which, after ten
days of perilous voyage, they reached
in safety. In the absence of an Eng
fish consul, they were taken in charge
by American Consul Edgar Battles
and clothed and fed. There remain
on board the Lintithgon twenty-five
men.
The barkentine Willie II. Hume,
while on voyagef rom Shanghai to
Port Townsend, was caught in ty-
phoon in the China seas. Several of
her sails were carried away. The cap
tain reports that the vessel. without
square inch of canvas, was driven
by the gale at the rate of nearly ten
miles an hour. While dropping down
the Yank-tse Kiang river the second
mate and several of the sailors were
Frustrated by the heat, and had to be
carried to their hunks unfit for duty.
The o. S. S. Australia, Capt II. c..
Houdlette, arrived in port at a. IN.
this morning, having left San Frau
cisco at 10 a. m. on September 22nd.
Fillowing is the report furnished by
the purser: First forty-eight hours
experienced light N. w. winds, thence
to port light to moderate N. E.
trades, and fine weather, arrived at
Honolulu, September Goth at a. m.
Time days, % hours. On Sept. gath
in lat. 33 N. long. 1876 w. passed the
American barkentine Charles F.
Croker, lumber laden, steering in a
southerly direction. September Goth
at S:45 p. m. passed and exchanged
signals with S. S. China, 712 miles
from Honolulu, bound north The
Australia brings forty-two cabin and
twenty-seven steerage passengers
and ten bags of mail. She has a
freight of 14OO tons, the heaviest
cargo she has brought for some time.
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