The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-05

Echo and Newsboy; bark Fortune
lschooners Louis, Novelty, w. H. Talbot
and VIM. Bowden and ship Reaper.
The barkentine George C. Perkins
has arrived in Mahukona, where she
viii load sugar for San Francisco
The barkentine S. G. Wilder on Feb
ruary 10Th, and the ship E. B. Sutton
on the 18th, have both left San RAN
cisco for this port.
! The Robert Levers has been waiting
1 such long time for sugar that Captain
Goodman has at last found it necessary
/ to buy couple of bags.
The German bark J. C. Glade has
been heard from. She arrived safely in
Kahului last Tuesday morning in tow
of the steamer Likelike.
When the Australia left San Fran
cisco the bark Martha Davis for Homo
lulu and the schooner Albert Meyer for
Kahului, were up and loading.
The bark Martha Davis in the Plan
ter's Line from San Francisco and the
schooner Alice Cooke from the Sound.
are the latest charters for this port.
The British ship Troop arrived in
New York from Honolulu, Feb. 18th.
The ship Manuel Llaguno sailed from
that port for San Francisco on the
18th.
The schooner Alice Cooke arrived in
Port Gamble from Honolulu on Feb.
18th, and the schooner Prosper sailed
from that port for Honolulu on the
18th.
The steamer Kahului of San Fran
cisco has been given an American re-
gister under Act of Congress, Jan. 20,
1897. She still retains the name of
Kahului
The Japanese steamer Sakura-Maru,
from Honolulu to Yokohama, reports
that on January oath derelict schooner
of about $50 tons was sighted in "a deg.
Is min. north latitude, 143 deg east
longitude, danger to navigation.
H. NJ. B. Ship Egeria, which sailed
from Portsmouth, E., February 2, for
the Pacific Ocean will make new sur
vey of the Straits of Magellan, and
OLltL NAdlluCl0 III NlldL NlCiullA. anu
also of the coast line. This service
viii prove of great benefit to the COM
merce of the Pacific coast.
The British sealing schooner Agnes
Macdonald, Cutler master, arrived in
port late Wednesday, A days from Vic
toria, B. G. She put into this port in
having lost her rudder in lon
gitude 40 deg. west during a heavy
breeze. She will undergo repairs, and
sail for Japan about Monday.
The British ship Fort George, 1908
tons, of Belfast, Ireland has been
bought by WEIGH, Rithet & Co. of San
Francisco and will be utilized as a
sugar carrier between the Hawaiian
islands and San Francisco. The Fort
George will be registered at Victoria,
B. c., retaining the British flag.
The o. S. S. Australia, Houdlette
commander, arrived in port yesterday
morning, days and IS hours from
San Francisco. Following is purser
McCombe's report: Left San Francis
co, Feb. % at p. m. with AZ cabin and,
81 steerage passengers, and SO bags
mail. Experienced light N. W. and
Y. winds until Feb. 26; thence to port
light trades and fine weather. Arrived
at Honolulu, Mar. 2. Time of passage:
6 days and Is hours.
The old whaling bark Emma F. Her
riman, of San Francisco will never go
TO the Arctic in chase Of the leviathan
of the deep again. She had an eventful
career, and made money for her own
ers. both at New Bedford and San
Francisco. A year or so ago ]. A.
Alagee, the managing owner, withdrew
her from the business and few
months ago sold her to the North
American Trading Company Now the
old-timer is being cut down and trans
formed into a barkentine for the cod
carrying trade. Formerly she was
two-decker, but all the upper works are
being removed, and when the old whal-
ers who made their home in her year
after year see her again they will not
know the new Emma F. Herman.
She will lie low in the water, and alto
gether will present as trim an appear
anee as any barkentine in port. The
same company has also purchased the
schooner Jane Gray, and will
send her to Alaska on an otter hunting
expedition. Capt N Hodgson will take
her to either Sand Point or Sitka, and |
there ship an Indian crew, after which |
a cruise as far north as Copper Island
mill hn in,