The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-28

! DIAMOND HEAD SIGNAL STA
/ TON, Jan. 20, 10 p. m.-The weather
Is clear; wind, light; northeast.
At dark last night the Kaala came in
from Kahuku. She will likely sail
| again today.
All of yesterday the dredger was
! idle owing to a disruption Of her pipes
I by the southerly swell.
The CA. S. S. Warrimoo, Captain
White. sailed at 10 o'clock last night
| for Victoria and Vancouver.
In all probability the Re Au Hou will
be placed on the boards TO sail dur
| ing the afternoon for Kauai.
The Mauna Loa will sail at 10 O'Clock
tomorrow morning on her regular run
| TO Maui and Western Hawaii.
With a cargo of about $4,000 bags Of
sugar. the big ship S. p Hitchcock Will
sail this afternoon for New York.
First sugar was taken by the Mo-
hican late yesterday. She has been for
several weeks lying in the stream.
At 4 yesterday afternoon the James
Makee sailed for Kappa and the Wal
aIeale for Kilauea, Kalihiwae and Ha-
nalei.
If the steamer City of Picking sailed
from Yokohama on time, she should
be along tonight on her way to San
Francisco.
At 215 yesterday afternoon the
schooner w. F. Jewett sailed for Ka-
hului, where she will load sugar for
San Francisco.
On account of the westerly wind the
Kauikeaouli, schooner, did not get
away yesterday. She will sail this
morning for Paauilo.
Two sailors of the Hitchcock were
arrested yesterday for desertion. An
other deserter from the Hyde was
caught in the police dredger.
There will be another great influx
of sugar Saturday and Sunday. About
half a dozen steamers, all fully loaded.
should arrive Sunday morning.
The James Makee reports: Left at
Kilauea 5000 bags sugar, Kappa 5000,
Lihue 800, Eleele 1000, Makaweli 600.
Hanamaulu 5000 bags and 900 at mill.
Captain Potter reports that the AL
den Besse will be ready for sea by the
middle OF next week. She will likely
receive her first installment of sugar
today.
On her present up trip the Warri-
moo carries a very heavy cargo CT
Australia freight. The demand for the
new steamer in the CA. line is in
creasing every month.
There was quite a scramble among
the Chinese fruiterers on the l. /. S.
~ rnnrninO for the
choice of the bananas and oranges
brought by the Mauna Loa.
Late yesterday the Kilauea Hou was
discharged from the marine railway.
She will leave tomorrow or Saturday
for Hawaii The Honolulu will be the
next vessel in the dry dock. She may
go up today.
AS soon as the r. p. Rithet has fin
ished discharging, she will pull into
the stream to make room for the Rob
ert Levers. which has been nearly
month in naval row.. The latter, also,
has a coal cargo.
Kauai weather January 26): Heavy
northwest winds with rain. Some
swell at Makaweli, and very rough
round Kilauea and Hanalei. Re An
Hou could not complete loading on ac-
count of the heavy swell at Makaweli.
Telephone lines down.
Word from Waialua has it that the
schooner Sarah and Eliza is still hard
and fast on the sands at that port. The
waves were breaking hard against her
yesterday afternoon, and she was leak
ing. Her owner, Mr.. Williams, hopes,
b. the use of samson poles, to get her
off into deep water at high tide today.
A half-dozen colored Americans of
the ship S. P. Hitchcock were out on
a serenade last evening. With guitars.
banjos and their splendid voices they
afforded appreciate entertainment to
many people along the streets. The
party was escorted by Tom Powell,
the stately front-ranker of Company
ID.
The Warrimoo which arrived early
yesterday morning from Sydney,
brought 100 tons sugar bags and 80
tons of general merchandise for this
port She left $50 tons of coal here to
be taken up again on the down trip.
One passenger was brought to Homo
lulu, and the big liner had only three
through.
Warrimoo's report: The R. NJ. s.
Warrimoo, w. E. White, R. n. r., COM
mander, left Sydney on the 18th inst.
at d. IN. and experienced light TO
moderate winds to Mount Washing
ton, which was passed on the 10Th inst.
at a. m, arriving at Suva same day
at 7:45 a. m. Left again same after
noon at 2 p. m. and had light south
east winds through Fiji group, which
was cleared at 4 a. m. following day.
Passed Alofa Island same afternoon at
5 p. m. and experienced moderate
southeast trades TO s deg. S. lat,
thence to 2 deg. y. lat. had strong
winds and squally weather with
heavy rains. Crossed equator on 22d
inst at 5 p. m. and passed r. NJ. s.
Miowera, bound south, on 23d inst at
1 p. m. thence to arrival at Honolulu
had light winds and Gains with fine,