The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-04
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK Of
AUSTRALIA AND DORlC BOTH IN
PORT.
Had a stormy Passage Coast Freight
Takes Big Jump-Thc China's Rec
ord Trip-News and Gossip.

The British bark Ethelbcrt arrived
at Astoria on the 18th inst.
! Tine >. =. China averaged over Ii
| knots on the entire trip from Aokoha-
ma.
| The Mohican reached San Francisco
on the Goth ult., after Il passage OF. 20
days.
The Kate Davenport sailed from
| Port Blakely on the Goth ult., for this
port, lumber laden. On the previous
! day the schooner Allen \. sailed for
! Ililo.
! The Iwalani came off the marine
railway this morning, and will make
a trip to Kauai today or tomorrow,
with Captain Gregory in command.
CAPTAIN j. 5. Davidson, who COM
manded the American ship Commo-
dore when she was wrecked recently
on Maiden Island, has been appoint
ed to the Wachusett, in place of Cap
| tain Hogan. who has resigned.
The Aztec arrived in San Francisco
on the same day as the Australia, af
ter run of 10 days 4 hours. Captain
| Catarrinich has been transferred TO
the S. S. Acapulco, Captain Feeder,
chief officer of the China succeeding
| him as master of the Aztec.
The Alden Besse was advertised to
sail on the same day as the Australia
and the S. c. Allen and Andrew WEIGH
on the following day. the Goth. The
S. n. Castle and Annie johnson were
also up and loading, by the latest adj
vices. the former to sail for Hilo,
probably on the 3Oth.
! The steamer Noeau arrived in this
morning from Hawaii with a broken
shaft from the Ilonokaa mill. She
came across from Lahaina in seven
hours. The Honokaa mill broke
down yesterday morning, just after
the arrival of the Noeau. All speed
will be used to make the necessary re-
pairs and the Noeau will return with
! the shaft.
An offer of $4,000 was m1dn to the
owners of the Alden Besse. - put Der
into the Alaska trade. but was rcfrs.
ed. At the same time an offer of S16,-
600 for the Highland Light was reruz-
ed. The Mauna Ala was offered \
good figure to carry lumber TO Alas
ka. but had already been chartered 10
return here
The S. 5. China made the run to San
| Francisco in days hours II min
utes, arriving three days ahead
of her schedule time. She had bad
weather going up, else she would have
completed the trip in five days. so her
owners think. When the unfavorable
conditions under which she labored all
the way from Yokohama are consid-
cred, the voyage was a wonderful one.
The steamships Moana and Mariposa
have been enlisted to carry passengers
from the antipodes to this city bound
for the Alaskan gold fields, says the
San Francisco Chronicle. Each vessel
will carry as many passengers as can
be accommodated from New Zealand
and Australia. Much of the cargo
space is being fitted up to accommo-
date passengers, as the dem'nd is eN-
pected to be very large. Neither of
the vessels will take passengers at
| Honolulu. The Mariposa will reach
here in February, and the Moana,
which which is at present fitting up
for additional passenger accommoda-
lions at this port, will return from
Australia next March. Every berth
on both steamers has already been en-
gagged for those trips.
The o. & o. S. S. Doric hauled
alongside the dock about $3.50 o'clock
this morning, 6 days II hours from San
Francisco, and the Oceanic S. S. Aus
trala tied up about four hours later,
& days Is hours and 80 minutes from
the Golden Gate, and ever since the re-
spective pursers of the respective
lSst. Ii t,IJ
friends "how it was" The Doric
people were disappointed because the
Oceanic liner was given the mail, and
attribute the Doric's failure to get in
last night to the fact that she is too
deeply laden. AS Purser McComb of
the Australia tells the story, the Gee
anic liner passed through the Golden
Gate sixteen miles astern of the Doric,
and overlook her that same night, re-
naming three days in her company.
and finally leaving her astern forty
six miles. On the 3rd inst, the ''oId
man." he says, insisted on slowing
down, so as not to reach here in the
night, and that together with slight
accident which made it necessary TO
call halt for an hour and half.
gave the Doric time to catch up and
pass the Australia. On the 31st and
LIST very heavy southerly and wester-
~ gales were encountered, with a
high and rough west-northwes swell.
Thence to port light trade winds and
fine weather were experienced. The
Australia brought fair cargo of
freight, 76 bags of mail and a passen-
gers The Doric has some freight and
a good passenger list.
ARRIVALS.