The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-02
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK OF
FAIR WINDS AND FAIR WEATHER
NOW PREVAIL.
S. S. Australia's Short Stay-Three
Vessels Sails S. Peru in Port
Water Front Gossip.
The s. s. Peru sails at 10 n. m


The S. S. Australia sails for the
Coast at p. m. Saturday.
The Kate Davenport sailed in ballast
for the Sound this morning.
The schooner Norma was towed out
to sea by the tug this morning.
The schooner Emma Claudina sailed
from Crews Harbor for Mahukona on
the gath ult.
The American bark Amy Turner
sailed from New York for this port
on the oath ult.
One deserter from the Adam w.
Spies was captured by Harbor Police
man Evans this morning.
The schooner Aloha sailed for the
Coast this morning with full cargo
of sugar and fair wind. Captain Da-
bel expects to make a quick passage.
The Babcock will be fully discharg-
ed in order that she may be washed
out before taking sugar. She will be
propped up with floats to keep her
on even keel when she is emptied.
The Mikahala secured 5045 bags of
sugar at Hanamaulu, arriving here
this morning. Captain Thompson re-
ports fine weather prevailing on the
Kauai coast. The Mikahala will be
dispatched to Kilauea this afternoon.
Both the S. S. Peru and the S. S.
Alameda had very stormy voyages 60
ing up last trip, while the Australia,
which left two days astern of them,
had smooth sea all the way. The
racks were not put on the table once.
So great is the demand for steamers
in the Klondike trade that the Hum
| bolt. steamer little larger than the
! Mauna Loa, has been chartered for six
months at the enormous rate of 500
per day. Her original cost was but
| 100000.
| The American bark, Adam w. Spies
/ has received sugar ballast and will sail
/ this afternoon for IIilo, where she will
/ finish loading for New York. \ fail
wind is blowing. and Captain Godett
hopes to make his anchorage by TO.
morrow afternoon.
The p. NJ. S. S. Peru arrived from
| San Francisco soon after midnight
with little freight and about doz
en- local passengers. She left San
Francisco day late, bringing the pa
pers of the Goth. The Peru has but
seven through passengers.
The schooner Anna, Capt. Everett
arrived at Mahukona on the Goth ult.
II days from San Francisco, with 8
full load of general merchandise tc
Hawaii Railway Company, Limited
Consignees, S. G. Wilder & Co., Koha
la Sugar Co., C. F. Hart, f. p. Low ant
j. S. Kay.
The James Mal<ee arrived in from
Kapaa this morning, with 1900 bags
of sugar for the Rithet. She will sal
again this afternoon. The Makee wa:
able to load but 1000 bags of sugar in
side the reef, because of the new sane
bank. The weather, Captain Tullet
says, has cleared up nicely.
The S. S. Australia is booked fol-
two quick round trips, in order to
get into the new schedule just ISSUED
by the Oceanic company. Her inward
freight is being discharged as fast as
possible, in order that she may get
away on Saturday afternoon. She
will remain in San Francisco but five
DAYS on her her arrival there, and
again make brief stay on her arriva
here. Under the new schedule the
Australia will hereafter arrive here or
Wednesday, at 4 p. m, spend
ing but six days in port here, and on
ly eight days at San Francisco.
The American brig w. G. Irwin
which won the big race to San Fran
cisco, last month, cleared from there
on the 25th ult., for this port, with the
/ following cargo: 300 bbls lime, 175(
lbs rolled barley, 107 cs liquors, TO;
lbs meals, 81 lbs and IS cs bread, 81
cs oil, 105 pkgs groceries and provi
sions, 100 cs coal oil, cs drugs, $500
lbs oleomargarine, 500 lbs manufact
ured tobacco, 1850 lbs lard, 1915 gals
and IS cs wine, 2275 lbs oats, $50 SKIS
bran, 25 SKIS middlings, 81 ctls wheat
472 gals whiskey, 261 cs canned goods
$50 gals beer, 1000 lbs lead, AS carboys
acid, 1875 bales hay, 8 pkgs hardware
2775 lbs peas, 500 lbs butter, $50 lbs
dried fruit, 60 bbls -four, 625 lbs sage
920 lbs nuts.