The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-19
WHARF and WAVE
Schooner Robert Levers with
Lumber from Sound.
TRANSPORT CENTENNIAL SAILS
BarkentIne Amelia to Port Town
sends. s. Mango Maru with
immigrants.

On one OF the vessels entering al
HilO last week were some pet hares
from the Mainland belonging to one
of the passengers. The Customs au-
thorities. all but one. were about to
pass them. and the people of the Vol
cano Isle can thank lynx-eyed Dick
Macaulay, the genial Port Surveyor.
for stopping the landing of this ter
rible pest. Macaulay had seen the
dreadful effects of these animals on
| the pastoral lands of Queensland and
| made determined fight when he saw
the creatures coming into the fair land
OF Hawaii. He had a hard time to get
refusal from the higher officials to
| allow the hares to come ashore. and it
was not until he had fished up mold
law bearing on the subject giving au-
| thority in such cases to the port Off
Gals that he could secure his wishes.
The hares were finally returned on
board the vessel. Surveyor Macaulay
made reputation while on the Gus
toms force here which gave him pro-
motion TO the post he now holds.
HE ROBERT. LEVERS ARRIVES.
The schooner Robert Levers an
chored IN the stream yesterday from
Puget Sound with cargo of lumber
Captain VIM. G.. Goodman, her genial
master, reports his voyage as follows:
The Robert Levers left Port Town
send November 10th and passed out by
Cape Flattery the same night, 9 d. M:
half an hour afterward ran into
strong southerly gale. with accom-
panyinS bad weather. and from this
time TO November 30th we had a con-
tinuation of southerly and southwest
gales, following each other in rapid
succession as fast as they could be
made up for our use. November Goth,
Thanksgiving Day. found us about in
the latitude of San Francisco, twenty
days out. Having neglected to lay in
n supply of turkeys and other good
things for this occasion, We found it
necessary to go TO the salt beef cask
for our turkey. | doubt if there is on
board the Robert Levers a single per-
son who felt that the occasion was one
calling for thanks. If man after be-
ing banged and buffeted around, |
drenched with both rain and sea wa
ter day after day for weeks, and max |
ing slow progress withal can perceive |
in this kind of treatment any reason |
why he should be thankful, he is |
rare sort of person-altogether too |
good to go TO sea.
Since November Both we have had |
fine weather. comparatively speaking. |
The wind. when there was any. was |
still 'forninst" us-that is, from a
direction. with the exception
Of a part of two days. when it shifted
from southwest to northwest north
and by way of east to its old quarter
from southeast to south; was becalmed |
off Molokai all day yesterday. On De-
rember 10th, a. M, about 40 miles
from Honolulu, saw
bound northeast.
The Robert Levers cargo is as fol-
lows: 563,176 feet rough lumber. 1884,
$40 feet dressed lumber. 1920 feet pick
cts, $4,000 laths. 679. $50 cedar shingles.
MARU WITH IMMIGRANTS.
The Japanese steamship Mango Ma
u cast her mudhooks into Naval Row
near the lighthouse yesterday and will
unload today 547 men, 40 women and
1 children from the Land of the Rising
Sun. There was also 800 tons of
freight on board which will be dis
charged tomorrow Captain Tomita
reports the health good of all the pas
,engers on board, and has a clear bill
IF health from Kobe.
BUILDING IN ENGLISH YARDS.
The returns of shipbuilding in Eng
ish yards during September show that
English builders put into the water %
vessels aggregating about 90, 40 tons
gross, against q vessels of about 65,263
ons gross in August, 80 vessels of
about 5S,512 tons gross in September
asst year. and 20 vessels of about 81 $50
ons gross in September 1897. For the
nine months English builders have
22i vessels of about 6S4 Acc
ons gross, as compared with 255 yes
,els of about 624 los tons gross in the
period of last year, and
about AS, $50 tons in 1897. One steam
II of II, $50 tons gross was launched at
Belfast last month. For the year so
ar there have been launched in the
United Kingdom 4S7 vessels of about
,067. 143 tons gross, against 535 vessels
If about 1919, 90S tons gross for the
irst nine months of last year. and 4S4
;eSsels of about 737,SS4 tons gross in
S97. Among the vessels launched were
he steamer Ivernia. of 1890 tons
;ross by Messrs. c. S. Swan and Hun
err. and the first-class armored cruis-
r Idzumo. of $3.50 tons displacement.
~ Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth
md Co. During September Sir James
4aing and Sons received an order for
wo steamers of about $500 tons dead
weight each. and Messrs. r. and W.
hawthorn, Leslie and Co, for twin
crew steamer Of 5000 tons gross.
ANOTHER UNSUITABLE SHIP
The latest unsuitable ship comes
rom Germany, and is thus described: :
20 ensure the safety of passengers in
by making the steamer prac-
ically unsuitable. the directors of the
ompany owning the patent have. be-
ides fitting the ship with watertight
ulkheads and double bottoms, provid-