The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-18
SEA AND SHORE.
Two Big Liners Arrive
in Port.
Australia and hiiowera--more lapa-
nese acknowledgements
via HiIO--Big Combine,

The o. S. S Australia arrived from
San Francisco and anchored of the
Oceanic dock at O'Clock yesterday
morning. after a trip from the Coast
port of 6 days IS hours. From Purssr
McCombe's report. the Australia left
San Francisco at 2:1O p. m. on Janu-
airy 10. Experienced fine weather with
light, variable winds and smooth sea,
until January 10, from thence to port
met a northwest wind with heavy sea
and squally weather. In latitude 80 de-
grees 40 minutes north, longitude 139
degrees 0 minutes, exchanged signals
with a Norwegian steamer bound for
Yokohama. The Australia brought
forty-five bags mail and ffty-one cabin
and forty-seven steerage passengers.
She is now anchored in the stream. The
( japanese steamer Doyo Maru signalled
yesterday morning that she was short
of provisions for her zoo immigrants
still on board The steam scoW was
sent out later in the afternoon with
supplies. The japanese steamer YOri-
hima Maru arrived OFF port yesterday
morning with 500 japanese immigrants.
/ The Mango Maru is still off port at an
Choir. The ship Antiope, from Tacoma
with coal is anct ored eff port Captain
Murray reports speaking the German
schooner Uban i'm latitude q degrees
q minutes, longitude 153 degrees Sc
minutes west, twenty-thTee days from
San Francisco f. the Marshall Islands.
Her captain was reported confined to
his cabin with drOpsy, and he wished
10 be reported. The G.. A. X. NJ. 5. 5.
Miowera arrived off port at about AIS
yesterday afternoon from Sydney and
Brisbane. and anchored opposite the
Pacific Mail dock az about o'clock.
Orders for the Tartar.
The transport Tartar was to have
sailed from San Francisco for Manila
direct on the 10th with thirteen officers
and $50 assigned casuals. The men
were organized by Colonel Freeman,
commanding officer of the Preside.
into a battalion of four companies. The
officers are as follows: Captain Ed
gar w. Howe, Seventeenth Infantry;
Captain Alfred w. Bjornstad, Forty
second Infantry, U.S.V.; First Lieuten-
ant Thomas Ryan. Fortieth Infantry,
IU.S.V.: Second Lieutenant Robert NJ
Shearer, Thirty-seventh Infantry
U.S.V.: Second Lieutenant Sidney s,
Burbank, Sixth Infantry; Second Lieu
tenant Andrew c. Wright, Twelfth In
fantry; Second Lieutenant William Fl
In
Lieutenant Edward Bolton, Seven
teenth Infantry; Second Lieutenant
Clenard Mclaughlin, Twenty-frst In
fantry; Second Lieutenant Edward b.
Whitfield. Twenty-second Infantry; Sec
ond Lieutenant Allan J. Greer, Fourth
Infantry; Second Lieutenant Rober
Whiting. Twenty-second Infantry; Sec
ond Lieutenant Harol d. Coburn
Twenty-fifth Infantry. Post Quarter
master Sergeant James r. Gillespi,
was also to sail on the Tartar.
The Centennial.
The horse transport Centennial vii
probably be dismissed from the Gov
eminent service because she can NJ
longer call at Honolulu on account o
the plague.
Transport via Hilo.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. THE lit
tie port of Hilo, Hawaii, while it pos
Isesses a fine harbor, has not the facili
ties for handling vessels that Honolulu
can claim. Now 1t VIII suddenly spring
into prominence, because the hors
transport Aztec has been ordered 4
proceed there and land its horses II
rest. So long as the black plague con
tinues at Honolulu it is understoo,
that all horse transports will stop a
Hilo. AS yet no orders have been re
ceived for the building of a cora
there, but if the plague continues 70
l. any length Of time 1t is likely that tn
necessary orders will be forthcoming
The orders are now for the Aztec L
load her horses on next Wednesda,
and to sail as soon thereafter as pos
sible
The sending Of transports to Hill
means much, in the opinion OF peopl
. who are interested in that port. Tn
= harbor is at present not n sheltered
one. although 1t has a wharf at which
deep-water ships have locked. So Iarg
e a steamship as the Aztec has never Wis
tied there. II her trip is successful tn,
attention Of the Government will be at
tracted toward Hilo, and the result
may be that the Improvement Of tn
harbOr will be commenced at an earl,
date. The experiment will be watched
with a great deal OF interest by tn
people who have invested in the larg,
> coffee and sugar plantations on Hawaii
the largest Island by far of the Hawaii
an group.
EXQUISITE RUGS.
10 y,o,, MANI 80 d.nz-... 49,