The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-20
SEA AND SHORE
Steamer Thyra Here
With Cargo.
0regon's Boat Wins in Japanese
Waters The Ciaudine Off
For Hilo--Notes.


tine Skagit arrived yesterday. The
Skagit made a quick round trip. She
left here on February "a for Port
Townsend, where she arrived on
March Is. Eight days were spent in
loading her 100000 feet of lumber and
her trip here took twenty-six days.
Had she made as good time down as
she did from here to Port Townsend,
IL would have been a record-breaker.
AS 1t is 1t was a very fast round voy-
age. The vessels cargo Is consigned
to Wilder & Co.
The Thyra, which is consigned to
Alexander & Baldwin, brings 500 tons
of general merchandise from Yokoha-
ma. 1t Is the first Oriental cargo re-
received here this year. The Thyra
is at the Pacific Mail wharf and her
cargo will be thoroughly fumigated.
All of 1t comes from Japan, which is
declared free from plague. Some of the
cargo will be sent to the other Islands
direct from the wharf, while the rest
will find its way uptown as usual.
From here the Thyra goes to San Di-
ego. Captain Edwardsen says he is
very sure his ship did not bring plague
have figured the introduction of the
pest down to three ships, all here with
in week or two Of each other. They
are the Thyra, which arrived here last
on November 2Sth, the Nanyo Maru.
here December 9Th, and the Carmar
thenshire, here about the same time.
The harbor- masters were busy yes
terday shifting ships. The Fort George
and Robert Levers were taken from
the Pacific Mail dock and locked at
the Old Ffshmarket and Irmgard docks
respectively.
The Fortuna went into the stream
and her place at the coal dock was
taken by the Sonoma. The Pnuger
went to Irmgard wharf to discharge
her general cargo.
Claudine to Hawaii
The Claudine got away on time last
night on the Kinau's run. She took a
big lot of passengers and a very large
cargo of freight. Captain Clark and
his men made a record for quick work
with the freight for Hawaii. Wednes-
day night at 9 o'clock the work of load
ing the Claudine began. There were
$50 tons OF freight on the wharf to be
put aboard and at half-past five yes
terday morning it was all slowed
away and the wharf ready for much
more freight. which arrived during
the day. The Claudine took the
schooner Alice Kimball in tow. The
Kimball goes TO Maui with a big car
go of freight.
Oregonians Win.
The battleship Oregon is first again
| nd ha nj tafo hac p+h a
| international boat race. In the re-
gatta day events here the tars from the
Oregon got both first and second places
! in competition with an English and
German man-of-war.
The British warship Barfleur and
German warship Hersa entered crews
| with the American man-of-war Oregon
| in Yokohama's annual regatta. The
race was a six-mile triangular sail like
the regulation yacht races. Each war
vessel had two pinnaces in the con-
test ......
One of the Oregon's boats easily got
the first place, coming in far ahead of
the British or German boats. Another
Oregon boat came in second. closely
followed by a Britisher. The other
British contestant carried off fourth
place as well, leaving the Germans
without a place.-Yokohama Ex-
change.
NOTES.
The Cleveland lying at Hilo was
coaled by the Kilauea Hou.
The bark Himalaya brought 1876 tons
of coal to w. G.. Irwin & Co.
The Tilne f. Starbuck is waiting for
5000 bags Of sugar to complete her
cargo.
Hind. Ralph & Co. the shipping men
of San Francisco. are to establish an
office here.
| When the Waialeale left Kauai there
were 1S3.O50 sacks of sugar on hand
at the different plantations.
The Upolu towed the schooner John
y. out of Kailua. The schooner will