The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-15
SEA AND SHORE
How Captain SimerSOn
Got Away First.
GIeanings Of Water FroHt--The Aus
tralIa--Inter Island Traffic.
Ki1aU Departs,

The America Maru worked an yes
terday morning sending passengers and
baggage ashore and taking the people
who left here on her and their baggage
aboard. She also took about seventy
tons of water but no coal. Shortly after
\ o'clock she started of on her long
trip TO the Orient She blew the usual
salute Of three whistles.
II is the unexpected that always hap
pens and If anybody had said that the
Australia would not be here'bright and
early yesterday morning he would have
been thought a very unreasonable per-
son. The old Australia being late is
something new. \ reason for it is the
story told by the officers of the America
who say that the weather experienced
on the trip down was the worst they
have ever seen on the run between here
and San Francisco. II is the general
impression that the Australia, which
is undoubtedly heavily laden, has been
forced to come slowly or maybe was
compelled to lay to for a time. Captain
Lawless is too careful a man 10 take
any chances and would rather get in
late than imperil the safety of the ship.
The America Maru besides being a
much faster vessel than the Australia
was in good trim as regards cargo. not
being very heavily loaded She was
about eight hours late and did not slow
up at all. The Australia according to
the reckoning of the wise ones will
show up early today. No fears what
ever are entertained for her safety.
Stole the Doctor.
Yesterday was a red letter day for
the island steamers and the wharves
were busy all day long. The Mauna
Loa. Kinau. Claudine and Noeau got
away on their runs much the same as
i'm the days before the pilikia. Now
that the shipping system has been sys-
tematized the loading goes on with a
rush and all the steamers went out with
good loads. The Mauna Loa was the
first to leave and thereby hangs a tale.
The Noeau which was to have left
Tuesday was detained and did not finish
loading until yesterday. Everything
was in readiness only the inspection
by the doctor was wanting. Captain
Wyman was very anxious TO leave and
was impatient for the doctor to arrive
He came and was about TO board the
Noeau when he was hailed by Captain
SimersOn of the MaUna Loa who yelled
that before the Noeau could pull out
the big steamer would have TO get out
of the way. This looked reasonable 70
the doctor who was by this time too
far away from the NOeau to hear what
Captain Wyman was saying. To EN-
phasiZe his remarks the NOeau's com
mander waved his hands and danced
up and down a bit. Captain SimersOn
in his suave way continued explaining
the necessity of the doctor boarding
his vessel first and the man of medicine
was led astray. When the crowd of
people on the steamers and wharf saw
the doctor board the Mauna Loa first
they set up a yell and Captain Wyman.
by this time very much upset by the
way Captain Simerson had stolen the
doctor, was made great fun OF by the
crews Of the Niihau and Mauna LOa.
To make matters worse Purser Tuft
turned his monograph loose and it
played an original composition by
SimersOn and Tuft entitled After the
Quarantine is Over" as sung with
great success by them for the past two
months.