The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-10

NO Big liners. the Sierra and
Sonoma. belonging 20 the Oceanic
Sect were In Foft yesterday morn
ing The Son0ua from the Colonies az
rived first She arrived Of the barbor
sbouf O'clock yesterday morning. and re
mained outside until daylight The SO
mona left sydney az ] 30 .. n on Sep
te1nber p arrived 81 Auckland az ?. n
on the 18th. Jeff again az II ,. n. and
arrived az Pago Page At 10 q. m on Dc
fober > Jeff again az > 30 p. ~ arrly-
ing az the anchorage Honolulu. at l q
~ % October 9. The vessel experienced
fine weather with moderate 70 strong
trades throughout
ne Sonoma had S2500.OO0 in gold N
her strong MON. which was fakeH on AZ
Syduey The vessel had some difficulty
in retaining her fireroom crew while in
port Lewis and Turk the shipping mas
ters kept watch over the men. anu they
were retained a half dozen or more
Hawaiians were shipped 10 serve as ad-
ditinnal help at the furnaces. The de-
uarture Of tine steamship from Oceanic
dock at noon for San Francisco was wit
messed hy q large throng. The Ieavetak.
ing 90 the little people comprising the
Liiiiputians Was a happy one. When the
liner pulled ont the youngsters took pos
session Of the bow Of the boat. and main
tanned g constant cheering The SonoDia
took a good sized compliment Of passen-
gers from this port for the Coast. About
the only feature lacking was the melody
from the territorial band.
The Sierra made the run from San
Francisco and Honolulu IN 3 days. IL
hours and 80 minutes. The vessel was
reported shortly before Z o'clock. and was
inside fast az Pacific Mail wharf before
9 30 Purser Walton reported the jour
neg down as uneventful. Nice weather
was experienced most Of the way. The
boat was not delayed in getting away
from San Francisco because OF the strike.
However. the crew in the firerOom was
made up mainly Of Italians. who proved
dismal failures at the furnaces The
greater portion Of these men were re
leased upon arrival here. The Sierra
viii take a practically new crew from
this nort The vessel brought quantity
Of food stuffs and meat in her refrigera-
tors. consigned 10 local merchants. The
Oceanic Mariposa was sighted shortly af-
ter O'Clock Sunday afternoon. Two
sailing vessels were seen during the trip.
hut they were not spoken. The Sierra
took a considerable amount Of coal
previous 90 her departure for the Colon
les The vessel was scheduled 10 get
away az midnight She viii take a good
sized passenger list for Australia and
New Zealand points. The very latest
news regarding the great yacht race was
brought by Captain HOudiefte. He states
that as the vessel passed Meiggs wharf
San Francisco, the news WAS conveyed TO
the Sierra passengers through n mega
phone that the Columbia had overhauled
the Shamrock and was leading good
margin.
Besides bringing six days papers. the
Sierra had $50 bags Of mail for Homo
lulu.
When the Oceanic steamship Sierra
left port ut midnight she carried a num-
Der Of palms. algebra and other species
Of ornamental and shade trees. which are
destined for she Catholic mission az Sa-
rnoa The plants are sent by Commits
sioner Of Agriculture Wrav Taylor. who
has been promised an assortment OF
vans saro and hanana plants in return
for the courtesy