The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-03
NEWS OF THE SHIPS.

4 waterfront man recently arrived
from San Francisco reports having
seen former Honolulu Policeman Han
rahan on the San Francisco water
front, looking as fat sand comfortable
as ever.
Hanrahan has been very busy of late
watching steamers leaving the Coast
for Honolulu, according to the man
who tells the story, 1t is said that
Ranrahan is still in the employ of the
Honolulu police department.
The Oceanic Company's mail steam
ship Alameda made a record for her
self on her last trip to San Francisco
from the Colonies. Although sne was
delayed nearly twelve hours at Auck-
land, New Zealand, got quick dispatch
at Page Page, Samoa, and was delayed
again eight hours at Honolulu, she ar
rived at San Francisco twelve hours
ahead of time. Her present record is
a splendid one, and her run of five
days and twelve hours from Honolulu
is a performance that few OF the Pa
cific liners can beat
One of 1.-The steerage passengers on
the Alameda, on that vessels arrival
at San Francisco on her last trip,
came very nearly being sent back to
Australia When he was passed by
the quarantine officer he thought that
everything was all right, but he ran
UP against the riiu
that gentleman at once asked him
how much money, he had. The man,
who was Polish Jew, was afraid that
he was about to be assessed for taxes,
before he had arrived in the country
he was about to adopt as his home,
answered that he had only sixpence,
and produced a piece OF silver of that
value in evidence. He was about to be
sent back to Australia as pauper,
whom fpllfsyV "a no Or
advised him to show enough money to
buy a few square meals, whereupon
the supposed pauper disclosed large
belt about mis- waist in which were
hidden four hundred pounds in five
pound Bank of England notes. He
was allowed to land
Captain Green of the Inter-Island
Steam Navigation Company will soon
bring the steamer Hanalei to these Isl
ands for his company, on her maiden
voyage, from San Francisco.
The first of the American-Haw
Company's steamers to arrive at San
Francisco from New York With a full
cargo of freight will be the Hyades,
daily expected to pass through the
Golden Gate. She is a steamer of
great capacity, and was chartered by
the INSTRUMENTATION Company
pending the completion of it's own
steamer, the American, which has
since sailed for San Francisco from
New York
The steamer strathgyle will be re-
leased by the government as freight
transport, and will carry freight to
the Orient for the California and
Oriental Steamship Company.
The new steel barkentine Hawaii
built in Scotland for Hind, Rolph &
Co, has arrived at Newcastle, New
South Wales. and will load coal for
Honolulu, later going to San Fran
CISCO
The steamer Mariposa, which sailed
from Sydney for San Francisco via
Honolulu on the oath of December, has
100000 sovereigns aboard
The steamer Strathgyle, which took
cargo of freight and horses to Ma
Mia for the government, arrived at
San Francisco on the 23d of December,
from the Philippines. She reports that
in latitude az degrees 10 minutes north,
longitude 173 degrees 8 minutes east,
on December 9th, she sighted a top
mast and topsail yard, painted yell
low.
The Sonoma, the second OF the
Oceanic Company's new boats was to-
have arrived at San Francisco on the
9th of December The date of the
not yet been fixed
The new schooner Minnie A. CafneI
has sailed from Seattle for Australia
with a cargo of 100000 feet of lum-
Der. The vessel will later carry coal
from Newcastle to Honolulu and SUI
gar from Honolulu to San Francisco.
The large steamer Californian sailed
from Nagasaki on December 18th for
francisco, and upon her arrival there
will be released by the government,
and begin loading for Honolulu
Captain A. S. Rogers has taken
command of the schooner Louise, and
Captain John Burch has taken the
schooner Andrew Jackson.
The United States army transport
Hancock is due to arrive here from
San Francisco on the 18th instant.
The America Maru is due at this
port on Saturday with three days
later news of the outer world
The parks Santiago and Martha
Davis have cleared from San Fran
cisco for Hilo with cargoes of mer-
chandise.
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