The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-15

ND salts along the waterfront pre-
q dict that another Kona is likely
to visit these Islands. The wind
which was blowing at a lively rate
from the nor nor'east only as recently
as Sunday morning, hauled to the east
and moderated as the Sunday sun sank
to his rest. Now the breezes are grad
ually shifting to the south, and the
wise ones in matters meteorological
promise a Kona before long.
What the Ships Are Doing.
The Chilean barkentine Alta is still
discharging coal at Navy wharf No. 2.
She is high up out of the water now
and will soon have all her coal for the
army ashore. Right next to the Alta,
lying at Navy wharf No l, is the horse
transport Thyra. She Is an ugly
looking craft, and has dirty appear
| ance as well. Coal is being put aboard
| the Thyra. This is no easy business,
for the transport has no side ports, and
all the coal has to be hoisted up onto
her deck and dumped down into her
| bunkers. Considerable time is consufn-
! ed and many men are employed, ana
much coal is spilled in the handling,
which has to be shovelled and handled
all over again.
The American bark Andrew Welch,
which arrived here from San Francisco
| on December 9Th, has moved over to
| the Railway wharf, where she is TAX
! ing on a cargo of sugar for San Fran
| CISCO The American barkentine Irm-
gard, is at present at the Inter-Is1and
wharf, taking on sugar from the
steamer w. G.. Hail. The steamer
Noeau, which arrived here on Saturday
morning from Kauai discharged her
| cargo of sugar into the hold of the
Irmgard.
| The Irmgard arrived here from San
| Francisco on the Goth Of last month,
and has received quick dispatch. Cap
! tain Schmidt is her master.
| At the Railway wharf the barkentine
Archer is loading sugar and will get
away for the Coast very soon. Captain
| Calhoun brought her here on the 10Th
| of last month.
The big ship William H. Macy is al
most ready for sea; she looms high
above the wharf, and is completing the
! taking on of ballast before she sets
sail for the Sound. She arrived here
from Sydney on the 23d of December,
commanded by Captain Groth.
There are at present twenty-seven
deep-water sailing vessels in the har-
Dor. Very few of this number are
lying idle.
arrived here on Sunday from Seattle,
is expected to leave for San Francisco
via Kahului today. She stops at Ka-
hului to take on sugar for the Coast.
Worlds Naval News.
The following items of interest con-
corning the worlds navies are gath
cred from the San Francisco Call:
The French armored ships Duperre
and Neptune are to be modernized and
receive new boilers and change OF
batteries, at an estimated cost of $500,
900 for each ship. The Duperre was
built in 1871 at a cost of $2,S00,000 and
the Neptune cost s3,900,000 in 1887.
They are both antiquated ships, and
the Neptune has poor reputation as
to sea-going qualities.
! The British cruiser Europa, OF l,00t
tons, which was completed about one
year ago, and has made one cruise
only, is to be reboilered. The Bell
vile boilers in the ship have proved
worse than useless, and it has been
decided to apply the only remedy to
cure the defect-the taking out of her
thirty boilers. 1t involves an expense
of about 100000.
Additional frauds in the Japanese
navy are coming to light, three clerks
at the Saheho dockyard and four mer-
chants having recently been arrested
fusion. The frauds appear to be almos,
general at the several shore stations
several high rank officers and a num-
Der of clerks being implicated at three
dockyards.
The Earl OF Selborne, the new first
lord of the British Admiralty, has re-
signed the Craftsmanship of the church
defense committee. He is still, how
i ever, one of the directors Of the P. &
o. Steam Navigation Company, which
] receives a liberal annual subsidy from
the Admiralty, and there has been nc
intimation of his resignation nor inten-
ton of so doing.
The British Navy League calls atten-
ton to the fact that the fighting
strength of Great Britain in China
waters is far inferior to that OF France
and Russia combined, and only slight
ly superior to that of Germany Eng.
land has but three armored cruisers
whereas Russia and France have SIP
and Germany one. OF first and second
! class cruisers England has nine Pms