The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-07

YTSHE chief event OF interest along the
II waterfront yesterday was the de-
parture of the Mariposa for San
Francisco. A large crowd gather
ed on the Oceanic wharf about noon
to see the boat off for the Coast and
great many leis were in evidence, while
many well known people Departed OH
the steamship.
The coming and going of the Mari
posa was unexpected, inasmucn as she
arrived thirty-six hours 1head Of time
and left this port a great deal sooner
than was anticipated.
All previous records be -Necn Sydney
and Honolulu have been bea-en and
she bettered her own recofi by twelve
and a half hours.
Fifteen days and fifty nine minutes
from the Colonies to these Islands is
something to be proud of and it is now
up to the new vessels of the Oceanic
! line to do better.
The Mariposa sailed from Sydney on
the 22d of December al 4:21 o'clock in
! the afternoon, left Auckland, New
Zealand, on the 26th at S.35 Z. M. and
Pago Page on the 30th at II . clock IN
the morning Her time from Auckland
/ was 10 days, % hours and Is minutes,
the steaming time from that pert being
| 10 days Is hours and 3 minutes. The
time from Sydney has already been
stated above, but the Mariposas ac-
tual steaming time from >suney Was
lonly IA days, 9 hours and minutes.
The average speed from Auckland
was 356.SS knots per day.
The Mariposa arrived in this port
about o'clock on SATURDAY. evening.
tShe was under rush orders and had the
ADVANTAGE of fne wea .he.' all the way
from Australia. One day ou1 from
tPago Page she spoke the Sierra, which
was not making very rapid progress
lowing to some trouble with her pump
ling machinery. The Ma .iposa thought
at first that the Sierra had broken
down, not knowing about her delay in
coming from San Francisco to Homo
lulu The through passengers OF the
Mariposa included twelve n the saloon
land thirty-two in the steerage. Those
for Honolulu were Mrs III. y. '.coke
Miss Grace Cooke and Miss Squire.
Those who left Honolulu for Sar
Francisco on the Mariposa were Morris
IHyman, Miss A. .Landers, Mrs }. }
Hendricks, Mrs. M. Aldricn and foill
Echildren, Mrs. J. B. Frazier, G.. il. Lyn
berry, N. Brown, ]. w. Keyston, Jr.
DIR. A. E. Blake, r. A. Russell, JONI
H. Talmage, J. Kurkamp and wife
Mrs Conlon, Ryder, Miss summons
Mrs. Fox and daughter, F. =. Smlts
and C. E. Smith. A number CT act
resses and actors were also anon:
those departing. They helped to liver
things UP a little as the vessel go
away. One discoursed popular airs 81
the cornet and brought forth u iars'
share of applause from those On th'
wharf who had gathered to see the yes
= (sel away. The man who has, sor man!
weeks past, been wont to sing tina
song which refers to various things be
ginning to bump just a little bit wa
one of the actors. He was protusel
covered with leis. nerspiration and en-
jthusiasm and took very touching
farewell of certain well known deale
in fruit in this city.
ssShe began to bump just a little bit.
called the fruit man from the wnar
lust as the vessel was departing, to III
|song-and-dance tragedian at the hea
of the gangway
, Very touching" shouted back tn
man who makes the goo-goo eyes
"Send us up bunch of bananas, Won
your" And, much to the surprise 9
everybody, the fruit man did send
bunch of bananas over the side TO tn
entertainer, much to the delight of tina
gentleman and many others who Wef
: to get share of the wholesome frul
Many people who anticipated gettln
mail for the Coast off on the Mar1pos
had their plans all changed by tf
early arrival of the vessel and nun
bers were not prepared to send the
l., e,on %
sequence was that the Mariposa carrie
much less mail matter to the Goa
than she would have If she had stut
to schedule time and not arrived he
until today.
The officers of the vessel are prot
z1of their achievement and with vel
good reason. What will the Sierra
, on her. trip up from the Colonies? is
Il Iouestion that many are now asking.
-, K1mball May be Lost.
The American schooner Helen
~ Kimball, Captain Hansen, is thong
to be lost with all on board.
She sailed from San Francisco on t
rs 22d of September last for Page Pa
- and Apia with cargo of supplies al
IA general merchandise. In the latter pa
IS. Iof the following month she arrived
- Page Page safe and sound, discharg
her cargo of merchandise and then to
ED on about fifty tons of copra for Ap
sailing for that port She has not be
N, seen or heard of since that time.
The Mariposa reported yesterday II
nothing had been learned Of the lor
missing schooner, and that it was fe;
ed in Page Page that the little yes
had been lost in some sudden sto
with all hands on board.
The Helen Kimball is well known
shipping men Of this port. She is
craft of 1873 tons register. and was
WAYS considered a seaworthy
sea smart little vessel.
American MAru Fined.
The Togo Kisen Kaisha Amer
Maru was fined four hundred doll
by Collector Stackable before she
this port for the Orient on Saturd
and the money was handed over to
department by the captain of the
sci.
1t seems that two passengers W
brought to Honolulu on the Amer
Maru contrary to the laws, and la
ed here. They were not reported to
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