The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-05
FOUR VESSELS EXPECTED NOW
AT WAIMEA.
Several Of Them are Well Known Boats
Their Masters win Probably Follow
Example of Borealis.

Captain Macauley viii have his hands
Iull seizing an OF the sealing ieet wniCh
is due ABOUT this time at Waimea,
haual. tie rs already stopping on one,
looking after that vessel now and il
is likely that a least one and prob
ably three or tour more are also I'm
port III the efficient customs repre-
sentative succeeds in being on five diff
terent sealing sChOoners at the same
time he viii be the wonder of his asso-
ciates
There viii be no trouble however
with the Borealis. Milham Munro her
skipper entered and cleared her yes
terday at the customs house and when
he goes back to Waimea it will be with
the necessary papers which viii effect
her release, If Macauley is still board
ing on her But with the release of
the Borealis the troubles of Macauley
viii only begin, for unless an of the
captains of the remainder of the fleet
are as good natured and amiable as
Captain Munro, the customs man may
be put to considerable annoyance. The
schooner Casco ought to be at Waimea
now and following her are the Varro.
Aurora and Ocean Rover.
With the arrival of these schooners
will be the last Of the fleet of nine
which are en- route TO catch seals off
the Japanese coast. Several of the
boats are quite famous and figured in
more or less notorety during their
earlier careers. The Casco was for
merly the pleasure yacht of a Mr.. Mer-
ritt Of Oakland. Merritt owned the
Grand Central Hotel in San Francisco.
He brought the Casco down to Homo
lulu some years ago and entertained
party aboard her. The vessel has
seen her more luxurious days though
and she is now worker in sea life
L.
than those of a pleasure craft.
The Varro has a new name but she
can not live down her past. A few
years ago she was known as the Hal
cyon, the vessel which figured in such
a notorious opium and smuggling
scandal in San Francisco. The Whaley
ring was at the head of the attempt to
charter the boat and go into wholesale
smuggling Several of the customs au-
thorities were also concerned in the
deal. AS the Varo the vessel hopes
to lead a better life.
Instead of there being three vessels
which touched at Waimea originally
there were four When the masters of
the Charlotte Cox, the Director and
Mary Taylor Learned that Waimea was
not a port of entry they were at loss
to know what to do. The captain of
the fourth vessel the Dora Steward,
wasted no time however. The instant
that he learned how matters stood he
left the port.
Captain Munro says that the mistake
which he and the other vessel made
was a very natural one. AS a matter
of fact, the vessels of the British seal
ing fleet, he says, are constantly run
ming into American ports during stress
OF bad weather or else to get fresh
supplies, Although these ports are not
ports of entry, he says, no attempt is
made to molest the ships the customs
people merely contenting themselves
with keeping a watch on them. This
may perhaps be done but the regula-
tions are explicit enough and when the
presence of any vessels in a port is re-
ported to the collector, he is forced to
take steps Immediately to call them to
account