The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-28
WATERE RONT
P,rto b can Fam iy on whsrf

Some Porto Ricans are original
and also his wife and child on the Will
der's wharf all day Sunday. They
came down from Hilo on the steamer
Kinau and having no place to go 10.
packed their baggage up in a corner OF
the wharf and then went out on the
street Early Sunday morning they re-
turned to the wharf and a mat was
spread out upon which the woman and
child lay asleep during the entire day,
while the man went about the town
looking for place to live. Many peo-
pie looking about the wharves stopped
to gaze at the pair lying asleep on the
mats. The child, pretty. curly-hair-
ed, fat youngster of about seven years.
only had sort of skirt about him and
while lying on the dock mosquitoes
gave him terrible punishment. The
mosquitoes seemed to enjoy the feast,
but they did not seem able to affect
the Porto Rican woman, as she was
sound asleep all day long. Many peo-
pie took pity on the woman and child,
but when they spoke of offering them
assistance a native on the wharf sim
ply grinned and said: Let 'em alone,
mister; they're used to it,
Sailing Ships Losing.
YES" said a shipping man on Sat-
urday, 1.-THE sailing ships in the carry
ing trade to and from the coast are
now getting the small end OF the stick
and the big cargo steamers are doing
most all the business. In few months
L expect to see lot of the sailers who
now trade with Hawaiian ports knock
ed off altogether and placed in more
profitable runs to foreign countries"
The good old sailing ship which has
battled against all kinds of weather for
years and served Hawaiian merchants
loyalty is being slowly but surely push
ed out of the trade and the business
is going to the large vessels which can
carry goods cheaper and quicker. Dur
ing the past few weeks many of the |
wind TANNERS have come here with
very light cargoes and been returned
again to the coast almost empty. On I
July Is the total tonnage on the way
to Hawaiian ports was 1851; in the
same period of 1901 the tonnage on the /
way amounted to 1884. The difference
is a vast one.
New Steamship Service.
A new steamship service is to be es-
tablished beween New Zealand and /
South Africa 1t will consist of a
line from New Zealand ports.
Auckland, Wellington. Dune
lin and Lyttleton, with Port Elizabeth
and Cape Town. This will give a serv-
&c connecting with the Oceanic line
so that passengers can go from Cape
Town via New Zealand and Honolulu
o San Francisco and should be of con-
siderable benefit to Honolulu. as many
If the people travelling this long dis
.ance will be glad to lay over for a few
weeks at Honolulu.
ssNone Such" is Speedy.
Captain Blanchard of the ship Ban
galore has launched his new sloop
None Such" and the strange craft
vas sailing all about the harbor yes I
erday. She comes up to the captain
expectation as far as speed is concern
d and made some lively trips before
he wind. She can sail very close to
he wind and still cut through the wa
er at a dashing rate. Local yachtsmen {
hould be able to arrange a race within
he None Such" as it would be bound
o interest followers OF water sports.
Seaman az Age of 10.
Captain Borresen of the Norwegian
ark Aeolus has his 13-year-old son
board the vessel. Although the lad
) not too large for his age he already
as a seamans knowledge of a ship.
he captain says the boy can steer and
hat he can make fast the royal sails
way up aloft just as Well as any sail
r.
Shipping Notes.