The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-20

lT HE CHINA arrived from the
Orient last night about 7:3(
| u o'clock. She was sighted at 4:30
| but lay outside quite time while heI
passengers were passing the doctor
| The China left Hongkong on December
| 81 and Yokohama on the 10th instant.
Fine weather was experienced all the
way. but the last day the wind fresh
ened up and the sea became choppy.
This prevented the vessel from making
as good time as she would otherwise
have done as her bottom is foul and In
such shape that the steamers progress
IS very easily retarded. The China car
ries only twenty-three cabin passen-
gers of which three are for Honolulu:
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Gray and Edward
Solly. One of the passengers to the
coast is Surgeon L. w. Spratling, U. S.
n. In the steerage for Honolulu came
215 Japanese. about half of which num-
Der were women, and seven Chinese.
Fifty-seyen Chinese and seventeen ia
panese are going through to San Fran
cisco. The vessel brought $50 tons of
freight She Will sail today about
noon.
leland steamers Arrive.
The Claudine got IN about 4:20 a. m.
yesterday from Maui ports. She
brought fifteen cabin passengers. AT
$50 a. m. the Mikahala from Kauai
ports arrived with twenty-seven cabin
and forty-two deck passengers. Her
cargo included 1000 bags of sugar. AT
$50 a. m. the Noeau from Lahaina,
Kaanapali, Honokaa and Kukuihaele
arrived. bringing no passengers and
4101 bags of sugar. Her purser report
ed the schooner Susie NJ. Plummer
loading coal at Makawelf and the
schooner Robert Searles loading coal at
Eleele. The steamer Iwalani was at
Maxwell on Saturday and had taken
on 1900 bags of sugar. The Ke Au Hou.
which is at Eleele. will commence load
ing today. The Mikahala reported fine
weather on Kuuai and a strong north
easterly wind and choppy seas crossing
the channel
No News of Condor.
No news has yet been received OF the
British sloop-of-war Condor. which left
EsquimaIt for Honolulu on December
2. She Is now forty-eight days out and
grave fears are entertained that she
has met with disaster. Nothing has
been heard of her in San Francisco or
latter, Mr.. w. r. Hoare. telegraphed
to Victoria some time ago and expects
to receive some news or the missing
vessel by the next mail from the coast.
dor left Esquimalt for this port, for
several redirected letters and a sack of
mail for her have been received at the
Postofice.
Dock for Hiio.
HILC, Jan. 17.-Mr. Philip Peck. of
the First Bank of IIIlo, returned by
the last Kinau with the information
that complete understanding had
Company and the government officials
at Honolulu. There is now no obstacle
in the way of the progress of the big
dock.
Mr.. Peck's visit to Honolulu was for
the purpose OF interviewing the Terri i,
torial officials regarding the dock. He
says that the plans of the company
were approved, and that he found the I
Oihcials Will ing to do all that had been !
asked of them. The enterprise is now
upon good business footing, and the :
actual construction will presumably go
forward. y meeting of the members
Of the dock company will be held in a
short time. at which various questions
viii be decided
Overdue Arrives.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. i0-The
British ship Robert Duncan. which was
'ut eighty-five days from Wei-hai-wei
'or Puget Sound. and upon which re-
insurance of 90 per cent was quoted,
arrived yesterday at Port Angeles on
he Sound. and many spectators on
he ship won large amounts. The on
y other overdues listed at the Mer-
'hants' Exchange are the Blackbraes,