The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-07
SHIPPING NOTES.

| The transport Sherldan mas arrived at
Manila.
The La Paloma will be measured for
new sails this week.
| The Mikahala will go on her regular
Kauai run this afternoon.
| 1t is expected that the Alameda will
have an unpleasant trip to the coast.
! The barkentine Planter has been ha Ill
ed into the stream. She will be painted
chartered to load lumber at Eureka for
Sydney.
The brig Consuelo arrived at San Fran
cisco on January IS in ballast, eighteen
/ days from Hama
The ship Marie Hackfeld was shifted
yesterday from the Railroad wharf to
SorenSen's wharf.
/ The Makee took twenty hours to make
the run from Lihue to Honolulu, on ac-
count of rough weather.
The bark Prince Louis will leave for
Vancouver today. Her mate is better.
She will load lumber for Europe.
The gasoline launch Pearl made run
from here to Pearl Harbor yesterday in
thirty-fiVe minutes; a distance of six
miles.
The Hongkong Maru sailed for the ORR
ent promptly at noon yesterday. She had
a number of Chinese and Japanese pas
sengers.
The bark Alden Besse will sail for San
Francisco tomorrow. The barkentine
Newsboy will also get away for Port
Townsend
The James Makee loaded $500 bags of
sugar in two hours and a half at Lihue.
The new chute greatly facilitates the
work of loading.
The Pearl Harbor dredger was in ac-
ton in the harbor yesterday, her engines
being tested. She will start for Pearl
Harbor this morning.
Solace to Come.
Commandant Merry of the naval station
has received advices that the U. s.
transport Solace left Manila on January
% for San Francisco, via Guam and Eo-
nolulu She should have reached Guam
on January 81, and allowing her a stay |
OF two days there, should arrive here |
about the 18th inst. Lieutenant Com |
mander q. w. Storey, ex-eXecutive Off |
Ger on the Solace, and who was not long |
ago invaded home from here, has en- |
tirely recovered his health and has been |
to the Oregon as executive Off
Ger. He went from here on the Ala
media, which took the Tilley court Of in /
quiry to the coast. Lieutenant Com
mander Storey has seen two years serv-
ice on the Pacific, and will now be on the
other side for an indefinite time.
Auckland Cut Out.
SAN FRANCISCO, January 2S-Infor-
nation was brought from Sydney that !
the agents of the Oceanic Company had
aid before the Australia postmaster gem
eral the advantages of the steamship line
to San Francisco as a mail route.
1t is proposed to shorten the time be-
tween San Francisco and Sydney by
uniting Auckland as a port of call, for
he large steamers. and calling at Bris-
oane and Suva, Fiji; Pago Pago and
Honolulu only. This, it is pointed out
would afford an eighteen days schedule
rom Sydney to this port, and consider
ably shorten the time required to trans
bort mails from the colonies to London
which, even under the present schedule.
If twenty-one days from Sydney. makes
t possible to reach England with mails
lhead OF any other route.
To offset shutting out Auckland. it is
to operate a branch line of
steamers from Auckland to Suva, con-
acting with the big mail steamers
Tanner on the Way.
SAN FRANCISCO, January 2s-The
rig Tanner got away to sea yesterday
fternoon, but it only on the second
all of the tug Sea King that Captain
Sewhan consented TO leave the shelter
f the bay. The mates ''indisposition,"
nd the northwest wind detained the brig
n Friday, and yesterday, when the Sea
ling called for the first time, Captain
,ewhall was ashore. The Sea King took
he brig outside and turned her over to
he north wind, which will prevent her
utting back to port for a while whether
er windmill works or not. The Tanner
bound for Honolulu
Grant Coming.
SAN FRANCISCO, January 26.-Ths
Grant will sail from this port
ebruary 7th for Manila, via Honolulu,
arrying a cargo consisting of commits F
iry stores and quartermaster's supplies.
hough designated as a special boat and
OF supposed to carry any troops, it has
cen deemed necessary that she take
Ill number of cabin passengers and
robably some recruits, who are awaiting
Goodbye Protet.
The French cruiser Protet departed for
capulco, Mexico, at 10 o'clock sharp,
esterday morning. Her leaving was at
nded by no demonstration of any kind
hatever. Before leaving French Con-
II NlzzaVona visited the cruiser and q
ide his compatriots bon voyage Pass
g the 1nter-Island wharf, the tri-color
as dipped three times. From Acapulco n,
lie Protet will probably go to Papeete. | y
anti. the original destination of the r