The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-17
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The port was entered yesterday by
three steamers. not of the island meet
which were about as different as they
well could be. First the Saturn, y.
s. Navy auxiliary with coal for
the Chicago and supplies for the naval
station. Next the Rosecrans with OH
and lastly the Aorangi with general
cargo from British Columbia bound for
the English Colonies south of the
equator.
The Aorangi a Royal Mail steamer
of the Canadian-Australian line. COM
manded by Captain j. D. S. Ph1lilps'
left Vancouver, B. c., December 8, at
e. o. m, and Victoria, B. c., at 1924
p. n. the same day, according to
Purser CcXalis report. and, expert
enciug strong head winds and rough
seas hat fine weather, passed the Mo
vera at A. M on Saturday ard
arrived at her dock in this harbor at
40 The Aorangi has full cargo for
Australia and New Zealand and
brought % tons of general freight for
this port.
She sailed at ten last night.
Among her Honolulu passengers was
the sister in law of w. w. Chamber
lain.
THE MORNING STAR.
The Morning Star still lies in the
stream for sale but no buyers have
vet appeared. The local representative
of the American Board of Foreign MIS-
sions, to whom the steamer belongs,
is not authorized to sell her, but only
to receive bids and forward the same
to New York. Just when the Board
will decide upon who shall own the
steamer after them is not yet deter
mined, but, if there are not purchasers
forthcoming in Hawaii pretty soon, II
is very likely that the boat will be
sent 10 the Coast where more bidders
are to be found.
The reasons of the board for selling
the steamer are that the principal mis-
sion for which the steamer formerly
carried supplies, the Gilbert Islands,
has been transferred to the jurisdiction
of the English Missionary Society, who
can supply the group to much better
advantage, owing to the fact that the
group are English possessions, than
can the Americans. The other islands
to which the Morning Star formerly
ran can now be supplied at more or
less regular intervals by steamers run
ming out of or connecting with British
colonial ports. So the Morning Star
is for sale.
NEBRASKANS DENY STATEMENTS
The Nebraskan came into port yes
terday morning with a heavy cargo. On
her way down she had a pleasant trip,
and sighted nothing but the Rosecrans
towing the Chilcott, just before arriv-
ing here.
The Captain was not aboard when
the Advertiser representative called
last evening, but the First Officer took
occasion to most emphatically deny
the Tacoma Ledger story, claiming it
was evidently the work of some drum
ken sailor, if any one connected with
the ship at ALL He thought that the
connection of any of the officers or
even sober sailors with the yarn was
doubtful and attributed the tale to the
imagination of the Tacoma Ledgers
editorial rooms He said further that
the officers and men of the Nebraskan
had absolutely no reason for knocking
Honolulu. They liked to come here and
were well treated here. He said that
they all had to go through the fumi-
cation process, which was not pleas
ant. but there was nothing he had said
or had heard said by any of the ships
company which would indicate that
anyone was sore at the town on that
account.
OH. CARGOES ARRIVE.
The American steamer Rosecrans of
the Matson line, Captain Mcdonald. ar
rived at $3.50 a. m. yesterday from Mon
terey with $4,000 barrels of oil for the
Associated Oil Co. and locked at the
railroad wharf. The. Rosecrans towed
down the Marion Chilcott, Captain
Larsen, with full cargo of $4,000 to
$4,000 barrels of oil for the same COM
pany.
The Rosecrans left Monterey on the
9Th of December and experienced very
pleasant weather all the wayv1own. The
Doric and Nebraskan passed them en-
route.
Both ships will be discharged in time
to leave today for Monterey The
, Rosecrans carries a crew of 81 men. all
told, and the Chilcott is. all told
Both boats are electric lighted and
equipped with gasoline engines to oper-
ate their oil and other pumps and cleo
trio lighting apparatus.
MAUI COUNTY LINER.
The Likelike arrived at $50 a. m.
yesterday, leaving Molokai 1856 that
morning. She brought 240 cases honey,
90 hogs, % sacks of cQnh, 10 sacks of
potatoes, SO sacks of paddy, 16 crates
| chickens, crates turkeys, packages
coin, 3 bags bottles. 10 sacks Chinese
nuts, cases eggs and 80 packages of
sundries.