The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-15

Unheraldd rainy Northand
poked her around Diamond Head yesterday
morning with her guns laundering salute
and Stripes the channel and anchored in Naval Row be
Patterson The Esqumat
the fourth of March and lesurey The first
days OF the made fine weather but four days
The Bonavene into the teeth of the Kona that swept the
lands days and she buced her through heavy bow
the OF the
The is way Hongkong where orders
Knoess squad
Just what will assigned the cruiser her officers
do know Yesterday spent cleaning the ship
and today she will take of coal She will her
voyage Saturday coming anchorage yese
day entanged
propeller Two divers work almost all yesterday after
noon dsntang1ng the cable Much shown in the work
improved equipped with
telephone through which the could communicate with the Of
soon as the cruiser moored Captain Nback
val Station made official call Captain Torlesse Later British
ayard and Vice Consul Davies called At two
Captain paid
the capitol The Hawaiian Government Band of it. under
the leadership of Captain Berger executed God Save the King
the officers entered the capitol grounds
Made for business the inevitable conclusion when one looks
paint ugly looking project
everywhere of the penup within the
hull while the gnning mouths of the torpedo tubes suggest the
There really guns
the vessel but there smaller that broadsde
would rip ordinary craft to pieces
class of eight ships
and built 1902 The Flora of this class and practically
sister well known in these waters having gone ashore on
year ago tonnage 436o
her length $50 and her draft Her battery
consists of 6nch and Inch rifles 6poundes and pound
There I8nch torpedo tubes above Her steel
inches thick inches the matches
and three ON the coming tower The vessel has twin screws driven
by vertical triple expansion engines There eight Tended boil
The normal coal supply but the bunker
which the ship radius of about
miles On her trial the Bonavenre made knots eight
hours under natural dauh knots for four hours under fore
ed draught
The officers of the Bonaventue Captain Torlesse Lieu
Gaort Lieutenant Morrs Lieutenant Aedroz Leuten
ant Nixon Fleet Surgeon Hewlett Engineer Commander Meados
Fleet Paymater Ling Gbb Engineer Lieutenant Cole
Assistant Paymaster Hughes Subeuenant Poignand Clerk
Smith Gunner McDamand Boaswan Codns Torpedo Gunner
Williamson, Artihcer Lambert.
The Bonavntue the last British manowar leave the
Canadian Pacific Station This month the British be
withdrawn from Canada their places taken by Canadian mill
tia In line with the policy OF giving Canada complete home rule
the British warshp permanently stationed in Canadian
have been withdrawn Esqumal will be
The of the Bonavntue down from the Cana
recalls the last of the Inflated Condor which
| reached this port.
Considerable heard yesterday French
OF the British This explained by the fact that the
English many their fighting ships either after old ships
the line which have OF commission after ships of other
by British The
nal Bonaventue French frigae captured OF Eng
lands with France English she
retained her old and after she of
name and the of the victory of long perpeuated
IN succession OF modern