The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-01

MARINE


1
| There was a hitch in the sailing of
| the Hongkong Maru yesterday, the
japanese liner being held at the dock
for three hours by the Chinese Consul.
| The advertised time of sailing had been
set for noon and the ship was ready to
depart on time, the cabin passengers
aboard and some five hundred ORR
Ierlals with their bundles damned to-
gether on the forward deck, when the
| Consul appeared in answer to a COM
plant sent him that there was not the
proper accommodation for SO many
lsteerage passengers.
| An interview followed between the
Consul and the ships officers. the lat
ter promising to fix up accommoda-
tons for all just as soon as the vessel
/ got under way. This arrangement was
| not satisfactory to Chang Tso Fan, who
HAD to be shown the arrangements
Imade before he would withdraw his OBJ
iections to the vessel sailing. He based
| his objections on the clause of the ship
| ping laws regarding steerage accommo-
dations. threatening to lay a complaint
before the authorities if the Maru
sailed before he was satisfied.
This kept up until half-past two,
when Captain Bent and the Consul left
| in a hack for Hackfeld & Co.'S ofhce,
There 10 thresh the matter out before
those responsible for the Chinese off
the Manchuria. This discussion took
tanother hour, when it was finally de-
cided to land some OF the Chinese ref
lugees and take them back to Quaran-
| tine Island, there to remain until the
arrival of the next Oriental steamer
The work of picking out the ones who
were to stay here and getting their
baggage out of the piles on the deck
proved quite a long job, the Consul
lhaving to explain personally to many
of them why they were to be again put
ashore. In all forty-four We're taken
loft and loaded on the scow Pioneer for
the island.
Among these Chinese We're several
very old men, a number of women, and
some three or four infants. The ma
iority of them are refugees from the
/ San Francisco fire, homeless and pen
Unless and being repatriated at the ex-
pense of their government Many OF
them were in ill health and most ap-
peared apathetic, Squatting around In
silence and paying little heed to what
was going on around them Or being
done for them.
There was a much different scene in
the cabin, which was thronged with the
Manchurians, happy, apparently, at be-
Ing again on shipbOard and resuminS
their journey. Every berth on the
ship, with the exception of one, mas
been taken.
Owing to the absence of tugs, the
Maru did her own turning when leav-
ing the dock. She got away at 4:So
SHIPPING NOTES
The steamer Kaena sailed for Maui
yesterday afternoon.
The Norwegian bark Karmo was
ready to leave the harbor yesterday,
but could not get tow boat, every
thing of that nature being engaged at
the Sheridan and Manchur1a.
The schooner Wilbert L. Smith made
a smart passage on her last run to
Port Townsend from Honolulu, sarriv-
ing there on the 18th ult., 22 days out.
She sailed ten days later than the
Alex. r. Brown, which left Mahukona
on July IL and has not yet been re-
ported as arrived. The Smith proceed
ed to Seattle.
The steamer Claud1ne did not go out
on her regular run last night, being
busy at the relief of the stranded.
transport. She will sail this afternoon
al o CLOCK, nef pldce at tise hoiiSi i"e
being taken by another steamer II
necessary The Inter-Isand officials
say, however, that iii their opinion the
transport will be off by that time.
The steamer Niihau arrived from
Honokaa yesterday morning, bringing
1000 bags of sugar and a small amount
of miscellaneous freight. Two Japa-
nese were her only passengers. Inc
purser reports about 1000 bags more of
sugar at that point. Yesterday after
noon she loaded her sugar into the
William p Frye, lying at the Railway
wharf