The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-01
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Luxurious and with all the accom-
paniments of comfort for ocean travel
abe new Union or dian-Australian
s. S. Maheno. the first turbine steamer
to- cross the Pacific, arrived In port
yesterday afternoon at l:45 o'clock
from sydney and Auckland and berth
ed In the Bishop slip. Luxurious aptly
describes the liner which is one OF the
most comfortable boats which has ever
touched at this port.
The dock was covered with people
curious to see "turbine-liner." She
does not look different from other
steamships calling here, but a peep
into the engine room showed wherein
she does differ. There were three COW
cred sections of the Maheno's machin-
cry which concealed the mysterious
turbines from view. In general way
they may be compared to water sprink-
Iers, revolving, except that steam IN
stead of water, furnishes the motive
power which revolves the shafts, which
in turn propels the three propellers.
The engine room was visited by large
number of local people Interested In
machinery, among them being Captain
Nacaulay, the pilot who brought the
vessel into the harbor: Captain Free
man of the steamer Kinau. Mr.. Bush of
The Honolulu Iron Works. Joe Little,
chief engineer of the tug Fearless.
The engineers of the vessel were eX-
trcrneIy courteous and showed the WIS.,
itors over every part of the vessel
The Maheno is commanded by cap
tain ]. GLIB, an old commander I'm the
Canadian Australian service. He Is
master Of vessel of 52S2 tons. The
report of the purser for the trir Is as
follows:
Left sydney April 10th at ! -. M,
arrived at Brisbane on 18th at a. IN.
proceeded down river at .. IN. and
waited in bay for mails and passengers,
proceeded again on 18th at l2:52 a. m.'
arrived at Suva on 23rd at 1913 a. M,
sailed again same date at 4:3O D. M,
arrived at Honolulu on 3Oth at l:io
o. m Experienced light northerly
winds and smooth sea Brisbane thence
light easterly winds with smooth sea
to Suva followed by light to moderate
SE. and NE. winds, and occasional
calms, with smooth and moderate sea,
fine weather to arrive.
When in lat. 6.13 S. long. 1913 w.
on April 26th, r. T.. Farrell. bedroom
steward. was found dead in his bunk.
Cause of death, heart failure. He was
buried same day.
There were three passengers for Ho-
nolulu. Messrs. p. w. Seaton- Kerr, Mr
Muir and Mr. Kennedy. She has
full list of through passengers from the
Colonies, one of the largest which ever
sailed from there for Canada. For Ho-
noIulu there We're 1884 packages OF
spirits, 15 packages of preserved vege-
tables and one box of soil
Among the through passengers ls
Hon Norman McLauren, member OF
the Australian Commonwealth cabinet,
and one of the prominent men of the
Colonies. Mr.. Mills, managing director
OF the Union Steamship Company, Is
en- route to London. Sir Charles Camp
bell is en- route to England, having
made q long visit to Australia.
The Maheno departed for Canada at
II o'clock last night.
FAST LITTLE DoRIC.
The o. e. o. steamship Doric arrived
IN port from the Orient early yes
tepday morning, 8 days, 3 hours and
minutes from Yokohama. which is As
minutes better than her best previous
record The vessel departed for San
Francisco at y. m.
Among the passengers is Sir Hubert
birmingham, a member of the British
Parliament. B. Faymonville is vice.
president of the Firemans Fund In
surance Company of San Francisco,
returning from business trip to the
orient. W. ]. d. Young. ticket audi
tor OF the Oceanic S. S. Company, with
his wife. is returning home from the
Orient. Commander McElroy, Y. S. NJ
rs rsturning home from duty on the
Asiatic station.
The Doric brought $50 tons of
freight for Honolulu and three pas
sengers.
News OF the San Francisco disaster
was obtained by the Doric's people at
Yokohama, although It was scant.
They were all intensely interested in
the news received In Honolulu.
MoANA HERE SATURDAY.
The CA. S. S. Moana did not leave
Vancouver until Sunday and will there
fore not arrive here until Saturday
afternoon or Sunday morning next. T
*. Davies a. Co received cablegram
yesterday morning announcing the
vessels departure a day late, This
being the case, the Alameda viii be the
first regular mail and passenger steam
er here after all, save the olympia du,
here today from Seattle.
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The steamer Nebraskan sailed from
Kahulul for san Francisco on Satur
day