The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-29
MARINE


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The Oceanic s. S. Sierra arrived yes
terday morning from the Colonies. re
Stunning her voyage at o'clock in thu
afternoon. She was light in both pas
sengers and freight. Five passenger.
were landed here and about hfteer
joined the ship.
(, Four stowaways We're reported or
board. two of whom were allowed tc
/ land, the other two being held for de
! portation today on the Ventura.
| The freight put off here consisted OF
/ 600 carcasses of frozen mutton, and
eight cases of sundries, while 300(
| punches of bananas. 855 cases OF canned
| pines, 200 cases of honey, 200 bags OF
/ rice and two cases OF betel nut leaf
were loaded.
The Sierra was due to depart at
| clock but was delayed an hour. Ev-
erything was ready at the advertised
time, the Fearless had line aboard.
the good-byes had been said and the
vessel was being backed from the
wharf when 1t was discovered that
seven Of the coal-passers had failed to
return to the ship from their shore lib
erty. The ship was accordingly tied
I'D again while a search was made for
the missing men. Orders were issued
by Captain Houdlette to find the men
or ship new ones without delay. Final
" five of the men turned up, having
forgotten the sailing time in the course
of their celebration, and the steamer
departed two men short. These two,
by the way, had just signed on few
hours before.
MARU HAS BIG TEA CARGO.
The America Maru reached port yes
run from Yokohama, where she sailed
one day late. She has sixty-one cabin
passengers, Of whom twelve are for
this port. A fairly large number of
Asiatics, $50 japanese and five Chi
nese, were landed, many fewer than
had been expected according to reports
in circulation during the week.
There was no room for japanese
freight, however, from which fact the
stories of a crowd of immigrants orig
mated, because large cargo of Chi
nese goods had been taken on, consist
ing for the most part of tea. The Ho-
nolulu freight landed. some $50 tons,
was from China.
Among the through passengers are
Drs. Chew Kwau Lung, Chen Shea
Ting and TIo Kan Guen, medical ofic-
ers of the Chinese navy, who will at
tend a medical convention in Buffalo, !
while Drs. Tchan Shi Wa and Ten
Fong Teh are on their way to enter
1t the Annapolis naval academy.
D. A. Calhoun, an American mining
is returning to the main
and. !
Lieut.. F. L. Pinney, until recently
of the U. S. gunboat Villa
Dos. is returning home. With him are
Mrs. Pinney, her mother and sister.
Among the Honolulu passengers are
Miss Ruth Huntington and Miss E.
Yock, teachers in the Honolulu schools,
who have been spending their vaca-
ton in the Orient.
Captain Going reports having expe-
-ienced the same westerly current
which has been reported by all the cap
aims of liners entering this port since
he Manchuria disaster, concerning
which he and the other officers express
I'd their regret. Yesterday afternoon
he Manchuria was visited by the offic-
ars, Freight Clerk Mallory alone be-
ng left on board.
The America will sail this morning
for the Coast from Hackfeld's wharf
1t $50.
CAPTAINS ExONERATE SAUN-
DERS.
Evidences multiply that the wreck of
the Manchuria was due more than any
thing else to the unusual current in
he sea towards the west, sweeping
the vessel for some miles out of her
course while her compass showed her
to be following the course set to bring
her safely through the channel and
around Diamond Head. The existence
Of this current during the past two
weeks has been proven by the state
nents of the various captains bringing
liners into this port. the only excep-
ton so far reported since the disaster
being that of Captain Glib. OF the s.
5. Maheno, who reported a current
which carried him out of his course
the day before reaching Honolulu, but
to the east. Every other captain has
noted the west current.
Captain Houdlette, of the S. S. Sierra,
said yesterday that the northwesterly
current at present existing in these
waters is the strongest he has ever en-
countered since he began running to
these islands. The current was first
noted when two and a half days out !