The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-08-10


After an uneventful voyage OF six
teen days from sydney the Oceanic :.
s. Ventura arrived Tuesday, docking
ut s o'clock. She had fairly large
passenger list OF 5s cabin passengers
and IS in the steerage. there being two
cabin passengers for Honolulu, Miss II.
Rosser, from Auckland, N. H., and
Paul Mossman. from Page Page. Six
teen tons of freight was all that was
delivered here.
In the Honolulu freight consignment
were eight bags Of grass seed, case
OF curios, a box of electrical goods and
800 carcasses of mutton.
The Ventura left sydney on July 20.
making Auckland in four days and
Pago Page in eight. She sailed light,
her total cargo consisting of only 716
tons. The value of this is large. how
ever, as one consignment consists of
half million golden sovereigns, con-
signed to San Francisco.
The voyage TO the Coast was resum-
ed this morning at 2 o'clock. after n
fairly large amount of freight was load
ed, consisting of the most part of
fresh fruits A large banana shipment
of 1000 punches was forwarded and 1000
cases of fresh and canned pineapples,
together with forty tons of miscella-
neous freight and 300 tons of coal.
Seventy-three passengers Joined the
ship here.
On her down trip to the Colonies the
Ventura had series of delays and n
fire in her coal bunkers, which was dis
covered shortly after the vessel had
sailed from Honolulu and which smould-
cred all the way to Sydney. The run
from Sydney to Auckland was through
thick fog, on the return trip, neces.
stating the vessel slowing down.
TURBINE STEAMERS.
The signal success which has at
tended the two trial trips of the new
turbine steamship Maheno. of the
Canadian Australian line, has result
ed in the Union Steamship Company
placing an order with the builders on
the Clyde for three more vessels of
her class. These are to be put on the
run and the old Aorangi, Miowera and
Moana disposed of.
The Maheno, which was more or less
Of an experiment. has fulfilled the best
ers and has found great favor with
tine travelling public, sailing with full
passenger lists on both her voyages
through here from the Colonies. AS
n result the manager of the line is
now in Scotland in connection with
the building of the three sister ships
ordered.
With a line of this class of steam
ships, fitted up as completely as the
Maheno and possessing her speed and
comfort, the passenger business from
the Colonies will pass over to a great
extent from the Oceanic line to the
Union. unless the former company re-
places its comparatively obsolete boats
with modern ones.
In any event Honolulu will stand to
win as the calling point for a line of
new steamers, with the probability of
the Oceanic people meeting the COM
petition despite the shelving of the
ships subsidy bill
DANGEROUS HARBOR AT GUAM
According to the reports received
from Manila the double bottom of the
transport Thomas was all that saved
that vessel from being complete
wreck when she went on the reef re-
Gently at Guam, a fate which 1t Is
said that nearly every transport max
ing the port has had narrow escape
from.
The harbor of Guam is considered
by seamen to be one of the most
dangerous harbors in the world. The
terrific current at the ebb and flow of
the tide makes 1t extremely dangerous
for large ships to enter. 1t Is thought |
the Thomas was trying to make fast
TO one of the buoys the government
has just placed I'm the harbor for that
purpose, when she was caught in one
of the many strong currents and swept
on the reef.
Captain Lyman, who commanded her,
10 one Of the best navigation officers
on the Pacific. He has been in the
transport service for number of years.
He was formerly master of the sum
ner.
NEVADAN ARRIVED.
The American Hawaiian steamship
Nevadan, which arrived Wednesday
from San Francisco and
Puget Sound, brings cargo for several
Of the island ports and will call at
these after discharging her Honolulu
freight. This consists of general car
go and includes feedstuff, knocked
down boxes and empty cans for the
pineapple Gamers, Il total of 200O tons.
For Hilo there is 1900 barrels of cement. |
and for Kaanapali 500 tons of coal, |
with small consignment for kahului.
She will sail tonight for Kaanapall,
With this trip of the Nevadan the
Hawaiian company Is put
ting into force a new system, that of |
paying off the crews at this port. The
matter is more or less experimental but
IL is expected to work out satisfactorily
and be permanently adopted.
Another Inauguration on this trip Is
the making OF Portland one of the
ports OF call, the Nevadan having taken
ON 200 tons of freight there. although
only -four days notice of her call had
been given the Portland merchants,
This move will also probably be taken
up and made part of the regular
run OF the American Hawaiian boats.
PAUL IsENBERG LOST CHARTER.
The German bark Paul Isenberg,
which was chartered TO load grain at
Tacoma for the United Kingdom, lost
her charter by reason OF her long voy-
age out from Europe to the Hawaiian
Islands. The bark was damaged dur
ing gale off Cape Horn and was
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