Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-17

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The Alameda will sail for San Fran.
cisco at 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning
Besides u large number Of other pas
songCrs the Alameda will carry Man.
agcr Unique" Fisher and his rcdoubt.
able team of ball players. a largo
crowd will assemble on the dock to
bid aloha" to the spOrtsmcn. Tho
Alameda has large consignment of
freight from this port. consisting priu
cipally of 1886 bags of sugar. go bags
Of coffee. 2jOO bags of rice. 1000
lunches of bananas, and 800 cases Of
green pincapples.
Nor the purpose of Carrying'a large
consignment of heavy machinery to
FOrmOsa for the now sugar mills
there. the japanese steamship Man
Chu Maru, bringing 400 tons of
freight to Hackfcld & Co, should ar.
live in this port either today or to.
| morrow. All of the heavy machinery
has been made by the Honolulu Iron
Works. aud special tackle has been
constructed to load Il on the steamer
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A large box Of white mice and rats
were brought down from Frisco on
| the Alameda last Friday and were de-
| livCrCd to the inspectors at Quaran.
| tine station. where they will be used
in making Investigations of the part
! the rodents play In the plague qucs.
ton. II Is thought that some knowl.
| edge Of an unusual nature will he
| rlCancd from the study of these little
white disCasc.carrying animals.
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The only tug boat in the port, the
| intrepid Is out of commission at pres.
Unt because of hCr lack of n crew,
| which Captain OLSON was forced to
| discharge according to n waterfront
rumOr II Is thought that this con.
dltion of affairs will not be of long
Duration, as there arc many "wind.
! tanners" headed for this port at
present, and the lack of towing raCil-
!ties would be kccnly felt.
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! The Pacific Commercial Cable Com
| pany's Cablcship RcstOrer has been
| moved to the railway wharf where
! she will I'll her bunkCrs with coal pre-.
puratory to leaving for Puget Sound.
She will probably go about the first
of the year. and while away will he
equipped with an up-todatc wireless
aystcm. and will take on large
amount of cable.
Carrying 1850 tons of freight and
n large number Of passengers, the
big Pacific Mail steamer Manchuria,
Captain Saunders. is due here on
Friday morning. Cabin space for 100
more passengers is open. and a great
part of this will probably be filled at
this port. The Manchuria Is due to
reach San Francisco the day follow
ing Christmas.
| DR. Gail. formerly with the revenue
Service and stationed on the Manning,
reports that this boat Is expected in
Honolulu harhOr before long. On aC-
count of ill.hCalth, Or. Cali was com
PEELED TO leave the service, and he
now says that he will mako his home
ia this city. He Is u member of the
Honolulu Gun Club and is an expert
shot.
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Chartered specially to relieve the
freight congestion in Japan, the steam
- Otaru Maru, Captain Nanagi,
should arrive In this port today or to-
morrow According To Japanese
agents in this city, the Pacific Mail
line refused the freight at Japan ports
and il became necessary to make an
extraordinary effort.
The Cablcship RCstorcr has been
shifted from her anchorage in the har
hor to the railway dock, where her
mnkcrs will he filled with coal. Short
~ after Christmas she will leave for
Vancouver and he taken to the dry
dock. II Is expected that she will re-
turn to Honolulu in about six weeks
with large cargo of coal for the
lutcr.Islaud Steam Navigation Com
pany. the British steamer MimOsa Is
due here from Newcastle about De,
cembcr % She left Newcastle De.
ccmbcr L, taking the place Of the Blu
CCntaur.
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