The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-07-10
THE KUMURTC
is STILL HERE
MORE TROUBLE FOR THE STEAM
Err TRYING TO TAKE JAPANESE
AWAY.

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Off the harbor, looming large, still
lies the British ship Kumeric which
came here with over 1000 Portuguese
immigrants and is doing her best to
get away with about 1900 Japanese
emigrants
The very latest hold-up is a request
from United States District Attorney
r. w. Breckons, representing the U.
S. immigration authorities here, that
the clearance of the Kumeric by the
customs people be refused until the
immigration Department is further
heard from.
The immigration authorities, it is
held, are not through with the Kume-
ric until they have examined all of
the Portuguese immigrants who were
brought by her, in order to ascertain
if they may be actually landed here.
AS yet they have not been officially
landed They are in quarantine and
that quarantine does not expire until
tomorrow at noon. The examination
in regard to the admissability of the
. immigrants, at the immigration Sta
ton, will not be commenced until
the immigrants are out of quarantine
In the meanwhile the Kumeric is held
/ for the reason that if there are among
| the immigrants any who may not be
landed here they must be returned to
the country whence they came by the
| KumeriC or some other vessel of the
company
the ships agents, Theo. II. Davies
& Co., say that they are only the port
agents Of the S. S. Kumeric and cannot
be considered as agents of the YES
sci under the contemplation of the i'm
migration law. Hence, for the present
at least, is the Kumeric herself held.
Otherwise the agents might give a
bond for the return to Madeira of any
of the Portuguese immigrants who
may not be landed here because of
disease or for any other reason.
In the meanwhile the cable between
Honolulu and London is working with
messages 20 and fro in settlement OF
the matter.
The Kumeric, when she left Cardiff,
cleared via Funchal and Honolulu for
San Francisco She has here the right
to change her destination and has a
right to carry emigrants from this
port to Vancouver. There is no claim
that she is violating any contract
but there is a feeling of disappoint-
ment among those interested in immi-
. grafton over the fact that the Kumeric
is taking away more emigrants than
she brought immigrants.
Charles ChillingwOrth, representing
the charterers of the Kumeric for the
purpose Of taking Japs is hopeful that
the present matter of delay will be
speedily settled.
The Kumeric has already been char
tered by the same people, Moriyama
having also arranged this deal, to
come again to Hawaii, from Vancou-
yer, to take away Japs to Mexico
where they will not have to have the
$25 per capita to land and no restric-
tions are made by the Japanese gov
crnment in regard to migration.
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apollinaris. Lewis & Co, Ltd, the
Aerated Water Depot, also keep Red
Raven Splits.
Official notice has been received that
the Lanai appeal is locked as No. 361
on the U. S. Supreme Court calendar.
, Months will elapse before the case is
reached. A. G. NJ. Robertson is the
attorney for L. L. McCandless, the ap-
pellant.
, Word comes from Japan tina, Editor
ISshioZawa, of the Hawaii Shinpo, met
with an accident in Toxic recently. He
was riding about the streets of his ma
tive city in a rickshaw, out of which
he was thrown, His injuries were
not serious.
K. Yamamoto, wholesale merchant,
? received large consignments of Japan
rice by the French steamer Amiral
Duperre and the S. S. Siberia. He
gets his rice direct from the field
thereby saving the middleman's pront
of which his patrons gets the benefit
of.
Rev. c. C. Creegan, D. D. foreign
secretary of the American Board, who
is returning from tour of the mis-
sion fields in the Far East will give a
short account of his trip and the prog
ress Of the work at the meeting II
Central Union church this evening at
half-past seven. A cordial invitation
is given to all members and friends in.
terested in missionary work to be
present
A TREASURE SHIP.