The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-03

THE PAC
first steamer on the Oceanic steamship
company's recently arranged route t,
New Zealand viii rbe the liner Mari
pOsa, leaving here December IS.
The Mariposa viii reach Papeett
January 8, and passengers for the an
tipOdes will leave there three days late
on one of the Union steamship com
pany's liners, arriving at Wellington
January % and at Sydney January 20
just % days from the time of leaving
San Francisco.
The New Zealand port at which the
Australian liners used to call wa.
Auckland. Under the new arrange
ment the port of call will be yelling
ton, the capital of New Zealand, and
situated almost at the geographical
center of the British colony. This new
arrangement will be more convenient
for tourists, as from Wellington both
the northern and southern of the two
big islands that make up New Zealand
are more accessible than from Auck-
land, which tis located .at the northern
end of the northern island
Wireless on Rosecrans.
The oil tank steamer Rosecrans of the
Associated Oil Company has been equip
ped with a wireless apparatus and has
had no difficulty in communicating with
Monterey and other near coast points.
At one time the name of the station
at Honolulu was heard by The Rosecrns
operator, but his instruments were not
powerful enough to reply-ChronicIe
October 90.
Siberia In and Out.
The Pacific Mail liner Siberia ar
rived yesterday morning from San
Francisco, bringing a large number of
passengers for Honolulu, and had a
large through list. Seventy passengers
dropped off here. Among those return
ing were CHA. Brown, who has been
in Canada "1O0 miles from nowhere :"
on a hunting trip; p. C. Jones, Mr.. and
Mrs. Won Hamm, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Bierbach.
Departing on the vessel were Chal-
mers Graham, the genial representative
Of a mainland oil concern, who goes
on to the Orient ON business, and Ches-
ter Doyle, the court interpreter, who
goes to Yokohama and Dalny to get
Abe, the Japanese absconder, and bring
him hack to Honolulu. This will be
DoH s first trip to the former Japa-
nese port.
The Siberia carries about $500 tons
of freight for the Orient In this
cargo are 1900 bags of nitrate for
presumably for making up
into gunpowder.
Purdy on the Astral.
Details of the terrible experience of
the crew of the American ship Astral
in the hurricane which caused the ship
to put back disabled to New York,
after starting for the Pacific, arrived
yesterday on the Siberia in letter
written by Warren Purdy, son of
Major Purdy, who is one of the crew.
He says, under date of October 10,
that on the Sunday after October /
blow came up and everything was
made fast. All hands were on deck
from Sunday evening until Tuesday
night The three lower topsans blew
IF about 10 O'Clock that night, and
about IL the spars began to come off.
First the foretopgallant went, then
he maintopgallantmast, and this was
shortly after by two or three
others. The mainsail held, but every
hing else blew out of the gaskets. The
.abins Tiled with water The next day
when the weather cleared the vessel
lad a list of about % degrees. The
7essel then returned to port to repair
damages.
Fixing Up Targets.
The U. S. auxiliary Arethusa, which
vas here some months ago with the
atlantic feet, has gone to Magdalena
Bay to arrange the targets, buoys and
ats for the target practise of the
'acifc fleet. According to a local
laval officer, the arrangement of the
and RATS is a matter of prime |
For instance, it is neces-
airy to arrange the RATS so that they |
will not be put out of commission early |
n the practise. This would neeessi-
ate new RATS and long waits. The |
Navy people have had long practise
n rigging RATS and have found a way |
0 keep the RATS together.
Stricken on Dock
David Kalaukoa, a Hawaiian steve
ore working on the steamship Mexi- |
an, was suddenly stricken with hemor-
hage shortly after the noon hour yes
erday, and died before he could be
transferred to the hospital He was
ormerly an employee of Hackfeld s.
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Charleston Tomorrow.
The United States cruiser Charles
On, which left the Sound about Octo-
err 20, is looked for by the Naval
tation authorities tomorrow, and she
hould be in wireless communication
OF later than this morning. If the
lacier is on the way here from the