The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-11-27
MARINE
NIPPON TO REPLACE
THE HONGKONG MARU

irving IN port at O'Clock yesterday
morning She locked at the Channel
wharf ON account of the congested con.
diton of the Hackfeld wharf, where
the Tenyo Maru unloaded heavy
Oriental cargo ON Monday.
The vessel departed for Yokohama at
5 p. M, carrying several passengers
from here, including d. Mcpherson
Boyd of salt Lake and brother, John
Boyd, of Scotland, and james Me
Gregor, wealthy Utah mining uian,
who are making a world tour, although
Mcpherson Boyd may return TO Homo
lulu to spend the winter. X. Iwakami,
the japanese merchant, was also pas.
senger.
Among the through passengers were
Bishop and Mrs. Lewis en- tour of the
world, General Manager Oberg of the
Shanghai Telephone Company, Com.
mander Tanaka and Lieutenant Moto-
hara of the japanese navy, who have
been in Europe.
In the cargo of the Hongkong Maru
is 500 tons of leaf tobacco for Japan.
This is one of the largest shipments of
the kind ever sent out from San Fran
cisco. The ship is also carrying a
large amount of cotton.
The Hongkong Maru has new sur
geon this trip, DIR. Otis b. Spalding, a
nephew of the Kauai millionaire. The
former surgeon, who was employed only
for one trip recently, got into trouble
at San Francisco by sending dutiable
goods ashore by woman passenger,
who thought it was all right. The Gus
toms authorities seized the goods and
made trouble for the surgeon.
The Hongkong Maru goes as far as
Hongkong this trip, but from Yokohama
or Nagasaki she will take the crew of
the America Maru, which, in turn will
be placed aboard the new turbine, oil.
burning steamer Chiyo Maru The Hong
kong Maru is to be given her tive.year-
ly speed test and will be overhauled.
The three steamers on the route will
then be the Nippon Maru, which re-
places the Hongkong Maru, the Tenyo
Maru and the Chiyo Maru.
Hilonian Brings War Stuff.
Chock -a-block with freight and pas
sengers the Matson steamship Hilonian
arrived in port about o clock yester.
day morning after somewhat rough
passage from San Francisco. Outside
of the general run of merchandise from
box of soap to bale of hay, the
Hilonian brought more war material to
be used both at the Diamond Head NOR
tar battery and the forts at Pearl Har-
Dor. There were seventytwo pieces of
war freight and in this weighty ma.
terial are the disappearing gun car.
riages for the big twelve-inch rifles.
Contrary to the cabled report that the
big guns We're aboard the Hilonian,
they were not ON the manifest, only
the carriages.
The weather was exceedingly rough
the first four days out but the Hilonian,
well loaded, rode the seas easily.
Among the passengers We're several
Honolulans including Judge Cooper and
Attorney d. l.. Wilmington who had
some law business east. Mr.. Cooper
argued the Lanai case at Washington
before the Supreme Court, and Mr..
Wilmington argued the Bierce case be-
fore the same tribunal Mr.. and Mrs.
John Fleming returned from their
honeymoon in Canada and the North
west. w. L. Burnham came here to at
tend to the installation of the plumbing
in the new Fort Shafter buildings, he
having secured the contract, J. w.
Bergstrom returned for brief visit
and to interest people in Northwestern
matters. p. Il. Howes, an Eastern man,
will be connected with the auto de-
partment of Won Hamm Young Co. D.
II. Baxter goes into the architect Of
flee of II. l.. Kerr. j. +. Houghey is
to superintend the Fort Shafter plumb
ing work. j. r. Daggett is returning
to spend another winter. He brought
his furniture along this time. John
Drew. of the shipping office of Castle
& Co., returned from brief trip to
the Coast. Miss Perry, a relative of
the Drews, was n passenger, and will
spend the winter here. VIM. Kent of
Chicago and wife and daughter, who
were here last winter, returned to spend
a few months. They are at the Moana
Hotel.
The Hilonian received budget of
world news frequently by wireless. On
Tuesday night while approaching Ho-
nolulu the wireless plant was opened
up and the operator was just swinging
in nicely ON n budget of real live news
from the Kahuku station, when the
Japanese operator on the Hongkong
Maru butted in, and insisted on "talk.
ing despite some rather forcible wire,
less remarks from both operators. That
broke up the news,getting and spoiled
the tempers of several passengers who
were eager to learn what was going on
in the rest of the world.
The passengers contributed to a fund
to secure several hundred words from
Kahuku station. Gradually the desire
of passengers to know what is going
on in the world is compelling the steam.
ship companies to install wireless outfits
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