The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-08

The British steamship Elvaston.
Captain F. ". Putt, arrived of port
from Newcastle Friday night about
half past eight, but put to sea again
to wait for morning and a pilot. She
arrived in the harbor early Saturday
morning and is at the Bishop wharf.
She is twenty-five days from New
castle with $500 tons of coal for the
Inter-Island Steam Navigation Com
pany and viii begin discharging Mon
day morning.
She made a rather long passage, ex-
periencing heavy head winds and seas.
She sighted nothing throughout the
voyage and arriving off this coast the
first thing she made out was the cleo
trio lights of the town and later Dia-
mond Head light. showing how truly
Captain Putt had steered his course.
The Elvaston and her master are
both making their first visit to this
port. The vessel was built in Stock
ton. England in 1901. and Captain Putt
has been with her for six years, for
the past eighteen months as master
His wife is making her first long voy-
age with him, going from London to
New York: New York to Auckland;
Auckland to Newcastle, and Newcastle
to Honolulu. The Elvaston brought
several bags of Australian mail. She
is owned by the Harris & Dixon Line,
Of London, the same line to which the
Heliopolis, which brought the Spanish
immigrants here, belonged. But she is
under charter to J. and A Brown &
soon as she discharges which will take
eight orsn nine working days, she viii
sail at once for Newcastle. to load
coal, probably for Honolulu. AS she
will leave considerably before the next
of the Canadian-Australian steamships
leaves for the southern colonies, she
will take mail for the colonies.
THE AoRANGI IN AND OUT.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. steamship
Aorangi. Captain Phillips. which was
sighted at 1880 O'Clock Friday night
came into the harbor early yesterday
and sailed again for Suva-
Brisbane and Sydney at 2:30 o'clock
in the afternoon. She brought num-
Der of passengers for Honolulu. and
took quite a number away, among
the University of st. Petersburg who
has been here in connection with the
Captain Cook collection of Hawaiian
feather work which has recently come
into the possession of the St. Peters
burg University.
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Honolulu, T. H, March Z, 1908.
The following affects the List Of
Lights. Buoys. and Daymarks, Twelfth
Subdistrict, 1908.
PEARL HARBOR, OAHU ISLAND,
T. H.
Tripod Reef Buoy. Z, 2nd-class can.
reported adrift March 4, was replaced
March s.
BY order Of the Lighthouse Board,
T.. F. CARTER,
Lieutenant Commander U. s N, As
sistant to the Inspector Of the 18th
Lighthouse Dist.
THE EDWARD SEwAI4L ARRIVES.
The fine American four masted ship
Edward Sewan, Captain Quick, arrived
in Honolulu yesterday ia days from
Baltimore with coal for the navy. She
sailed October about the same time
that Captain Durham of the sister
ship Astral sailed from Norfolk. Cap
tain Quick experienced rough weather |
and contrary winds for some time aft |
er leaving Baltimore, making 1t take
him forty-six DAYS TO reach the equator. |
1t was this part of the voyage that /
delayed and made the voyage seem |
long, though as matter of fact the |
voyage was not an extremely long one |
I'VE had fine weather from the /
equator. on the Atlantic side, TO this |
port. but not the winds TO give US any |
speed said Captain Quick. Our |
voyage was something like that of the
Dirigo on one occasion when 1t took /
it $50 DAYS from Honolulu TO New
York. As her master expressed 1t she |
simply drifted there. We cculdn /
irift for the currents set the wrong i
way but We simply sailed along gently.
We sailed through the Strait of Lamar
three times. We sailed through and
the wind failed and we drifted back /
Then the wind came up and we sailed
through again only TO drift back a /
second time. We sailed through a /
third time. and almost drifted back /
-hird time This is a short strait, but
i cuts off about sixty miles The
weather was beautiful the day we
-ounded Cape Horn. It was as bright
ma sunshiny, though, of course, not as
warm as II Is today
I'VE crossed the equator IN the Pa
.ifc IN longitude 129 west, on Febru-
nv %. 2250 miles from Honolulu. -
hat from that point we at least, we
made very good time.
1--WE spoke q number of vessels and