The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-09

pail on December 4 or Is. The Clau-
dine. leaving here the evening OF De
cember II, viii convey coast mail 10
lie transferred 70 the Arizonan at
Kaanapal This viii get Christmas
mail into San Francisco and other
Coast cities before Christmas day. and,
in fact. win give time for delivery 10
the Middle West.
Alameda Leaves Today.
The Oceanic steamship Alameda sails
at 10 a. N. today for san Francisco
CARRYING a large cargo OF island prod
ucts, but taking a smaller list OF
cabin passengers than usual. In the
cargo list is included about 5000 acres
of canned pineapples and several hun
dred crates of fresh pines, about 50O0
punches of bananas, a lot Of coffee and
rice. The Hawaiian band viii play the
steamer of.
Very Long Conveyor.
Harry Denison OF the Oahu Railway
has so far completed the work OF
doubling the freight shed capacity for
the decentralization Company that
the big sugar warehouse which he NOV
ed eighty feet away from the old
freight shed has been reset on new
foundations. and the timbers are IN
place for the new eightyfoOt wide shed
between the two old buildings. This
necessitated bridging the gap with an
eighty-fOOt suspension tunnel, through
which the sugar is now carried from the
warehouse to the chutes and then piled
up in the hold of a ship. Sugar was
successfully carried across this long
eonveyor during the past week and
slowed in the hold of the ArizOnan.
Deluged With Red Paint.
While escorting Messrs. Cooper of
the Promotion Committee and W. F.
Sabin of the Star over the s. S. Ma
kura yesterday, Purser Barnett took
them on the bridge, and was talking
of the up-to-dateness Of the vessel
when suddenly, from aloft, tin OF
red paint fell upon the bridge and seat
tered its contents over the trio. The
purser and Mr.. Cooper wore white
suits. and these were so spotted that
from distance they looked like
polka-dot suits. Mr. Sabin 5 new Knox
derby and gray suit were utterly ruin
ed. The pot fell from the foretopmast,
where a deckhand was painting the
pole. His foot slipped, and in trying
TO hold fast he had TO drop the paint
The Honolulans. when they went
ashore. were not accused of smuggling
foreign goods. as they displayed the
stuff in plain view. The only question
in the minds of the three was whether
somebody connected with the vessel
would not show a truly Christian spirit
bv substituting new for ruined cloth
ing.
What Mail Subsidy Means.
If the Canadian Australian steam
ship line gets the new mail subsidy
between the Colonies and Canada, 1or
+he London deliveries. it is understood
that the company will build two more
boats Of the design of the Makura- All
the old boats viii be passed on, ana
only the newest, finest and fastest yes
sells kept on the run. As 1t IS, the
Makura viii be kept going with the
Moana and the Aorangi until summer.
when the Mariana and Manuka Will
again be pressed into service to han
die the big crowds
Mongolia to Far East.
The departure of the Mongolia for
Yokohama yesterday morning at 10
O clock was of interest to a large
number of friends of DR.. and Mrs. +.
Howard Humphris, who sailed for Lon
don. via the Far East and the Medi-
+erraneon. The Humphris boarded
the steamer laden with beautiful lels-
As the vessel pulled away from the
wharf. !. D Gaines of the cable com
oil OF
luggage belonging to the doctor, which
had been overlooked on the dock near
the entrance. With the assistance OF
wharf employees, the luggage was hast.
ilv gathered together and roped, and
before the bow passed the end OF the
wharf the Doctors high hat and other
pieces of wardrobe were being hoist
ed over the rail-
Whang Ho Is Safe.
SAN FRANCISCO. November 49,
The notorious Chinese junk Whang do,
which left here in January for New
York. and which was recently placed
on the overdue list and thought by
many TO have gone to Davy Jones
locker is at Thursday Island, in the
South Pacific. in a dismantled eondI-
ton. ne DE1LlcH HtE6lAi1A ~'AS"sA1N~T
irving at Victoria yesterday, reported
that the junk had been picked up by
a cutter and lowed TO Thursday, where
she now lies a hulk.
Reinsurance was quoted on the
froakish craft at a high rate, and
many thought it an easy play mot to
arrive Details as to the adven-
lures Of the Whang Ho and her crew
we're not contained IN the dispatch re-
ceived at the Merchants Exchange
yesterday.
The Whang Ho was brought out
here two years ago from China and
pIaced on exhibition as ga relic Of old
China. - but as such did not realize
the expectations of her managers, who
later decided to take the craft around
the Horn for the edifcation Of sight
seers at Coney Island.
Leaving here in January last the
Chinese irnk some months later. after
MANY adventures. found itself at Pa
Deetp. where the crew Immediately de-
serted and returned here on the steam
or Nariposa. Another crew was Sc
eured and the voyage to New YORK
once more begun. Since the Nhang
Ho left Tahiti several months ago
-. L,4 I,aar saar or heard of her