The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-29

THE PAU
this time Operator c.. E. BealI and
two Chinese servants returned from
the island. From reports received from
Midway the island is growing through
sand being piled up around the edges,
with none being blown off Besides
the Flaurence Ward every trip takes
a little soil and plants and the colony
is making an effort to grow trees, grass
and vegetables. The health report
from the colony is good. Operator
Cox sent his aloha back to his large
eoterie of local friends.
No Transport From Orient.
Advices have been received by the
quartermaster department that be-
sides the BufOrd cutting out Honolulu
on this present trip to the coast from
Manila, the Crook will do likewise,
and the first transport to call here
from the Philippines will be the
Thomas, arriving about December 5.
The BufOrd was detained at Nagasakl
in quarantine and the Crook was also
detained at Manila and in order to
make up the lost time the Honolulu
call was cut out.
Puglia Goes Saturday.
The present plans of the commander
Of the Italian cruiser Pugiia are to
leave here Saturday for Yokohama.
The cruiser will finish coaling and be
cleaned up by this evening. 1t is like
" that some sort of entertainment
may be held aboard tomorrow after.
noon or evening The vessel took
aboard about 345 tons of coal.
Lurline's Cargo.
At noon today the Matson liner Lur-
line is due from the Coast, having
wirelessed from $50 miles out at sea
yesterday morning that the vessel
could be expected about that time Cap
tain Weeden also wirelessed that he
had 124 sack of mail and about 1000
tons of cargo. Included in this freight
is a lot of hay and barley, and for
tiication material. Thirty-one passen-
gers are aboard, but their names were
not wirelessed to the agents.
Gen. Baquedano Due.
The Brazilian cruiser General Baque-
dano is about due from Yokohama, be-
ing out Is days from the Nipponese
port. The cruiser may be expected to
here about nine or ten days,
coaling preparatory to proceeding to
South America.
Attempted Mutiny.
The schooner Metha Nelson reached
port Thursday night from the islands
after an exciting trip. On Septem-
Der 18th Captain Jacobsen discovered
an attempted mutiny and released sec
ond mate Osborne from duty. Osborne
refused to obey orders and was found
melting the crew to follow SUITS. F.
Com I. News.
Shipping Notes.
Twenty-seven head of cattle form the
deck cargo of the S. S. Lurline.
If the cruiser Charleston left the
Sound on October 90 she may be look
ed for here about November 5.
The Oceanic steamship Alameda left
for San Francisco yesterday morning
at 10 clock with many passengers and
about 1900 tons of freight, including
rice, taro, coffee and bananas.
In order to make more Office space
for the commandant s clerical staff, the
second story veranda on the Eva side
of the naval station building is being
closed in. The pagmaster's building
which formerly had two separate of
fees, has been remodeled and the in
terror has been made into one large
commodous Office.
MOVEMENTS OF SHIPPING.
ALICE COOKE, sch, Penhallow, ar.
Hoquiam from S. F., Sept. %.
Am. S. s., Tapley, from
Salina Cruz for s. F., Oct %.
o. s. S. Dowdell, from
Hon. for S. F. Oct %.
All. S. S., ar. S. F. from
Hilo, Sept a.
ALESIA, Ger. S. s, Arnst, ar. Hong
kong from Portland, Sept. %.
ISENBERG, Ger. sp.,
ar. Portland from Hon., Oct. s.
AMY TURNER. Am. bk., Warland.
ar. S. F. from Hon., July 4.
ASTRAL, Am. sp., Durham, from Bal
timore for S. F., Sept. 80.
Am. sp., from N. Y. for Yoke
hama, Oct. 4.
Am. blk, from S. F. for
Sound, Sept. II.
ASIA, Pm. S. s., from Yokohama for
Hon. Oct %.
MARU, T. X K. s. s.,
from Hon. for Yokohama, Oct. 90.
ANNIE E. SMALE, Am. sehr., ar. As
toria from Makaweh, Aug. %.
INNIE JOHNSON, Am. bk., ar. s. F.
from Hilo, Sept. 2.
ANDREW WEIGH, Am. bk., ar. S. F.
from Hon, Oct. 4.
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