The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-20
MARINE
Two Frenchmen Arrive.

The French tricolor is much in evil
dence recently in shipping circles, the
French bark Button, Captain Ameline,
arriving at the. outside anchorage last
night. The French bark Champigny,
Captain Castrey, was reported off Dia,
mond Head last night and will be
brought into port this morning by the
tug Intrepid. The bark Rithet was also
off Diamond Head last night. The pilot
boarded the Button off Waikiki and
brought her to anchor. Both French
seventyfour and the Champigny sixty.
seven days out.
The French bark Theirs, which came
up from Hobart on January for or
ders, left for Sydney Heads on January
II. 1t is said that the Theirs merely
came up to Honolulu from Hobart to
get orders so as to secure more bounty
from the French government. The
longer the mileage is the larger the
bonus. 1t is presumed that the other
Frenchman also came for orders.
Alameda Goes Today.
The Alameda leaves for San Fran
cisco at 10 O'Clock this morning. She
| has fair-sized list of passengers book
| ed and will carry the usual cargo of
plneapples, sugar, bananas, etc. The
band will play the steamer off
|
The Sugar Factors shipments are
moving with regularity toward the
mainland. The factors will ship So
coo tons of sugar by steam vessels
around the Horn to New York, and
$4,000 tons over the same route by
sailing vessels. Other shipments &C
via Tehuantepec. The Dirigo, one of
the chartered vessels, is expected to
arrive here in time to take cargo,
in spite of her mishap which caused
her to run for Rio de .Janeiro. The
/ Fort George, now out l76 days from
New York, which held a charter, was
! withdrawn some time ago, as Captain
Matson had other plans for her.
l odRedAA I1C1C sNAbll oA1OC.
The bark R. P. Rithet arrived off
| port last evening, just too late to
enter. The Rithet is from San Fran
cisco, and has a general cargo. Cap
tain Drew is accompanied by his bride,
| formerly Miss Clausen, who made a
| trip to Honolulu on the vessel last
| year. The wedding took place in Cal
| ifornia just before the Rithet sailed
for the Islands.
Chiyo Reducing Record.
A wireless message received yester-
| day morning from the Chiyo Maru,
via Kahului, gave the information thai
the liner was $50 miles out from Ho.
nolulu at Q p m, Monday. The vessel
| left here at a. m. on Sunday, which
made her thirty-six hours out of port
averaging eighteen miles per hour
This speed is in accordance with ad
vance information from Yokohama
concerning the trip of the Chiyo-that
| she would make fast run from Ho
nolulu to San Francisco.
| Hilonian Here Thursday.
Castle & Cooke, agents for the Mat
son line, received wireless message
yesterday morning from the s. S. Hi
lonian, giving the information that al
S P. M, Monday, she was 875 miles
| from Honolulu and had been buckine
heavy Sc. and SW. gales all the way
| and that the vessel would not arrive
here until Thursday afternoon. AL
passengers are reported in good health
Shipping Notes.
The band played the Mauna Kea of
yesterday noon, when the vessel lef
for Hilo.
| The NJ. N. S. s. Lurline sails from
Kahului for San Francisco direct o,
January p at p. ~,
| The Virginian may leave this after
/ noon for Maui and Hawaii ports t.
complete her load of sugar for salin;
Cruz.
| Early yesterday morning the Niiha1
returned from Makaweii with ESQ.,
bags of Max sugar. The cargo wa
loaded into the freighter Virginian.
! The American ship Fort George i
now out about six months from New
, York for Honolulu. AS the days go b,
shipping men are more fearful thai