The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-14

IN the way. Apparently the child of
a regiment is regarded as the real en-
FAINT terrible. Among the notices post
ed on the wall of the quartermaster'
office on the transport Thomas are sew
eral regulations as to when and where
children shall play. One reads:
Between the hours of 2 and .. m.
each day, quiet Will be maintained on
the promenade deck forward of the
smoking room. Any one wishing to
play cards may have tables set up on
deck Just aft of the smoking ROOM -
Another reads:
1.-The forward spar deck on the star
board side has been set aside as
children s playground Parents are
requested to send their children there
to romp and play, and also to assist
ship, that there will be no romping or
running on the promenade deck. "
Two to four o'clock afternoons is
siesta time on board and old army
officers and likewise old ladies want
perfect quiet so that their slumbers
may not be Jared A good afternoon s
sleep gives a good appetite for the
very excellent dinners served aboard
the Thomas, and makes a steadier hand
at the eternal game of bridge.
There are boards attached to the
ratings on which the following legend
may be read: "Keep your feet off
the rails It is told aboard the troop
ship that one day a passenger just
after crossing the bar out of San Fran
cisco had hurry call to the side of
the ship but failed to reach there in
time. One of the deck hands who was
called in shortly afterward with swab
looked at the sign and after he had
altered it. it read: "Keep your feed
off the rails
T. K. K. Will Stay by P. M.
Chronicle-W H. Avery, assistant
general manager of the Togo Kisen
kaisha, returned yesterday from trip
to the Orient on the Tenyo Maru.
Avery's trip was made principally in
connection with business affairs of the
company, and included attendance at
the meeting of the directors of the
line, which was held in Yokohama.
One of the main features of the
business considered with which Avery
was identified was the plans which the
company has under way for the i'm
provement and expansion of the line
of steamers now running between
Japan and the South American coast.
In regard to the rumor which has
been prevalent in railroad and shipping
circles since his departure to the eff
feet that the Togo Kisen Kaisha was
on the point of breaking off the con-
tract which the company has with the
Pacific Mail Company and entering into
an agreement with the incoming West
ern Pacific Railroad for the transmits
sion of oriental freight. Avery de-
MED that such a purpose was in con-
| temptation.
| According to Avery, the present traf-
fc agreement with the Pacific Mail,
| which has been in effect for ten years,
was satisfactory to the Japanese line
/ It is contract. however, with no time
limit, and it may be terminated by
either party on six months notice.
Clark's Big Cruise.
Frank C. Clark, head of the General
Ticket and Tourist Agency of New
! York, who is engineering the big
Ground the-world' cruise of the steam
ship Cleveland, $4,000 tons, has writ
ten the promotion committee that Cruise
! No. l will have 600 passengers on the
! list, and Cruise No. 2 about $50 passen
gers. The Cleveland will arrive on the
first cruise from Yokohama on Sunday
/ January %, at daylight, and will leave
for San Francisco, Monday, January "a
at FIVE o'clock in the afternoon. The
second cruise brings the Cleveland back
from San Francisco in February.
In Clark s program one of the items
advises the passengers to wear summer
clothing while at this port.
i Bedford's Position.
At midnight Wednesday the British
cruiser Bedford wirelessed in her posi-
ton as follows: Latitude 1870 n.
longitude 29:10 ".
/ Mail In on Friday.
The Alameda is due here Friday
morning. She is bringing 377 sacks O.
mail. and also express matter. At eigh
} clock Tuesday night she was 102;
miles off port. Her cargo consists o:
1850 tons, and she is bringing seven
ty-nine cabin and twenty-three steerag
passengers. All on board are reported
well. The steamer is coming along il
fine weather.
Matson Bark to Sail.
Chronicle.-The Matson Navigation
Company bark Annie johnson. Cap
tain Nilsson. and the Andrew WEIGH
Captain Kelly, are expected to ge
away for HiIo and Honolulu, respect
lively. next Tuesday afternoon. Thes'
crack sailers are now loading at How
: ard No. 3. and will carry cargoes in
GLIDING shipments Of fertilizer. hay
grain and foodstuffs. They will ais
have a few passengers.
Shipping Notes
Hackfeld & Co. agents for the I. K
K. X. line expect the Nippon Maru t
J.. arrive from Yokohama about noon to
| morrow.
! The Iwalani brought 5000 bags o
/ Hutchinson sugar yesterday from Kan
{ Thirtv-fve head of cattle from tn
| Parker ranch came on the same boat.
I The steamer ". G. Hall arrived fror
r Kauai ports Yesterday morning. He
cargo consisted Of so sacks taro, emf
-tv gas drum and lot of mixed mel
chandise.