Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-03-19
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IMAM lO,VVV,UUU lOHS OF SNiDullE'
came formally into being on Jan
uary l, and will at once commence
operations. The following coun
tries are represented in the fedora
ton: Great Britain, Germany, Bel
GUM, Holland. Denmark and Swe-
den. The chief Offices of the fed
Grafton are in London, and its oper-
ations will be governor by a general
council composed of representatives
of each of the affiliated fedora
tions. Our aims" sDid Cuthbert
Laws, the general manager of the
new body ARE defensive. We shall
resist unreasonable attacks whether
by trade unions or others upon the
shipowners' freedom of contract in
the employment Of labor" The sup
port which the federation will give
its members will take the form of
supplying labor to work their YES
sells during strikes or of indemnify
ing those who suffer as conse-
quence OF unfair attacks made upon
them.
IN THE LATEST issue of Lead
Ing Light. Shanghai weekly de-
voted to shipping, attention Is
drawn to the circular issued by the
harbormaster of Hongkong warning
shipmasters against the practise of
engaging and discharging seamen
elsewhere than at the Mercantile
Marine Office. and stating that, for
the future, the provisions of the
Merchant Shipping Ordinances WI
be strictly enforced. Tho editor
points out that Chinese crews are
engaged and discharged through the
native boatswain, and that TO en-
force an order made under the Brit
ish Merchant Shipping Act, that is
wholly inapplicable TO local condi-
tions, would result In endless mis-
chief. The order at present seems
to cut one way only. The shipmas-
ter traEsgresses II he departs from
the order laid down as above: but
would the harbor authorities OF
Hongkong be prepared to hunt, down
and punish deserving native sea-
man?
THE FASTEST run that has been
made in long time by sailing
vessel from Yokohama to San Fran
cisco belongs to the bark Calcutta,
Captain Davies, which arrived re-
Gently only thirty-one days out from
Japan. The windjammer had fine
weather the entire passage. Cap
tain Davies reported that he was
favored with west and southwest
winds all the way across the Pacific.
The Calcutta carried a cargo of oil
TO the Orient for the Standard Oil
Company, and returns in ballast.
AWAITING the completion of his
crew, Captain Harris, master of the
American three masted ship w. +.
Babcock went out side the harbor lin.
its this morning and dropped anchor
The Babcock has had new rudder
stock fitted during her ten days stay
at the port. 1t is expected that the
men required to man the ship will be
rounded up today and the windjammer
can then proceed 10 Cape Town, South
Africa, to which port her shipment OF
lumber is destined.
THE NIPPON YUSEN Kaisha will
In the near future construct two
liners for the European run--one
having an aggregate tonnage OF s.
500, and the other 10000. The
company will also build two liners
for the American run-one of 5000
tons and the other 1000 tons. It
is stated that in April the company
will dispatch officials to Europe and
America in connection with the new
undertaking.
WITH BUT four hundred and fifty
tons of general cargo from Oriental
ports the Japanese liner Nippon Maru
is expected to arrive at this port at
noon tomorrow. The vessel comes
from Hongkong and Japan ports and
It is the intention OF II. Hackfeld &
Co., the local agents, to dock the
vessel at Alakea street wharf. The
Nippon Maru viii be given prompt
dispatch to San Francisco and will
carry the Honolulu mail.
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PURSER PHILIPS OF the steamer
Mauna Kea arriving from HilO and