Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-19
RIVAL FERRY BOATS MAY
TRY FOR OTHER RECORDS
SIERRA GAINED A SEVEN MINUTE LEAD OVER WlLHEL-
MINA-PlNES FORsTHE S0UND-KOREA- SAILS FOR
COAST ON SATURDAY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WARD
COMING FROM MIDWAY.

There was but seven minute mar.
gin. In the steaming time from Homo
lulu to San Francisco made by the
Oceanic steamship Sierra and the Mat.
son Navigation liner Wilhelmina on
the last voyage TO the coast. The
small fraction or time was in favor of
the Sierra who Just barely beat her
rival to the Goldsn Gate Ct Y. Both
vessels cleared the port of Honolulu
within a few minutes of each other
leaving On or about ten o'clock on the
morning of Octo6cr 18th. While it Is
claimed that no race was intended II
Is generally unders' God that a consid.
cradle extra effort as well rs fuel was
expended in tie fire rooms Of both the
willis lmna and the Sierra
Following is a copy Of the message
received by cab'egram yesterday al.
ternoon by Castle & Cooke of this
city. local agents for the Matson Navi.
cation Company. from the MatSon San
Francisco Headquarters: "Wilhclmina
arrived Tuesday at $3.50 n. m. S. S.
Sierra arrived seven minutes ahead"
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Korea To Sail Saturday morning.
The Pacific Mail liner Korea will
undoubtedly sail for San Francisco on
or about ten O'Clock on Saturday morn.
Ting according to the. present calcula.
tons of II. Hackfeld & Company the
1 local agents. The Korea Vas heard
from through wireless last evening
and II Is predicted mat the steamer
will be Off the port about Friday noon.
The vessel is bringing 1850 tons of
Oriental freight and supplies. Among
packages merchandise, 1S5Otubs sake
50 leases Manila cigars. and extensive
shipments of cigarettes. beans, wine,
gunnies oil and mating. There is
only fair booking Of passengers for
the coast
HiIonian Goes Tonight.
The Hilonian, Matson Navigation
steamer taking on sugar at the Rail
way wharf is scheduled to sail for
Kahului this evening there to dis
charge several hundred tons of gen
eral cargo brought down from San
! Francisco. The Hilonian will return
to Honolulu on Friday and is to de-
! part for San Francisco on Saturday
evening. The hour for sailing has
been fixed for six O'Clock.
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Twelve Thousand Cases Of Pineappies
Twelve thousand cases of timed
pineapples left the port by the Matson
Navigation frcighter Hyades, the fruit
being destined for San Francisco and
Puget Sound ports. The Hyabes will
call at the ports of Kahulni. Kaanapali
and Port Allen before leaving the isl
lands for the mainland Vhe vessel
is also gathering up an assorted cargo
at the several ports of call,
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Enterprise at Hilo.
The MatsOn steamer Enterprise has
arrived at Hiio and is taking on a
! general shipment of island products
The vessel will soon leave for hen
first call at Mahukona there to take
on nearly five hundred tons of sugar
destined for coast refineries, The
steamer Is scheduled to sail for San
Francisco on October 2lst
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virginian Sailed for Seattle.
Advices received at the local agency
of the American-Hawaiian line state
that the steamship Virginian has sail
: ed from Hilo with destination as Seat
tie and Puget Sound ports. The YES
sci is carrying shipment of pine
apples and some sugar to coast ports
Porter to Bring Oil ~,
The American oil tanker w. S. Por
: ter has sailed from Gaviota with full
shipment Of fuel oil for the Hawaiian
! islands. The vessel cleared..ihe Cali
fornia oil port on Monday and will
probably call at Kaanapali as well as
at Honolulu.
Dix for Sound.
The United States army transport
J Dix now at the port dfscharging Goa
Is expected will be dispatched for Sc
attic and Puget Sound ports on Fri
day The vessel is lying at the nava
wharves.
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Makura Has Reached the Sound.
, AdviceS received az the port an
nOunce the arrival Of the Canadian
Australian liner Makura at Vancou
yer. The vessel sailed from Honolulu