Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-07
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naval tug 1roquois now being con-
voyed to San Francisco in company
with the United States cruisers Den
yer and Galveston. A wireless from
the war vessels received at the local
Naval Station Sunday stated that the
ships were meeting with moderate
seas and light breeres.
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ACCORDING TO latest advices re.
ceived here the Matson Navigation lin.
er Hilonian sailed from San Francis
CO on Sunday for Se.tt,e. This yes
sci is scheduled to leave Seattle on
February 10 for Honolulu, bringing a
large general cargo.
SAILING FROM Honolulu on Jan.
uary 81. the American oil tanker San
Ia Rita Is reported to have arrived at
Port San Luis on last Saturday.
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FRESH northeast winds. smooth
seas and hno weather continued as
the Oceanic steamer Alameda proceed
ed on her way from Honolulu to San
Francisco. according to wireless re-
ceived at the local agency on Sunday.
NO FURTHER cases of smallpox
developed on the Canadian. Australian
liner Makura after that vessel sailed
from Honolulu en- route to Vancouver.
The vessel reported by wireless on
Saturday night that everybody was
well on board and the vessels posi-
ton as 6s5 miles on port.
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EARLY WEDNESDAY morning the
Matson Navigation steamer Lurline
should arrive at the port from San
Francisco. according to the ! ,cent
calculations Of her agents. "A wireless
received from that vessel gave her
position at 1860 miles, stenming
through fresh northeast winds and
smooth seas. az h
THE JAPANESE liner Nippon
Maru, which passed Through Honolulu
from San Francisc0 en- route to the
Orient on January rs, is reported to
have arrived at Yokohama on last Sat.
urday. 90 ~
TEN DAYS was required by the
Matson Navigation chartered steamer
Hyades In making the, trip from Ka-
hului to San Francisco. The Hyades
gathered up a considerable shipment
Of sugar ut the various island ports.
and. according to q late cable, arrived
at San Francisco on last Saturday. .
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THE UNITED STATES army trans
port Sheridan. which left San Fran
cisco for Manila via; ports on Saturday
afternoon, Is due to arrive at Homo
ulu on Saturday OF Sunday.
CAPTAIN SCOTT. II he sails for the
South Pole, ia going to take a new
compass with him, II Is one that has
recently been adopted by the German
government for It's warships, and is a
remarkable instrument. It Ia known
a. the gyroscope compass, and Is the
invention Of Dr. jAnschuetz. Haempfe.
A nine-pound wheel mounted In d
holder Of quicksilver ID made to rotate
at the rate Of $1,000 revolutions a
minute by an electric motor. After
running for two hours. the wheel Is
set In the direction Of the mathe-
NAUTICAL meridian. which direction It
maintains. The advantage Of the new
compass is that II Is entirely unaf.
fected by neighboring iron or steel or
by vibrations and rolling of the vessel.
A compass card attached indicates d.
rection In the usual way.
AN AGGREGATE OF s6,sil.5O0 for
repairs to naval vessels is provided In
estimates the Secretary of the Navy
has submitted to the House Of Repre-
sentatives, Recent legislation requires
recommendation for authorization
where repairs are to exceed $500, 900.
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CAPTAIN M. EDWARDS Of the
steamer Yosemite, which was total
ly wrecked by going on the rocks near
Port Orchard last July, and whose IT,
censs was revoked, has been notified
by Supervising Inspector John BERN
ingham Of San Francisco that the re.
vocation has been reduced to one
years suspension.
THE CUSTOMS Collector at Seattle
has given permission ror the cording
and sealing of the baggage Of passen-
gers on the Jebsen line boats who
leave Seattle and Tacoma for Callfor-
MIA, boarding the Jebsen vessels at
Victoria. B. C. This does away with
customs examination at San Francisco
and San Pedro.
PURsER DONALD KENT Of the
steamer Noeau reports that 10000
sacks Of M. 8. sugar Is awaiting ship
ment on Kauai at the time of the de-
parture of the steamer for Honolulu.
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THE STEAMER Iwalani is sched-
uled to sail for Mahukona and Hawai-
hae at noon tomorrow.