Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-08-25
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ONE by ONE British owners Of sail
ing ships are parting with their YES
sells. They say they cannot make
them pay, what with high rates OF in
surance, the Workmen's Compensa-
ton Act, and other causes tending TO
increased expense. In the circum'
stances the question Of the sail train
ing OF officers Of the mercantile ma
rine, so much commended as develop
ing courage and initiative, has be-
come serious problem. The VIII e
Star Line has solved Il for itself by
the purchase of the sailing ship Mer-
scy, which has Just arrived in Lon
don Dock from sydney With sixty
cadets In training as future officers
under the White Star flag. the Mer-
sey left Liverpool on July 10 OF last
year, under the command of Captain
Conor. She sailed from Sydney on
January is last for home. but the
winds were unfavorable for a quick
passage. That, however, is a matter
of no moment. The point is that her
cadets got a practical introduction
to sea life, and at the same time pur-
sued their education under competent
instructors. One of the attractions
of the scheme Is, of course, that II is
part OF definite program, leading
-up to actual employment in an ex-
ecutive capacity, and the chance of
ultimate promotion to the command
Of famous liners. In acquiring the
Mersey the White Star Line un-
doubleday set fashion among Brit
ish steamship lines which may we'll
have to be initiated.
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| IN THE North Pacific the crew of
the British bark Antelope thought
they saw the wreck Of vessel, and
Captain Mathicson sent boats crew
off to investigate. The Antelope was
then In latitude as degrees north. lon
gitude 10 degrees west. about 900
miles south of Unalaska! What had
looked like the upturned bottom of a
wreck was, however. the dead body
of an immense whale about 100 feet
long. Upon and all around II were
thousands of sea birds, aud the wa
tiers about were swarming with huge
sharks, The whales carcass appear
ed to be food for every living thing
in sea and air, but there was nothing
about 1t that appealed to the Anti
lope's men, and they returned to their
bark. The Antelope got in yesterday
morning, 70 days from Newcastle,
Australia, with cargo OF 2O93 tons
of coal for Hind, Rolph & Co. Tho
passage was in good weather. ex-
cept for the first day out of New
castle. when in a gale the fore yard
was carried away.--S. F. Call. =.
THE FOUR-MASTED schooner
Forest Home is lying in the stream
at San Francisco unable to go to sea
for lack of crew. Her master has
been unable to pick up enough men
to man the schooner Along the wa
ter front, II is said that sailors are
unusually scarce now and will be un-
til the cannery employees return from
Alaska. The Forest Home had a diff
cult time making mort on her latest
voyage TO San Francisco with a cargo
of coal. Her sails were blown away
and she was In distress for a good
part of her voyage.
IN
! SEATTLE immigration officers
have augmented the deportation col
house by twenty-fiye that number of
Chinese having been found in hiding
in A twenty-foot square room under
the cargo of the British steamship
Kumeric. Cooped up In their little
den since the vessel left China I'm
July, the celestials had stoiidly en-
dured discomfort. lack of proper food
tbey wouId no able IN sIin ashore
when the craft reached Portland.
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THE PORT OF PORTLAND is look
ing for master for the pilot of the
schooner Joseph Pulitzer, Captain G.
s. Dexter having resigned because the