Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-30
WATERFRONT NOTES
THAT BAGGAGE inspection of

" Is known lnat one Time NOIlcClOI
Stackable proposed to Washington an.
thoritiCs that the baggage of all per.
sons coming from coast ports he oN.
amined here the same as that from
partment declined to permit It and the
refusal was stated in no unmistakablc |
terms.
It was held ut that time that pas.
scngors coming here from coast ports
should no more be subject to baggage
examination than those coming to San
Francisco from Portland, or to New
Orleans from New York.
with the present high price of
opium in the local market It would bel
he taken from Oriental steamers in
San Francisco and brought TO Homo !
lulu on other vessels but II this were
done II Is more likely that It would be 1
done by crews of the vessc's them.
solyos who could see easy money mi
II as long as they were mo-; caught.
rather than by passengers travelling in
the cabins Of the vessels.
To make the business profitable for
person to engage In, II would be
necessary for the poppy product to be
brought here in large quantities, and
that this could be done ny any person
regularly without exciting tho Guspi.
cions OF customs men 10 unlikely.
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WHEN IT became known that the
two liners Rubi and Zaflro Of theI
ChnaManila Steamship Company ply.
in gbetween Manila ana HongkOngI
were to be transferred to the Ameri.
can flag in order that they might call
ut more than one port in the Philip.
pines the market price of the stock
of the company more than doubled
The liners will change to American
and Filipino crews instead of British
officers and Chinese crews which have
manned them in the past and the
routes will be extended so as to make
three ports in the Philippines Manila,
Cebu and llOilO instead of running on.
ly between Manila and iongkong as
in the past.
INTERNATIONAL. congress of sea.
men in session at Copenhagen last
month advanced the proposition of a
worldwide strike to enforce certain
demands of the men The German
delegation at the congress objected to
this plan but the delegation from
Great Britain said that the seamen of
the world had many grievances which
must he set right. They served no
ticc that II the other delegates did not
give COuntenanCc to the demand they
| would return home and urge gen.
tral strike of all British seamcn.
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NEXT WEEK will be busy one
In the shipping world Of Honolulu as
there will be two ships in from the
coast two from the Orient and one
| sailing for the coast during the first
-four days Of the week
The week starts In with the Man.
churla arriving Monday from San
Francisco, Tuesday the Wihelmna Is
| due from San Francisco and the Lur.
line sails for that port. Wednesday tn
Sheridan may arrive from Manila and
Thursday the Mongolia Is due from
| the Orient.
! CRUISER BEDFORD OF the British
| Asiatic fleet went ashore on the coast
Of Korea on August % and could not
he relocated. HOngkong advices Of
the following day state that all efforts
to float the cruiser were unavalling
and that the hull would have TO b.
! left on the rocks after stripping and
I dismantling had been finished.
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TARGET PRACTICE at I.ahaina
/ Is the purpose of the present cruise of
the revenue cutter Thetis which left
! three DAYS ago The vessel liz to do
: the practice near L.ahalna and will
( return to Honolulu tomorrow It is OK.
| pected.
/ NEXT SAILlNGS of the American
Hawaiian freightcrs from the Sound
for Honolulu will be the Virglnian on
October 4, the Mexican on October ~
AND the Missourian on October 2S, all
ltesc vessels coming direct to Homo.
lulu.
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F.. THE FIAURENCE Ward sailed
yesterday for Midway with supplies
Of different kinds for the cable station
/ at that island, among them baing a
now supply Of records for the phono,
graph In the Quarters OF the opera,
tors.
THIS AFTERNOON at 1--WE o'cloci,
the lnterlsland steamer ClaudInc
3 Captain Bennett sails Tor Maui and
Hawaii ports with general cargo an
pass' ngors