The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-25
ASIA IN AND OUT
WITHIN THE DAY
Was Thought to Have PLAQUE
and Held Outside for
Six Hours.

The pretty yacht-like transpacifo
steamship Asia was off port at sunrise
yesterday from the Orient, but it was
SIX hours before she berthed on the
Waikiki side of the Alakea wharf, the
United States health officers believing
that there was case of sickness aboard
which could be diagnosed in no other
way except as specimen of the bu-
bonnie plague There were consultations
between the various heads of the health
department, close examination and
various sundrv scientific explorations,
as the result of which the energetic
and painstaking physicians who have
the public health in charge arrived at
the conclusion that the case was no
more one of plague than it was a mat
ter of frozen feet. So the good ship
Asia, she and her passengers and 700
tons Of freight for Honolulu. was al
lowed to enter the harbor and nestle
alongside the Alakea wharf where the
Hawaiian and other stevedores pro-
ceeded to get busy hustling ashore
shoyu soyo and rice.
She was originally booked to get
away at 4 p. NJ, but on account Of the
quarantine delay she did not leave the
harbor for San Francisco until 6
o clock. That she got out as soon as
she did reflects great credit on Captain
Reilly and his gang of stevederes.
The person aboard supposed to have
been suffering with plague was Fill
pino in the steerage
The Asia had two passengers for
Honolulu, Mrs. T. kuwamoto and Mrs.
K. Nakamura
In the Storage for Honolulu We're
sixty Filipinos who are going to work
on the plantations. There Were also
eleven Hindus for Honolulu.
Through cargo consists of nearly
5000 tons of freight. There are 66
cabin. four second cabin and 1S3 steer
age passengers bound through.
Tommy McComb Departs.
Tommy McComb, the popular freight
clerk of the Chiyo Maru, who was
dropped off the liner here about a week
ago to undergo an operation al the
Queen s Hospital. was so far improved
Yesterday as to be able to take service
aboard the liner Asia. He will join
the Chivo Maru in San Francisco. and
will have two days there before start
ing on the return trip to Japan.
Shipping Notes.
American Hawaiian S. S. Alaskan on
Friday sailed from Hilo for Seattle
direct
British steamship Greystoke Castle.
which sailed from Honolulu on Septem-
Der -. arrived at San Francisco yes
terday
The following sugar awaits shipment
at Hilo: Wainaku $500 bags, Haka-
Ian 1900, Honokaa $500, Punaluu 1900,
Honuapo 4125.
Steamer Mauna Kea arrived early
yesterday morning from Hilo and way
ports with her usual generous consign-
ment of human freight.
Japanese s S Kiyo Maru sailed late
Friday from off this port for South
American ports having arrived here
from the Orient early in the morning
of that day.
A wireless message from the P. NJ.
s. s. China reports that she viii arrive
here from San Francisco early tomor-
row morning She will be off port at
: clock The China brings 3l6 bags
Of mail
Steamer Kinau arrived yesterday
morning from Kauai ports with govern
ment surveyor materials and miscella-
neous freight. She reported the Maui
at WaImea discharging lumber and the
W G. Hall at Koloa.
The following wireless message has
been received by the agents from the
IS. S. Sierra: AT sea. September %,
IS p. m. $50 miles from Honolulu ;
strong \. f. winds; moderate sea; over
cast: barometer 30:32; air 6S