The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-02

The coal is coming out of the big
transport Dix at a very rapid rate, and
the hope now is that she will be ready
for sea by Monday night. She is go
ing on to Seattle from here.
New Lights for Hawaii
The lighthouse tender Kukui will go
out next week to install self-tending
lights at Kukuihaele Hawaii, and Ha.
wea Point, Maui.
The Kukuihaele light will be estab.
lished about December 10. 1t is to
be a white light, acetylene gas, oc-
cutting thus: light O.5 sec, and
eclipse 3.5 sec. 1t will be about 1876
feet above water and 16 feet above
ground, on a white pyramidal, skeleton
iron tower. on roof of a white, pris-
matte iron seryiceroom. A sugar
plantation warehouse is located about
thirty-ive yards north of tower and
on edge of shore cliff. Light will be
visible over warehouse roof except at
very close range.
The Hawea Point light is also to be
established by December 10. It will
be a white lens lantern acetylene light,
occulting thus: light ! sec, eclipse 1
sec, and will be IS feet above water
and 16 feet above ground, on a white,
pyramidal skeleton iron tower, on
roof of white, prismatic. iron service
room. A black derrick will be located
about eighty.fve yards southwestern
of tower
FIaurenee Ward Struck by Lightning.
Captain Piltz of the Flaurence
Ward said this morning that he had
nothing to say about the schooner
having been struck by lightning while
lying off Midway Island. He would
not deny the report. He merely
wished to say nothing about it at all.
From the meager information avail
able the Flaurence Ward, while lying
off Midway Island was struck by
! lightning The boom was smashed to
| pieces and the vessel had to limp into
port with temporary repairs effected.
| There was fair weather all the way,
and the fact that a part of her boom
was missing did not interfere very
materially with her speed, for she
made port in fairly good time 80
other damage was done, and no one
was hurt.
She will leave for Midway Island
again shortly, laden with Christmas
supplies for the lonely little cable
station
LikeIike With Cattle.
The Likelike got in early this morn
ing from Hawaii with sixty head OF
cattle and fifteen packages of sun
dries.
Mauna kea from Hilo.
The Mauna Kea arrived this morn
ing from Hawaii via Maui Sh,
brought a fairly large number Of ijas
sengers, including many sugar plant
ers, who are over for the forthcomin.
conference.
In her holds she brought fifty-thret
sacks of bottles, five empty beer kegs
one automobile, one hog. twenty.sever
sacks of carrots, forty-four empty
sake tubs, one barrel of gin, twenty
cords of wood, 1861 feet of ohia lum
Der, three crates of chickens, and 49,
packages of sundries.
TELEeRAPHIc.
SAN FRANCISCO.-Arrived, Ne
vember 30, $3.50 p. M, S. S. Shinyc
Maru; hence November "a.
NEWCASTLE. - Sailed, November
p, S. S. st. Kilda for Honolulu.
WIRELESS.
S. S. HONOLULAN will arrive from
Seattle Tuesday morning early.
S. S. SIBERIA sails for San Fran
cisco p. m.
Crown of GaIicia In.
The Crown of .Galicia Of the Harri
son Direct line, arrived yesterday aft
ernoon and berthed at the new Matsor
wharf. She is from Liverpool, Eng
land, via ports.
Captain Halliday stated this morning
that he had about 1000 tons of gen,
eral cargo on board, including a con.
signment of sulphate of ammonia for
the Hawaiian Fertilizer Company. She
will remain here just long enough to
discharge this cargo, and then pro.
coed to San Pedro, San Francisco, Vic
toria and Vancouver, then back to
England.
The Crown of Galicia left Liverpool
England, on October 4, and called at
Los Palmas, Cape De Verde Islands,
and Santos, Brazil, then came direct
to Honolulu. The weather before the
Strait of Magellan was entered was
very bad, and for few days in the
Pacific Ocean dirty weather was again
encountered. After that the weather
was good. The fact that the vessel
arrived here on the day that she was
.