Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-01-17
Shipping

and went under British registry Cap
tain Sanders plotted the Evans to the
sound from Hawaii, where he had sue
cessfuiiy delivered a lumber cargo.
According to the ship documents
which he filed under oath with the
Port Townsend customs officer and
to the crew list which he certified to
the quarantine inspectors of this port,
there were nine men in the crew eX-
elusive of himself aboard the schoon-
err. A few days later, however, when
the crew was paid off before the prop
er government officials at Seattle,
there were ten men in the forecastle.
Ordinarily this would not be serious
offense, but it develops upon investi-
cation that the extra man was a Jap
anese, against which race the immi-
grafton restrictions are rigidly en-
forced-particularly against those
making the trip by the way of Hawaii.
1t is known that an investigation was
set on foot. but apparently before the
government wheels had moved suffi-
GENTLY the Evans was again laden
and started for sea- The schooner
was here nearly a week, her sailing
date being postponed from day to day.
On the day of sailing. however, a
week ago today, Captain Sanders sud
denly developed a great hurry and
put to sea without delay, leaving be-
hind filled prescriptions at drug stores
and other articles he evidently needed
for the voyage. From this it is be-
lieved he received some inkling of
the move on foot and determined to
avoid trouble by getting away before
it reached him. Sailors who made the
voyage from the islands in the Evans
declare the extra Japanese was
aboard en- route, but that he was not
in evidence upon the crews being
mustered here for health inspection.
1t is not known whether the govern
ment will follow up the case or not.
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None But Australians Need Apply.
By the Canadian Australian liner
Makura that passed through here the
first of the week en- route to Vancou
yer, comes word of the arrival of the
first installment of the new Austral
ian navy in the destroyers Yarra and
Paramatta The vessel are consider
ed by experts to be good value for the
money. They cost less than those
built for the British Admiralty. They
are swifter. and although their ton
mage is only about 700, their radius of
action is greater than that of the Brit
ish destroyers with tonnage of 1000.
Having been built to a new design,
they are to some extent experimental
vessels. Although the naval architect
is confident of their strength, certain
critics contend that weight and
strength have been sacrificed to some
extent to speed and increased radius
of action, and that although they
came splendidly through the tests in
smooth water they may not prove so
in the heavy weather of the
open sea. During the voyage to Aus
tralia the vibration in the heavy swell
was considerable, but on the whole
the vessels came through the ordeal
we'll Of course, both have been
built as coastal destroyers, and will
have comparatively little work at dis
tances from the land.
The majority of the destroyers'
crews are Australians, the seamen
wholly so. They are doing excellent
service. and the cost of running is
lower than the builders expected. In
steaming direct at IA knots, from Gil
braltar to Port Said, a distance of
nearly 1000 miles, the boats have
probably established record for
their class. 1t is also to be noted that
they achieved the highly creditable
performance of passing through the
Canal at 1914 knots. Both are well
ventilated and comfortable, and for
their size they are very heavily arm
ed. AS coastal destroyers they are
good vessels, and well fitted
for coastal as differentiated from
ocean-going work.
The U. S. S. Boston and Concord, !
which were stricken from the navy |
list some time ago and ordered sold, |
will be turned over to the Naval Mi
itia. 1t is understood that the Boston
will be assigned to the Oregon Militia |
Reserve and the Concord to the Wash
ngton Naval Militia.
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Material for Complete Mill.
The British steamer Beachy that is
1ue to arrive from Tacoma and Seat
lie today to load sugar mill, the
product of the Honolulu Iron Works
Is transporting large quantity of
brick, sand and other lines of build |
ng material to go into the construc-