The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-17


days and three and half hours; or
five days and six hours, or five days
and eight and a half hours; the reader
may figure it out for himself, for there
is a dispute on the waterfront as TO
just what her time was She left here
at one o'clock in the afternoon of
Saturday, November II, and she reach
ed San Francisco at Z o'clock last
evening. Now, what is the time? Do
you allow for the difference of time,
and if you do, which way do you al
low it?
The cruiser Cincinnati left San
Francisco yesterday for Honolulu, en-
route to China She will be here in
seven or eight days.
Wharves Are Rotten.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. S.-The al
ready long list of webbing, dangerous
and unsafe docks left to the State as
a heritage of ineffciency by former
State officials was added to yesterday
when the engineers of the Harbor
Board were compelled to condemn
part of three permanent" docks and
TO consider the advisability of con-
fleming the entire structures.
The docks condemned on account of
their dangerous condition, due to a
partial collapse at the extreme ends,
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other berthing space at the disposal
Of the board, the entire structures will
not be condemned until the engineers
are certain that they may collapse.
Although the so-called permanent
concrete cylinders at the ends of piers
20 and q have not yet dropped com
pletely away from the superstructure,
they are so wobbly that they sway in
the tides, threatening to fall away
from the timbers at any moment.
Two huge cylinders, each nearly five
feet in diameter dropped fully two
feet early yesterday The engineers
found that for a long time these cyl
inders have in reality been suspended
from the dock timber.
Except for the temporary repairs
and the wooden piles driven about and
under the dock few months ago, the
entire structure. it is believed, would
have been precipitated into the bay.
There is danger that unless several
of the docks to the north of the Ferry
building are taken out of commission
until temporary repairs can be made
that there may be an accident.
Emigration to Argentina.
| AS a means of encouraging immi-
grafton, and as a counter to the prohi-
bition of emigration to Argentina by
the Italian government, the Argentine
government has decreed that as from
October 1 1911 and up to January l..
1912, steamers arriving with over 400
immigrants on board shall pay only
two-thirds of the dues enumerated in
Law 1926, those arriving with 800 and
over shall pay only one-third, and
those with 1900 and over shall not
pay any dues at all There will be a
great demand for laborers for har-
vesting in December and January, aud
the steamship lines will now have a
double incentive to procure steerage
passengers, and will be able to charge
cheaper rates. 1t is asserted that the
probable deficit in arrivals from Italy
will be more than compensated this
year by greater flow of emigration
from Russia, Spain, France, Austria
and the Balkans Furthermore, it is
known that thousands of Italians VIII
embark at Trieste, Marseilles, BARGE
Iona and Gibraltar. The main suffer-
ers by the action taken by the Italian
government will probably be the Ital-
ian steamship lines, and the Austrian,
French and Spanish companies must
feel extremely obliged to the Italian
cabinet.
Declining Coal Shipments.
Notwithstanding that the Italian
government has declared that Goals
will not be considered as contraband
of war, liners to Italian and Turkish
ports continue to decline shipments
of coal or other descriptions of fuel.
They are limiting the cargo accepted
to general goods which are quite clear
of any possible suggestion of contra
band
British coal shippers have arranged
with their Italian clients to continue
shipments on the understanding that
the receivers pay the cost of war in
surance and the extra freight caused
by the war. The cessation of coal
shipments to Italy since the war be-
gan has greatly depleted stocks of
fuel in that country, and the demand
for immediate supplies is pressing.
Rio Gets a Move On.
Tenders will be received up 10
November 2S at the offices of the