Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-11-06

which attention has recently been
called, suggested that possibly we
might look to Sabang for a partial ex-
PLANTATION of the position. He believ-
ed that, In the main. the falling of
was fortuitous, but Sabang had been
making such rapid strides, and the
facilities there were so much greater
than here. that he considered 1t quite
possible that the Dutch port had been
the means of "jobbing'' Colombo to q
considerable extent. AT Sabang there
was free entry for vessels bunkering
and the ships were able to go along
side the wharves. -"7a ae4 "s'
The decrease could not be account.
ed for by any increase In the price d
coal at Colombo. for the price had
gone down. II will be remembered
that we published cable the other
day to the effect that owing to the
heavy Suez Canal dues an increasing
number of cargo vessels went By the
Cape route to Australia and India.
The Australian tonnage. however, had
not decreased. but increased. for the
New Zealand boats now called at Co
lombo, and during the year, when the
Australian strike was on, more steam
ers called here than before. Sabans
was going ahead at n remarkable rate
and being on the direct route-east
and west-it probably had something
10 do with the falling of In the ton
mage figures at this port.
Another factor in the decrease
might very possibly have been the in
reference with the Soya bean trade
which was the result OF the plague In
China and Manchuria. It was quite
possible, too. that the delays which
occurred In coaling ships at Colombo
owing to the shortage of labor might
have had some effect. The shrink
age. very possibly, was only tenn
porary one, and It would come as no
surprise to him (our informant said)
TO find an increase instead of a de-
crease when the next figures were In
their hands.
Asked whether he considered that
growing popularity OF the Cape route
mad had any effect on the tonnage
coming to Colombo, the gentleman we
approached was convinced that II had
not. He attributed the Increasing no
pularity of this route to the fact that
better steamers were now being put
on. The p. and o., for instance had
taken over the Lund (Blue Anchor)
line and had extended 1t. the Aber-
deem line had greatly improved their
service. and the Blue Funnel line had
also started service OF steamers via
the Cape, which carried passengers.
He did not think that II had any ef-
feet on Colombo. or that It would.
Buoy prifted Six Tears-Is Captured.
A strange story of the seas and
their mysterious currents was told In
a letter received by Stanley Dollar
from John Gear at Lerwick. Scotland.
inclosing clipping from the Shetland
Times, published at Lerwick, and
dated September 3Oth. The item Is
10 the effect that on September 18th
Of this year there was picked up on
The beach at Culliyoe, Papastour, north
of Scotland, life buoy. tattered and
stained, bearing the inscription. pass
ed by j. Guthrie. San Francisco, CAL.
June !, 1906"
Captain Guthrie Is an assistant To-
cal Inspector OF Steamboats, for this
district.
The Stanley Dollar wns wrecked OFF
the West Coast of Japan In August,
1905. and the buoy must have been
floating In the ocean currents for six
years, until II landed over in Scot