Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-06-19
Shipping
BREAKERS AHEAD FOR
To-! THE POOR indian
Thirty OF Him Are Returning From Australia After Having
Been Stranded Down Under-MaklTa Makes Brief Stay
Has Few Notabes AbOard-Inter- Island Steamers Here
With Sugar.

10! the poor Indian, the noble red
man from the Canadian wilds, did not
prove such nine-timc wonder to the
amusement loving populace of the
Australian centers that they broke
their nccks or disarranged their wear
ing apparel in mad scramble for
front seats at the wild west show.
The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES liner Ma
kua has thirty of the redskins on
board who are through passengers en-
route TO Vancouver.
Kind-heartod passengers in the Bri-
fish ship got together few days aft
err leaving Sydney, and raised a purse
amounting to about $3.50 which has
been set aside for the benefit of the
Indians. The season in Australia wds
a failure from the very start. The
wild west show went broke before the
novelty had been worn from the per-
Torrance. II was less than four
months ago that the wild rolicing
band of Canadian Indians passed
through Honolulu enroute to the
southern continent. While here the
savages gave an impromptu entertain
ment on the deck of the steamer II
was at a time that the port was en-
forcing quarantine and the diversion
served In "a manner to appCasc q con-
siderable amount Ol true British
wrath over an enforced detention on
shipboard.
The Makura arrived at the wharf
shortly after ten o'clock this morning
after what is termed a fairly pleasant
trip. The vessel met with fresh to
moderate northeast winds aud fine
weather
The steamer rs leaving for British
Columbia at eleven o'clock tonight
During the stay here the following
freight is being discharged:
75 cases brandy, So pkgs gin. 81
cases Jam, 800 crates onions. 7io
sacks dried blood, 100 boxes frozen
butter. Is cases timed butter, Al cases
arabic, 5 casks salt beef, 2 bales lea
Their, | case saddlery, II pkgs sun
dries and quantity OF stores for Fan
ming Island.
The officers arranged a pleasing
program of sports and special din
ners on the voyage. One event given
In honor of Mrs. Cushing was fea-
ture of the trip, II being a birthday
celebration held at time the vessel
crossed the line
Several notables in ecclestical and
judicial circles of Polynesia are pas
sengcrs in the Makura enroute to
Great Britain.
Seamless Atlantic Liners.
THE NEW Hamburg American At
lantic liner now under construction
will be ISL feet In length. IL, COM
mander's bridge will be seventy-Geven
feet above the water level The COM
pany's flag will ny PCS feet above
the sea. The ship win have no fun
nels, It will have no boilers. II will
be stcamless. It's propellers will be
operated by explosion engines. ut
will he magnificent craft, but one
Of the strangest that has ever crossed
the ocean, The company that Is in
vesting modern frutune in its build
ing is one of the most conservative,
If one of the most enterprising, in
the world. II may be taken for
granted that the project of construct
ing steamless vessel was not en-
tered upon hastily or without thor
ough investigation of the gas engine
In its higher stage of development
IT Is said that until one was planned
for this ship no explosion engine OF
proved efficiency and security iand
power equal TO the requirements Of
vessel of great tonnage was ever
designed. It follows as a matter of
course that, if the motor of the big
Hamburg-American shall come mp to
expectations, all other Ocean-golng
vessels will eventually abandon the
steam engine.
IT Is impossible thus early to c3ti-
mate the cost of operation under the
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