Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-23
Shipping
SANTA CLAUS
FOR ISLANDERS

Oceanic liner Sonoma as the official
means OF transportation of Christmas
cheer to the island possessions Iol
Uncle Samuel in the South Seas.
Packages, big and small. by the
hundreds and thousands. to await a
claimant somewhere in the Hawaiian
Islands, we're dropped over the side
OF the vessel following the arrival OF
5 the good ship Sonoma from San
Francisco early this morning.
Five hundred and forty-eight sacks
OF mail, declared as dangerously near
the record, were received here this
morning.
Il am tagged for Santa Claus, =
smiled Captain Trask, when asked
how Christmas day would open out
on the Sonoma, while the liner
steamer in the. direction of Samoa
and the Antipodes.
Sixty cabin and a number Of sec.
ond class passengers are to be given
good time, II the friendly offices
I OF Purser McNufty, DR.. Clarke, Chief
Officer Koughan aid last but not
least. Chief Steward Carleton, count
for anything.
trees" We will have two Christmas
trees. prophesied the genial McNulty,
who Is looking after the welfare of
! score Of little folks now travelling to
the South Seas in the liner.
Delicacies in season and out of
season, from the orchards and gar
dens on the Pacific slope, were re.
ceiped as icehouse stores in the So
mona.
The voyage down was said to have
been fairly pleasant. Fifty per cent
Of the cabin passengers are declar-
cd as entitled to be designated as
tourists. PASSENGERS leaving the yes
Sci at this port also include second
class and is In the steerage. The
through list numbers 30 cabin, SO sec
ond class and Is in the s;eerage.
Among the trans Pacific travellers are
five who voyaged to the Panama ca
nal zone at the time the Sonoma was
sent on q special excursion to the
great waterway.
Onions. apples and general cargo
20 the amount Of 2900 tons Is aboard
destined for Australia. To the little
American colony in far-away samoa,
Christmas cheer win be distributed
with the arrival of the Sonoma- Much
mail for Page Page is aboard.
The Sonona is to be dispatched for
Page Page at three o'clock this after
noon.
Alaskan Has Completed Cargo for the
lsthmus.
Twelve thousand tons OF sugar and
about two hundred tons of preserved
pineapples have been supplied the
American Hawaiian freighter Alaskan
during the stay Of the big steamship
IN these islands. The Alaskan is to
sail from Kahului for Salina Cruz this
evening, taking the first large ship
menf OF the 1913 crop of sugar.
The Alaskan omitted call at Hilo
on this trip as the Missourian is soon
TO follow to the island ports and will
deliver freight and load sugar at the
Hawaii port.
pIcs for che Famished.
More prominent people gathered at
the lnter-Island wharf following the
arrival Of the steamer Lilxelike than
in months. The fat and succuient
Maui pig Is always considered a
toOfhsome delicacy by Honolulu epi-
ctireans. One hundred and eighty Of
the Young porkers were included in
the list of miscellaneous freight
brought by that vessel In many in
stances the porkers were consigned
to people prominent in finance, profess
sional and social life. OF the metropo-
rs. Very few lost any time in claim
ing the priced trophy
Two Steamers Bring Much Kauai
Sunar.
Ten thousand sacks of sugar from
Kauai plantations have arrived at the
mort In the steamers kinau and w. G.
nall. The Kinau returned with $3.50
sacks of sugar, 81 empties. 201 cases
of honey, 276 packages OF sundries.
The steamer met with head winds and
seas.
The Halls cargo included $500 sacks
OF sugar and sundry shipments Of
chickens, pigs and turkeys.
Rain, with northeast wind and seas
was the rule during the voyage.
~ Us.
Lurline Back, Completes Cargo. -.
Arriving from Kahului yesterday
morning, the Matson Navigation
steamer Lurline took on two thousand
tons Of molasses while at Maui. The
vessel Is completing cargo at Homo
lulu today and is to sail for the coast
at SIX O'Clock tomorrow evening.
An air of mystery hoyers over the
vessel as to the exact number of pas.
sengers the liner is to take on her
next voyage to San Francisco.
Hyades Now st Island Ports.
To sail from Hiio, the last port of
call in the islands, on Dec. IS, with
destination as San Francisco, the Mat
son Navigation. steamer Hyades is at
island ports collecting small amount
of sugar and also being discharged of
a large quantity of general cargo and
lumber. The Hyades will sail for the
coast with aBoat one thousand tons OF
sugar.