The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-30


he running between San Francisco .
md Sydney news from Australia tells
If another monster ship to be built
or the Canadian-Australian company .
IN addition to that reported in the
Star on Saturday.
Both veGsels will be 1880 and will .
be sister ships to the latest of the ORR .
ant liners running between London .
and Australia and New Zealand. The |
lIe. The matter had been taken up by |
the running about February Of next .
year. !
Concurrent with this report also
comes the news that the Peninsular
and Orient S. n. Company and the Ca
madam Pacific Railway have both
made offers to the Canadian Austral-
ian line and want to buy it outright. !
That both of these companies would /
benefit very much by the acquisition
of the line is certain. The c. P. r. |
would then have the connecting link
between Australia and England weld
ed up and in the case of the z. ana
O. line it would mean that after the
Panama canal is open they would be
able to advertise trips round the
world as a matter of regular sched-
ule The matter had ben taken up
the Sydney press and was being thor
oughly discussed when the Mariana
left port. The general opinion u.s.
however, that the c. A. people will not
sell out.
Details of the ottawa show that in
addition to being the largest vessel
that will be running on the Pacific
she is beautifully fitted up through
ont. Six of her boilers are to be Oil
heated which is a decided innovation
for a steamer plying from Australia.
The other four are to be steam and
if if is found later that the oil is sat
isfactory the steam will be done away
with entirely.
MAKES ROUND TRIP.
C. H. Gilmore, the we'll known and
popular assistant ticket agent OF the
Oceanic agency here, is booked for a
round trip on the Sierra which leaves
for the coast tomorrow morning at
ten o'clock.
Gilmore will combine pleasure with
business on the trip but the main mat
ter he will attend to is a thorough
inspection of the Ventura and Sono-
ma. He will see just exactly what
passenger accommodation there is on
these vessels, which are once more
TO take up the running between San
Francisco and Sydney, and get work
ing knowledge of the details in con-
nection with the new schedule.
*. K. TOPICS.
Beautifully illustrated and brought
out on fine paper the first edition OF
T. K. X. Topics, the new book issued
monthly in connection with the pas
senger department of the line, is to
hand from Purser Grasett of the Ten
20 Maru.
1t contains a fine description of the
Shinyo Maru and also some very in
teresting articles on travel along the
route taken by the vessels Of the Jap
anese line. 1t Is a book that should
be looked for by passengers.
BRENTWOOD.
The Inter-Island steamer Noeau
cleared for Hanalei and ports yes
! terday afternoon.
The Pacific Mail steamer Siberia
bound for Honolulu, left Yokohama
Saturday afternoon.
Outward bound from Honolulu the
Pacific Mail steamer Mongolia arriv
cd at Yokohama last Saturday.
Hilo passengers by the Inter-Islant
steamer Mauna Kea leaving Tuesday;
must purchase their tickets on Mon
days, the day before sailing.
Covering the distance in five and {
| nail udyB Tue dCllG MAIL blCdlhOl
Korea reached San Francisco Sunda!
morning.
The bark Andrew Kelly of the Mat
son line with Captain Kelly in com
mand left San Francisco on April q
has heavy cargo of general merchar
disc and few passengers.
The American-Hawaiian freighte
Isthmian left San Francisco for Seal
tie on April 81.
A report states that Alfred E. Rel
ME, general passenger agent of the 2
X. K, who has been remaining
home owing to illness, is slowly in
proving.
The Wailele that arrived this NOR
ing reports passing the Helene o
: Hamakua on April "a bound for Hill
Later she passed the Maui off Kuku
haele, bound for Hamakua.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS steam'
Alaskan is to be the next sailing fro
Seattle and Tacoma ports for Hon