Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-09

Tenyo Marnu, which vessel is be-
]ieyed will show up off the quaraIi,
tine on or about noon tomorrow.
A wireless message received at the
agency of Castle IL Cooke on Sunday
gives detailed information concern
ing the large influx of Oriental pas
sengers destined for Hawaii neL
The big liner Is bringing 1863 FiF-
pinos and Japanese for this port. The
vessel also has a large consignment
OF cargo gathered at a number of OH.
entail parts, the freight for discharge
at Honolulu amounting to 1895 tons.
The Tenyo Maru is to berth at Ala
kea wharf. From present prospects,
the liner will not be dispatched for
San Francisco much before the noon
hour Wednesday.
The vessel was expected to arrive
late this Afternoon, but 1t is now pre-
sumed that the liner is meeting with
some rough weather in nearing the
islands.
M
Liners Meet Fine Weather.
Fine weather is the rule with at
least three liners now en- route to Ho-
noIiIu. A series of wireless messages
received here gives the following par
tictilars.
CA. s. s. Makura, en- route from
Vancouver, arrives at 6 o'clock We'd
needay morning, sails at 6 o'clock
Wednesday evening. p. m: Lati-
tude S2:5S:00. longitude 147:14; 500
miles from Honolulu; weather fine,
cloudy at intervals. calm. quiet sea.
MN. S. s. Honolulan, en- route from
San Francisco. p. m: 700 miles
from Honolulu; fine weather, all well.
CA. s. s. Zealandia. en- route from
Australia; will arrive at noon Tues
day; sails O'Clock same day. Nine
teen passengers in first cabin and
ninety-six sacks Of mail.
=. X. X. Feels German Competition:
The freigter and immigrant steamer
1.-Two Maru that sailed from Honolulu
for VALPARAISO and South American
merits on Saturday represents one OF
three Togo Kisen Kaisha steamers
which for the past fve years have met
with the kAenest of competition from
a line of German steamers in the Cen
trsl and South American trade.
one official in the 7. X. K. stated
that as far back as sixty years ago
there existed a service between China,
Japan and the west coast OF South
America. undertaken by Indian capi-
tai. Forty wears ago there were In
Peru alone fifty thousand Chinese. In
Arril. 1899. chinese. syndicate start
ed another periodical service of steam
ers. The Toyo Kisen Kaisha, by the,
way of experiment, launched one
steamer In 1905. another in 1905 and
another in 1907 for service on this line
but SIS efforts ended in failure. Being
convinced, however. that the future OF
the line was most promising one
the Company entered upon second
effort from April. 1908. having sue
ceeded in securing subsidies from fhe
Japanese Government Three sHins
were then. as now, plying between the
three tases. HongKong Chill, and the
port OF Colon, the total time reouired
for a single voyage being As DAYS. Fr>s
Company kent M d keen competition
with the East Asiatic Co. with tirm
determination to win, The limitation
set ~ that time upon the Immigration
Of Chinese to Peru, the. Company's
success in deprjving the Chinese ship
ping company Of an order TO TRANSPORT
q large onantity of rice to Peru. and
the steadv increase in the saltDetef
Supported by Japan, 10 such an extent
that IL now forms Peru. these facts
gradually tended 20 strengthen the
Company's hopes of success, but the
time was vet far OF when It coeld
earn enough TO support itself. The
next formidable rival the Comnanv
had to cone with was the thirty Ger
man steamers OF the Kosmo line.
which are carrying eighty per cent og
the cargo nasing between Europe and
South America. The Comnany owning
those shins declared ~ per cent.
dividend the year before last and is in
a prosperous condition The distance
between Bremen and Callao, Peru is
nearly the same as that between Yo-
kohama and the latter port. but the
opening OF the Panama canal will
make a great difference. so that the
Togo Kisen Kaisha is making every
preparation 10 compete Win JUS pow
erful European rival
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KHAN Returned with Sugar.
Sugar to the amount of 5000 sacks
was received yesterday with the arriv-
al of. the Inter-Island steamer Kinau
This vessel returned from Kauai
ports with a large list of cabin and
steerage passengers. The Kinau
brought 272 sacks rice. ! auto, q
sacks cocoanuts, and 211 sacks cocoa.
nut plants.
WinkeIman Brings Lumber for
for Ahukini.
Lumber laden, the American bark
entine Mary Winkelman. % days from
Mulketeo, has arrived at Ahukini
soornnlafing a fair massage from the