Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-01-12
SHIPPING PORTS
OF THE WORLD

The stOwaway who is so unfOrtun-
ate as TO find himself aboard the Pa
afic Mail liner Manchuria, under the
command of Captain Andrew Dixon,
goes through vcritable nightmare
before eflccting an escape to freedom.
Captain Dixon of the ManChuria,
which Is now en- route from San
Francisco and due to arrive at Homo
lulu next Tuesday morning. IL the
originator of the new plan WHICH has
put the ban on the traffic, bat II took
several years of experience with the
willy Orientals, who like to travel
without lining the purse of the Z. NJ,
to perfect the system.
The shippers method of discourage
ing the vagrant passenger is now well
known throughout the Far East and
the Orientals no longer have u fancy
for slowing away on the ManChuria.
Whenever Captain Dixon finds any of
the tramps of the sea on board his
command he calls an outbound
steamer by wireless as they fall into
each others ATTITUDES, and soon has
the stowaways going back in the di-
rectiOn they came.
Captain Dixon has had many expcr-
| fences with the stOwaways, one of
which Is recalled by Alfred h. Rennie,
now general passenger agent of the
| Togo Risen Kaisha.
a Chinese stowaway had been dis
covered aboard the liner shortly be
| ia. IL
was Captain DiXon's plan to put the
Celestial ashore at the island port for
! deportation. But. when the steamer
arrived. the Chinese could not be
! found, having been secreted some
where In the depths of the big ocean
greyhound by his Countrymen on
! board. In order to clear from Homo
lulu Captain Dixon had to put up "a
bond. As the steamer was drawing
out of the harbOr Il Chinese suddenly
appeared on deck and took a flying
leap over the rail, swimming Justify
that IL was the stowaway, saw his
$500 bond going into the pocket of
the Government, and ordered life
boat to pursue the Chinese. lie was
overhauled and brought back to the
liner, which Immediately got under
way. The Chinese protested that lie
was not u stowaway, but il did him
no good with Captain Dixon. The lin
er was well on her way to the coast
when the real stowaway was routed
out OF the chain locker by the chief
officer.
Well who Is the fellow we pulled
out of the water?" demanded Captain
Dixon, when the stowaway was hailed
before him.
HE Is prominent Chinese merch-
ant of Honolulu, who got left aboard
after the gangway was taken in" ex-
planned the chief officer.
Truly the skipper sometimes has
troubles OF his own.
"a
The tO'als on tonnage, exclusive OF
steamships on regular schedules com
ing to North Pacific ports during the
last seasons, show the relative con
clifton on this Coast In about the same
3 Ia'lo '''' aPpl'es I" Tue WhoIe "orid
nus year al inns Time there are YES
SETS '"'"'''iS "po'' lSo'H'' net tons
On the way To the North Paclhc, III
IcIudiiis the Hawaiian ISLANDS, Last
year at this time there were 372.O25
IONS or nearly twice as much.
AdHlces IRON London the center OF
'he shlp-charterinS market indicates
mat the present comparatively high
l"tes III all trades VIII be maintained
indefinitely as steamship owners are
all holding for stlif figure aud are
ieinsIhs To consider any business In
futures. The general feeling OF the
owners Is one OF bnoyancy' strength
ened by the complaisance with which
charterers are accepting each small