Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-12
Shipping
SEED CANEIAKES CARGO SPACE
MINERS En- ROUTE TO JAPAN


with favor upon the grade OF suga~
CaLe grown in the Hawaiian islands
With this end in view and following
the recommended ION from a corps Of
experts who ave been conducting q
general investigation throughout the
territory, a large shipment OF seed
cane is ready to be foTNardc; TO tn.
sugar estates on the islands Of ror-
mosa.
One problem that at pre-. eat con
fronts the parties who wOuid snip the
cane to the Japanese possession. Is
the apparent scarcity OF tonnage now
offered
For months, the Pacific Mail liners
upon leaving San Francisco have been
filled to the hatch covers with ntlin-
land cargo, for the most part consist
ing OF cotton.
The steamers in the Togo Kisen
Kaisha service have been sailing
across the Pacific with equally extern
sIve consignments OF merchandise and
supplies of raw material for the orient.
At Honolulu, there awaits lone
three hundred tons of seed came which
is expected will mark an initial ship
ment intended for Formosan sugar
planters. The Nippon Maru,~ one of
the smaller vessels i'm the Japanese
line is to arrive at Honolulu from the
coast at or about noon tomorrow From
advance wireless reports this vessel
sailed from San Fancisco with a full
ergo, and just where the much want
ed geed cane is1o be stored is prob
lem that at present coHfrohts tie local
agents and others interested in dis
patching the consignment. The Nip,
pom Maru is bringing few if-any lay
over passengers for Honolulu The
vessel carries LEG -passeRgeTss in the
several classes. The vessel should
bring a later mail from the mainland.
II is the present intention of Castle
and Cooke to dispatch ti1e liner for
Japan and China ports at five O'Clock
taking about thirty cabin SRnd score
~ steerage PASSENGERS ~
The members OF the Hughes Comedy
Company who are on Void tour and
who will close a brief enga cement at
local theaters will take paSsagejn the
liner for Japan and the Philippines.
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Mainland Freight in the Alaskan.
A general average has been declar4
ed on all cargo that has arrived at
Honolulu this morning in the Ameri-
can-Hawaiian freighter Alaskan This
vessel will be remembered as having
met with an accident to- her tail shaft
which caused a material delay in the
departure of the steamer from San
Francisco. The time consumed in ef-
fecting- repairs, prevented the Alas
kan in calling at the regular Puget
Sound ports. The steamer reached
Honolulu this morning with five sep
arate west bound cargoes, from New
York that were transhipped at Tehu-
antepec from vessels in the American
Hawaiian Atlantic service.
Captain Hillman reports pleasant
trip down from San Francisco The
steamer is to be given a prompt dis
patch and il is the present eXpecta-
ton that the vessel will sail for island
ports on Sunday evening, calling at
Port Allen and Kahului The Alaskan
is to depart from Kahului to Salina
Cruz direct, taking twelve thousand
tons 1913 sugar, besides about 200
tons pineapples.
cotfins Concealed 1eauteous Maids.
When four Chinese slave girls We
cgItured coming off the Nippon Maru
ct San Francisco, ii was believed that
ttey had been secerted in the coal
lunkers during the voyage from
Shanghai to that city. Customs In
sDector Verney while searching. the
ship for opium discovered what ke be-
leyed was the hiding place Of the
girls. He found in the rice locker on
the steerage deck on the starboard
side a nook covered with a Chinese
coffin, which had been turned upside
down and placed in a hoe in 4 pie
o. mats of rice and concealed by mats
Ct rice piled on top<of it.
Parts Of Ores worn BY Chinese
women ana toilet articles were louni
UNDER the c:4fin.
Tho only person who had key to
this room. according to a statement
made by Vcr1ey to Deputy United
States Surveyor Charles a. Stephens,
was he ChiltGc cook OF the steerage,
who occupied Z room opposite the rice
locker with L:un" Neon, the Chinese
interpreter. under arrest for attempt
ing to SmucSla the women into this
country.
The matter W; s t>fcH up .or inves-
tig&ti0n by Special Treasury Agent
W. Il. TiGwe!l. with view o. securing
evidence that would warrant the ar
rest and prosecution Of the cook.
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Japanese in the Colonies
Further PARTICULARS have now been
received in Sydney regarding the de-
cision of tlo. board Of the Nippon
Yusen Kais'1 70 place larger steam
ers on the Australian service.
The new STEAMERS will be between
5000 and GobO tens net. and it is the
intention of The beard TO extend the
services to New Zealand and AIDE
laide.
Accordin2 - tho Japanese files re-
Gently TO band. a meeting of the di-
rectors of IT, Yokohama chamber of
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