The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-02
AUSTRALIANS BIG SHIPPING INCREASE
Shipping Records Broken Every Year
How Captain Benson Met Death
Transport Thomas due
Saturday

In his official report on the shipping
and commerce of New South Wales
which has just been issued, John b
Trivett, government statistican. deals
exhaustively with the growth of trade
In 1860, it is pointed out, the number
of vessels required to conduct the
trade of New South Wales YVES 1424,
while in 1910 the total had increased
to 1887 A more definite idea of the
growth of trade is obtained, however,
when it is stated that in 1860 the ton
! mage of the vessels that entered the
ports of the state was 427,S35, while
in 1910 the tonnage was 6,290,119, or
nearly fifteen times as large. The
shipping returns of the last two
years were adversely affected by the
coal miners strike of 19O9-1O. Since
1860 the size of vessels had been con.
stantly increasing. In that year the
average capacity of each vessel was
300 tons; in 1910 the figure was 2137
tons. Vessels over 10000 tons now
entered the port of Sydney frequently,
and steamers of much greater ton.
mage were in course of construction.
During the twenty years-1S90-1910
the tonnage of the United Kingdom
! increased 1,37S,083, or 212 per cent,
! while the tonnage of ships trading
with British dominions increased by
! 6,423,276, or 1853 per cent; and with
Germany by 377,142 tons, or 2S3 per
cent There had been a large de.
crease in the tonnage of the United
States since 1907, due to the discon.
tinuance of a line of mail steamers
which traded direct between San
Francisco and Sydney. 1t has been
decided, however to resume this serv-
ice in May, 1912, in addition to a new
service which commenced in Decem.
Der, 1911. The opening of the Pana.
ma canal in 1913 would provide a di.
rect sea route to the east coast Of
America.
The growth of trade with the East
since 1900 was apparent from the
large increase in the tonnage of YES
sells plying between New South Wales
and Japan, Java and the Philippine
Islands. The tonnage for Chilli showed
marvellous increase, although the
shipping during the last two years
was considerably less than in 1908.
The vessels from Chilli and other
South American countries arrived al
most wholly in ballast to load coal,
which was the chief article of export
of New South Wales to South Ameri-
ca. The trade with these countries
was, therefore, seriously affected by
the coal-miners' strike.
The great increase in German ton.
mage Yves due principally to the fact
that Germans were among the largest
wool buyers. Wool purchased by
them at the Sydney wool sales is now
sent by German steamers direct to
Germany, instead of being tran
shipped at London.
In 1876 the steam tonnage was 9l2''
554, as compared with 1,215,171 tons
of sailing vessels, being 42.9 per cent.
and ST. per cent. respectively. The
relative positions had long since been
transported, for the tonnage of sailing
ships in 1910 was lower than the fig
ures of 1876, being S22,093 tons, or
GA per cent. of the total shipping, as
compared with 11,939,SS1 tons OF
steam.
DETAILS OF TRAGEDY.
Details are now to hand in connec-
ton with the shooting of Captain
Benson of the bark Americana that
arrived at San Francisco from New
castle with a cargo of coal about the
middle of last month.
1t appears that the captain disrated
the chief mate, following several
rows between the two men, and that
his manner generally caused trouble
between him and the crew.
! The trouble with the cook began
when Bensen abused him and cursed
him for an alleged misuse of the
sugar supply. On the following day
the captain, seeing the Japanese car
rying an armload of canned soup from
the storeroom, roughly took the soup
away from him, and following him
into the galley, it is believed, at
tackled him with his fists. Five shots
CMerchant Vessels.)