Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-27
BOYCOTT NOW
IS THREATENED

Oceanic liner Ventura that called al
Honolulu this morning, en- route from
sydney, N. 8. VITO San Francisco,
there Is small shipment of pTovi-
ssons, that is believed will set in mo-
ifion the ponderoas machinery of
general boycott aiong the Pacific
coast 80 -
A trial order Of Australian meat is
being forwarded to San Francisco,
there to be put on sale by prominent
dealer, In direct and open competition
with the coast product.
While 1t Is true that the consign-
ment now carried by the Venturals
not Of sufficient magnitude to make
much Of an impression in the receipts
CT the meat vendors of San Francisco,
20 let alone the dealers ,along the
coast, nevertheless, 1t is predicted
that the introduction OF Australian
beef and mutton into California will
create decided stir.
However this may be, Honolulu re-
ceiyed over three hundred thousand
pounds Of Australian beef and mutton
with the arrival OF the Ventura. The
beef, to the number of fifteen hundred
rseces required considerable portion
Of the day to discharge and load into
waiting wagons. The meat is consign.
cato the United States quartermaster
department TO be used In the pro-
y.sioning Of the thousands Of troops
now stationed in the Islands.
Officers in the Ventura expressed
a 6nrr La Ia q
treatment accorded the vessel on oc-
casion Of the last call at Page Page.
il appears that an American woman
had died on board the vessel while
enroute from San Francisco to Homo
luiu. The arrival of the Ventura at
Pago Page was the occasion for the
United States naval officials to order
an absolute quarantine on the vessel
as well as her passengers.
Fair weather was the rule after
the liner had cleared the heads that
guard Sydney harbor, and the voy-
age northward was wei under way.
The liner Sonoma was passed at an
early hour on Christmas morning, the
two vessels being less than fifteen
hundred feet apart.
Six passengers left the vessel at
Honolulu. They are members of the
Pago Page naval colony and will re-
main here for some weeks.
The through list of travellers is a
rather small one. There is accommo-
, dalton on board the Ventura for some
/ two hundred passengers from Honolu-
In 20 San Francisco. though IT is pre-
dicted that less than a score of tray
eiers will avail themselves OF the OPP.
portunity of q trip 70 the coast in the
popular vessel.
In addition TO the large shipment
OF meat to be left here. the Ventura
brought consignments OF fertilizer and
sundries to the amount OF about sixty.
tons. 81
The through freight for San Fran
cisco includes copra, wool, vegetables
and refrigerated products.
One interesting item is a quantity
OF grass seed that is TO be delivered
to the Southern Pacific to be planted
at the vast number of stations with
q view of beautifying the premises.
Another Like Niagara.
"A second liner Of the type of the
Niagara which is being completed on
the Clyde for the Union Steamship
Company Of New Zealand. is to be
built, according to advices received
here. The Niagara when completed
is to be placed on the run from Brit.
ish Columbia to the Antipodes, and it
has estimated that she will be used
In the San Francisco service at expo
sition time. The decision to construct
another $500 ton liner of the type of
the Niagara has just been announced
by Sir James Mills managing director
or the company.
The Union Company, II Is stated, is
closely studying the development of
the internal combustion engines of the
Polar-Diesel type, and the announce
ment is made that the construction of
an experimental vessel. equipped with
the new oil burning system, is being
seriously considered. Call.
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PEA D. TO Ektend Services.
Sydney. N. S. w, Nov. 26.-The ex-
tension of the activities OF the PENN
sular & Oriental Company is indi-
Gated by the announcement that the
sum of five million kdoilafs will be ex-
PENDED on the service from the Cape
of Good Hope to Australia The COM
pany is making strong bid for the
trade between the Commonwealth and
the Union and its enterprise in this
direction is Of interest to Vancouver
in view of rumors that the company
Is considering an attempt to enter
the Pacific trade. The rumor that the
p. & o. company proposed to ANAL
gamate with the Cunard steamship
company is declared to be without
foundation.
More FREQUENT Calls At Manila.
The new Pacific Mail and Togo
Kisen Kaisha steamship schedule un,
der which liners in the joint trans
Pscific service are to operate between
San Francisco:Honolulu, Japan and
China ports, calls for more frequent
stops at Manila, Philippine islands, &C.
cording to the advance sheets received
at the agency of II. Hackfeld and Com.