Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-14

steamer carried several intending Wis
ftors to the big volcano. ..~. ..
The steamer Helene is being load
Cd with large freight including coal,
fertilizer and lumber, today, prepare,
tory to dispatch at five o'clock this
evening for the ports OF Koholalele,
The vessel will carry mail but no
passengers.
Two inter-IsIand Arrivals Today.
Two lnter-Island steamers reached
port early this morning-the Claudine
from Maui ports only and the w. G.
Hall from Garden Island. Each
brought a cargo including sugar and.
sundries. .#.... . F.
The Claudine omitted the Hawaii.
ports on the voyage owing to the
limited time at the disposal Of the
vessel. The Claudine Is listed for dis
patch for regular Maui and Hawaii
ports on Friday evening. The vessel
returned with 124 packages sundries.
and a large list of cabin and deck
Passengers.
The Hall brought 1926 sacks sugar,
shipments of eggs, pears, chickens,
and 80 packages sundries. The
steamer met with fine weather, with
smooth seas and light winds, on the
homeward trip. = =
Band Played as Wiihelmina Sailed.
The Royal Hawaiian Band played a
pleasing serenade as the Matson lin.
= Al, -.
co this morning. The vessel got away
for the coast at ten O'Clock sharp, TAX
ing 121 cabin and 81 steerage passen-
gers. OF the latter, many were Portu-
guese and Spaniards who are leaving
the sugar estates to take up work in
mines, fruit ranches and railway
camps on the Pacific coast.
The Wilhelmina was supplied with
a fair line of freight for the most part
sugar, and preserved pineapples.s A
wealth of floral leis and streamers
added to the picturesque Of the de.
parture of the popular liner.
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Ruyo Maru Now AZ Wharf.
After twenty-four hours fumigatiou
a. the quarantine anchorage, the jap
anese liner Buyo Maru, from Central
and South American ports was
brought inside the harbor early this
morning and Is moored at the Hack
field wharf where a portion Of the
POO tons nitrates win be discharged
This vessel carries In transit Tor jap
al, and China ports one hundred and
seventy passengers, including num-
Der of European as we'll as oriental
and business men. The
Buyo Maru is expected will be dis
patched for Yokohama on or about
Saturday.
Siberia Seaman Is Released.
According to report brought to this |
city today with the arrival of the Ho- |
nolulan, Peter Grifall, former quarter
master of the steamer Siberia, who
has been serving month in the Ala
media county Jail instead of paying al
fine of $500 for smuggling opium, was
released by United Statesz Commits
sioner Francis Krull. Grifall took the
pauper's oath, which the special
agents of the treasury department OPP
posed, claiming that he was well to dol
and could pay the fine. The finally |
satisfied Commissioner Krull that he
had no money.
Nippon Yusen kaisha Buys s. 8. Hill
crag.
Word has ben received at Manila
that the s. s. Hillcrag, formerly the
has been sold by the |
I m Il
Evans & Co., London) to the Nippon |
Yusen Kaisha. The price paid is stat
ed to be about $4,000. Last Septem-
Der the vessel was purchased by
Mesrs. Evans & Co. for f42,0e0.
The Hillcrag Is a steel steamer of |
1896 tons gross and 3156 net, carrying
$500 tons lightweight She was built |
in 1908 by Messrs. Russell & Company, |
Port Glasgow. |
Denied Space In Trans-Paeific Liner.
VANCOUVER, B. c., July ga
heavy shipper has just applied at
Victoria for space for 800 tons of ex-
port goods to China and Japan on one
d the regular lines, and was inform
ed by the agents, who six months age,
were seeking to secure cargo, that
they could not promise and space
prior to November /. This is one
significant indication of the great in
crease in business in the transpacific !
trade. Overseas vessels are loading
cargoes of -four, feed and
lumber for Oriental and European
ports, and it is declared by leading
shining men that there has never
been less idle Pacific Coast tonnage
han now. An increase of rates, it is
asserted by leading shipping men, is
if the struggle for tonnage
S maintained.
Rates are increasing all oyer the
Pacific, and the sailing vessels which
ought for the old union rate of 27s
id, to carry grain to the United King
lom from Pacific Coast ports are get
ing SOS this season. A few weeks
ago vessels we're offered at 35s for
his business, but the Killarney, Ra-
,ophilI MafronoliC anh WiCo0mho