Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-02

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The Norwegian freighter Prone
theus, having been discharged of &
shipment Of phosphate. rock from thu
south seas, will be dispatched to Sgd
ney, N. s. W., today, the vessel to en-.
ter drydock there for a genera
cleaning and re-painting.
The Prometheus has been under
charter for some time past to carry
phosphate rock from Makatea to Ho.
nolulu. The vessel has completed
several round trips but it is claimed
that the time in covering the distance
has Of late been materially heightened
because Of a foul bottom.
The Norwegian steamer Promise
not stranger at the port of Homo
lulu. by any manner of means, has
been chartered to bring at least one
consignment Of fertilizer material to
the islands pending the repairs to the
Prpmetheus.
The Prometheus is expected to ar
rive here on or about the first part OF
September. T. H. Davies & Co. rep
resent the Prometheus as well as the
Promise IN the phosphate-carrying
trade.
Long Freight War starts on Pacific.
Prospects for an early settlement
of the differences between the steam
ship companies on the Pacific regard
ing freight rates are remote according
70 the Vancouver fB. c. Sum-, and the
feult is expected to be long hard
fr0ght-rate war on trans-Pacific
lgeights and particularly upon goods
from India for the west coast of
America by way Of the Pacific, ac-
cOrdipg to report made by u. s.
Consul General Anderson, of Hong
kong, from adyices brought on the
Nonteagle from the Orient. The chief
conlmodity affected Is gunny sacks,
but the trade includes many other pro-
ducts.
The trans-Pacific freight trade, ac-
cording to Consul Anderson, especial-
" that portion concerned in exports
from Calcutta to the United States, is
nRitated by the severance of the con-
nection with. the Calcutta Pacific
Coast freight conference of the Nip
pom Yusep Kaisha, the subsidized Jap
oneee company which maintains a
trans Pacific service from Hongkong.
The severance is by formal action of
tie Conference lines. The action
grows out of the establishment of this
Japanese Calcutta Kobe service, which
sought chiefly to reach the trade in
Flinny bags for the United States.
Upon the Calcutta FIengkone Com
terence lines refusing to admit the
Japanese lines as member, the lat
ter announced that the company
would withdraw from the gunny
ekreement of the Calcutta trans Pa
cific service. 1t appears that pre-
vious to this announcement the COM
pany signed forward contracts for
fnnny business to the United States
for the season commencing July i,
1912 This action was taken before
the Conference had agreed upon rates
for the season, and because of this
course by the Japanese company the
Conference took the action excluding
the Nippon concern from the Confer
ence.
Seven o. Yacht Crew Tell Shanghai
VANCOUVER tB. C.).s July 49,
OlalIuftI6 IHdIs SilSy WSiSe piuCl1SdlJ
shanghaied on board John d. Spreck-
els yacht, the Venetia, while at
Ketchikan, Alaska, seven seamen
were landed in Vancouver today. They
allege that their dunnage is still
aboard the floating palace. and that
Spreckels refused TO hear their COM
plants.
n. S. Hanson, quartesmaster; G.
McCabe, Carl Johnson, Richard Eek
arit, A. Olstrom, Oscar Yansen and
julius Jorgensen shipped with the We
META at San Diego. At San Francisco
q new first mate, Harry Rainier, was
taken on. The men claimed that he
adopted training methods of mod
ern Captain Kidd and at Ketchi-
kan two seamen were discharged. The
remainder of the deck crew quit, but
the mate refused to land them.
An appeal to Captain Thompson and
Spreckels resulted, they say, in a
bread -and-waaer diet until the ship
reached Vancouver, where the men
were put ashore, minus dunnage and
back pay The Venetia remained In
port two hours, sailing at 5 o'clock.
Motor Liner from Chinese Shipyards,
HONGK0NG, China, June 25.-The
Taikoo Dock Company. has received an
order for the construction of large
motor steamer. The order was plac-
ed by the Asiatic Petroleum Com
many. which wishes the vessel for its
own service, and calls for craft 218
feet long. having 80 feet beam. The
vessel will be driven by powerful mo-
tor engines.
The placing of the order has at
tracted general attention in shipping
circles, the vessel being the largest of
the kind to be constructed in the far
east
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FueI for the port in Transport
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Fuel for this port, insthe form of