Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-09


attendant as well as participant at a
dinner given on board the good ship
Wilhelmina, as that gallant liner
neared the port of Honolulu last
.evening.
Seated at the tables In the pretty
cdining saloon, were milIionaires, Of
ficials high i'm the councils Of govern
ment, prominent business men. thes-
plans, society folk, globe trotters and
settlers who intend making their
MONIES in the Paradise of the Pacific.
i One hundred and twenty-four cabin
passengers as the guests OF Captain
Charles Peterson, enjoyed a spread
prepared under the supervision of
Chief Steward George PASTOR which
will long remain as a pleasant re-
minder of delightful voyage
Governor Frear as well as several
others we'll known to Honolulu, was
called upon for a few remarks. The
executive responded in a graceful
manner and a salvo of applause fol-
lowed his little impromptu speech.
Purser Charles Drew declared this
morning that the Wilhelmina passen-
gers on Voyage Number 80 were all
live wires"
July Fourth was an occasion for
much mirth and joyousness on board
The day was given over to sports
program, feasting and in the evening
a fancy dress ball, proved a mecca
Which really banished all thoughts of
NAL de mer.
The presence of twenty members
of the Teal Opera Company was suf
ficient to insure no lack of talent at
the several social sessions held dur
ing the siK-day voyage from the
Golden Gate II is safe TO say that
seventy passengers arriving in the.
liner this morning are tourists. Many
well known local people were includ-l
ed in the list of travellers.
Old Neptune favored the present
passage of the Wilhelmina to an ex-
tent that smooth seas and favorable
winds were the rule. The Wilhelmina
brought a large general cargo
amounting TO 400 TONS of Which 1900
tons viii be carried to Hilo to be dis
charged at the Hawaii metropolis.
A quantity of steel for construction
work at Pearl Harbor is on board,
and consigned to the local contract
ors.
The cabin list numbered .124 pas
sehgers. while in the steerage were
16 returning Portuguese and Span
iards who were glad to get back, toi
Hawaii nei.
A mail from the mainland amount
ing TO 81 sacks was received with the
arrival of the liner.
The WilhelInina is to be. dispatched
for Hilo on Thursday evening accord
ing to the present calculations Of
Castle & Cooke, the agents.
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Floating Whaling Station.
Reports from the north are to the
effect that the innovation of whal-
ing station on the water which was
made by Norwegians off the Alaskan
coast has been success The station
was made of the steamer Admiralen,
which. on its way to the whaleries
some weeks ago, created considerable
excitement while in gale off Hum
boldt by sending out many S. o. S. sig
nails after 1t had lost it's rudder in the
heavy sea. Then the Admiralen was
towed to San Francisco and repaired,
having been battered by the storm. |
The vessel is fitted with refining tanks |
and is averaging 200 Barrels of oil al
day The Admiralen is steamer off
$50 tons displacement and was remod-
eled for service as a whaling station
at considerable cost to the Norwegian
owners, but reports are that a graft |
lying revenue will be returned from
the investment during the whaling
season. The, Admiralen is among the
first vessels to attempt the usual OPP
erations attendant upon securing the
oil on board, instead of on shore, but
next season may see other vessels fol- /
lowing the example. A considerable
saving can be effected through the
new scheme, it is said.
"a
Erna, Well Known Here, Believed
Lost.
The German steamer Erna, which /
called at Honolulu a year ago enroute
TO the Far East with a shipment of /
grain that had become damaged in
transit from Tacoma, is believed lost
according TO reports which come from
the coast The vessel has not been
heard of since leaving Greenock for
st. Johns, NJ F., February 2S with a
cargo of coal Little hope is enter !
tanned that the steamer will make
port and it is thought probable that
il was lost with all hands.
The Erna was purchased last Win
ter by British firm and was to havel
been used in the sealing trade. Thet
steamer registered 3,475 tons and was
built at Greenock in 1890. with net
valuation of 1925, 900. When the Erna
piled in and out of the Golden Gate
il alternated on the runs with the
steamer Ella, both vessels being
owned by NJ. Jebsen of Hamburg and
flying the German flag.
Diligent inquiry is being made tot
ascertain when the Erna was last
spoken, that some idea may be gained
of the fate of the vessel and crew. |
Indications are that the name of the
Erna will be recorded in shipping an
nails as one of the unexplained mys-
teries of the sea.
The Erna and Ella were withdrawn
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