Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-23
Liner China Brings MANY
merry MAIDS FOR HONOLULU

Vancouver Victoria, Honolulu, Fiji,
Auckland and Sydney. Word has
he"n received here that the new liner
is to be Christened Niagara. 1t was
FIRST proposed TO can her the Ottawa,
but the suggestion that the big liner
be named after the famous Canadian
tails was accepted. The launching
will take place at Clydebank in Aug
ust, in the presence Of Premier and
Mrs Borden and officials Of the Union
Steamship Company. The new liner
Is to be 500 feet long, 1900 tons and
will be driven 1900 horsepower She
is TO be delivered in December and
will carry 800 passengers.
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Ventura Departs from Sydney Today.
The Oceanic liner Ventura is SEIZED
uled to sail from Sydney, n. S. W.,
for Page, Page, Honolulu and San
Francisco today. This vessel is com
pleting the initial round trip in the
new Oceanic service between the
United States and Australia.
The local agents will receive a
cable Immediately following the
steamers departure from the Austria
Ian port, which will give all data
concerning the number of available
berths for passengers who may join
the vessel at Honolulu for the coast
Hiihau in With Sugar Cargo.
Bringing 600 sacks sugar, guam
tity of empties and 213 packages ma
ctinery, the Inter-Island steamer Nil
hau is an arrival at the port today
This vessel is listed for an early. dis
patch to the Big Island. The officers
report fine weather with favorable
seas and winds.
Annie johnson Made Fair Passage.
The American schooner Annie
Johnson, with a large general cargo
of merchandise supplied at San Fran
cisco, arrived at Mahukona yesterday,
according to d wireless message re-
Ceiyed at the local branch of the Mer-
chants Exchange.
The Annie Johnson was nineteen
Gays on the trip from the coast port
to Mahukona The vessel will prob
ably return to San Francisco with
full shipment of sugar.
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Saint kiIda to Coast Lumber Ports.
The last of five thousand tons Aus
tralian coal has been discharged from
the British freighter Saint Kilda and
hat vessel is to be dispatched today
for Noyo, California. 1t is under
stood that the freighter has been
fixed to- take on big shipment Of
lumber destined for Australian ports.
The Saint Kilda represents a fine
type of ocean-going freight carrier.
Long Passage for the HecIa.
The bark HeCla made a long pas
sage from Honolulu to San Francisco,
the vessel sailing from here on July
Doth and arriving at the coast port
yesterday.
According ito a cable received at
the local branch of the Merchants
Exchange, the schooner Annie Camp,
bell sailed from Tacoma yesterday
with ifull shipment of lumber des
tined for Honolulu.
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BIakeTey Due Daily.
The American schooner Biakeley,
lumber laden and nineteen days out
from Everett, Washington, is expect
ed here daily. The schooner Repeat,
also bringing a consignment of lum
Der, should arrive from Willapa Har
Dor to the order of Levers & Cooke.
This vessel is now thirty days from
the Washington port.
Manchuria Sailed for Honolulu.
The Pacific Mail liner Manchuria
is reported by special cable to the
Merchants Exchange as having sailed
at 100 this afternoon from San Fran
cisco with destination as Honolulu
Ind the coast Of asia. The Man
churia is due to arrive here on Aug
USt 18th.
LONDON, August l.
The South African Government has
decided to erect high power station
at Pretoria, at a cost OF GS0,OO0.
1t is intended ultimately to eStab-
lsh constant communication with
Great Britain and Australia.
Some minor repairs are being made
in the schooner }. NJ. Griffiths before
that windjammer is dispatched for a
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