Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-09

included In the three thousand tons
shipment Of cargo that arrived this
morning in the Matson Navigation lin
eT Honolulan. 4E.
In addition to one hundred and fifty
tons Of United States governmental
supplies, big consignment OF asphal-
tum and cement has been. received
which will be transferred to the new
naval station at Pearl Harbor. sd
Captain Fred Bennett, master Of the
Natson Navigation chartered vessel
reported good weather, with favorable
winds and fair to Moderate seas.
: Eixty cabin passengers stepped
ashore from the popular liner when
that vessel came to berth at Hack
field wharf before eight O'Clock this
morning. -.s.. -.
The prediction is made that at least
sixty percent Of the travellers can be
listed as tourists, which Indicates that
the Honolulan is justly a favorite vita
the newcomer to the islands.
The Honolulan has $50 tons general
cargo for Kahului and il is the pres
ent intention to dispatch the vessel
for the Maui port on Friday evening.
The local postoffice received Inree
hundred and ten sacks later mail from
the mainland. Several passengers to
arrive from the coast will continue the
journey To Australia taking passage in
the Canadian Australian liner Zealan-
dis for the ARtipodes on Thursday aft
eTH0on.
A new wireless man is aboard the
Ice a.. g. liz fI1,T
Fede -al regulation which went into eff.
feet on October LIST. Operator Edward
Mohl viii take shift with Purser and
operator Levey.
The Honolulan also has new third
officer in the person of Fred Douglass
who Joined the vessel at San Fran
cisco. 80
One interesting item in the freight
list is a shipment of fifteen prize bull
locks, which are to be transhipped TO
Maui for the Raymond Ranch Bten
Low Is looking after the stock at this
print. Three trained police dogs from
Germany and consigned to Paul Isen-
terg. arrived in the liner.
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lnterIsland Arrivals.
Two Interisland arrivals at the port
this morning were recorded in the w.
q. Hall from Kauai and the Claudine
from Maui and Hawaii ports. The
Hall returned with some sugar milling
machinery for repair also q quantity
u empty containers and 81 packages
sundries. The vessel is reported to
have met with fine weather along the
coast of Kauai with choppy seas in
crossing the channel
The Claudine brought q general
cargo including 20 cords wood, 1890
paving blocks, 271 pieces Of hard wood
lumber, quantity of empty bottles,
drums and kegs, SO sacks charcoal, 16
head hogs, and 17S packages sundries.
Purser Kibling reports the Matson
Navigation steamer Enterprise at Hilo
where q considerable quantity of gen.
eral mainland cargo is being discharg-
ed The bark Nunanu is being sup
piled with hard wood railway ties
while the schooner Spokane lies at the
wharf awaiting the discharge of a
of Puget Sound lumber. The
schooner Kona from AnukiM has ar
rived at Hama, Maui according to the
purser's report.
Mainly Pines and Passengers.
Pines and passengers occupied the
attention of the staff or officials con.
nected with the Matson Company be.
fore the dispatch OF the liner VIII
helmina for San Francisco at ten
o'clock this morning. Between sixty
and seventy cabin passengers were,
enrolled as travellers to the mainland
in the well known liner.
The freight list included less than
Thousand tons sugar, as the season
Is practically drawn to close. I'm.
til the movement of the 1913 crop be-
gins. the Matson steamers, like other
vessels trading between the islands
and the mainland, will depart with
rather light cargoes.
The Wilhelmina was given $500
lunches of bananas to be landed at
the California city in prime condition.
A shipment of sixteen thousand
cases of preserved pineapples made |
up goodly portion of the freight in
the several holds The departure Of
the vessel from Hackfeld wharf was
an event which drew many people tol
the waterside. The Wilhelmina was
given a large accumulation of matt
destined for the mainland.
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Canal No Benefit to Australia.
Captain Glib, master of the Cana.
dian-Australian liner Makura that |
passed through Honolulu the middle |
part Of September and has reached !
Sydney, is declared as no booster for |
the Panama Canal as benefit 10 the
Australian commonwealth.
To News-Advertiser representa-
tive at Vancouver, Captain Glib is !
quoted as saying:
You never hear a word about the |
Panama Canal in Australia" said !
Captain Glib of the Makura. 1T will !
be Of no benefit to Australia, for there I
will be a gain of only fifty miles be-
tween Sydney and London by way of !
the Panama Canal over the present |
route around Cape Horn"
Captain Glib said that when he was