The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-02
THOMAS TOMORROW FROM MANILA
Will Sail Again at $50 For San Francisco
Sierra Coming at Six Today---KOrea
Away---WaterfrOnt News.

through the naval station, was to the
effect that the transport Thomas will
be here at noon tomorrow from Ma
Mia. She will go to the Alakea dock,
and will sail for San Francisco at
half-past five the same afternoon.
She will take mail to San Fran
CISCO This will close at the post
office at four o'cuock, if. the hour Of
sailing is adhered to-
KOREA JUST ESCAPED ACCIDENT.
The Korea stood in the stream for
a little while this morning before
she started down the harbor for the
channel. The mooring ropes looked
for a time like getting tangled with
the port propeller. The little launch
that was in attendance moved them
before they were in real danger, and
then the liner stood out on her way.
SIERRA WILL BE LATE.
For the first time in her history as
an oilburner, the Sierra will be late
in arriving this trip. She has wire
lessed in that she will be about twelve
hours late, which means that she will
be here about six o'clock tonight With
the Sierra delayed so long, it must
have been a terrible gale that she ran
into. For months now she has been
running dead on time, irrespective OF
the weather met with on the way over.
A NEW CANADIAN
AUSTRALIAN STEAMER
A 13,5OO-ton steamer for the Union
Steamship Company of New Zealand
is now under construction in Messrs.
John Brown and Companies yard on
the Clyde, according to the latest ad-
vices from Australia.
Sir James Mills says the new vessel
will be the largest and most luxurious
ly-ftted British passenger steamer run
ming south of the line, or in the Pa
cific. Her dimensions will be 522 feet
inches in length between perpen-
diculars, and &C feet in breadth. She
will be triple-screw, driven by com
bination engines of high power; and
she will be the first British mail steam
er to be equipped for the burning OF
liquor fuel The bunkers will be con
structed to carry between 1000 and
5000 tons of oil This quantity will
be taken at Vancouver, and will be
sufficient for the round voyage. The
vessel is expected to consume between
so and 100 tons of oil fuel per day
A shipping correspondent comments
as follows: Sir James Mills has made
careful study, on the spot, of the
! actual working results of American
and Japanese steamers running on the
Pacific, and using liquir fuel. The
! bold lead taken by this New Zealand
company speaks volumes for the en-
terprise and foresight of its directors
in this important matter of steam
raising as applied to fast British
passenger ship"
REMARKABLE CHINESE CRUISER.
Under thus heading a London paper
/ b
er Yin Swei, built by Messrs. Vickers,
| Limited, at Barrow, have been success
| fully completed This remarkable yes
sci was specially designed by her
builders for the training of the oihcers
of the Chinese navy. She is fitted
with a great variety of armament and
machinery so as to enable officers and
men to acquaint themselves with her
mechanism and thus be able to mani
pulate similar features on light ana
heavy fighting ships. She has two
types of boilers, cylindrical and water
tube, six different types of guns, udpli-
Gated auxiliary machinery of differ
ent designs, and she is strongly pro
tected. On her full-power trial she
attained 21A knot speed, and on her
low-power trial, with little more than
one-fifth of the total horsepower dur
ing "A hours steaming, nearly l213
knots. Her guns and torpedoes and
her varied mechanism were tested on
her trial with satisfactory results.
VESSELS IN WIRELESS TOUGH.
The local wireless office reports
that it is in touch with the Sierra due
about six o'clock tonight, the zea-
landia which left yesterday afternoon
for Australia, the Mariana now en-
, route to Victoria and Vancouver, the
Mongolia en- route to the Orient and
the Wilhelmina which left for San
Francisco last Wednesday morning.
CROWN OF .ARRAGoN COMING.
Fred l.. Waldron, Ltd, has received
advices that the Grown of Arragon
left Liverpool on Tuesday last for Ho-
,nolulu via ports. She may be looked
for at the end of March or early in
, April.
SANTA MARIA DUE SoON
The Santa Maria is on her way here
with cargo of OIL She should arrive
in few days, for the operator on her
was talking to the operator on the
Korea a couple of nights ago.