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

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emphasis upon the hardships which
the measure would entail on foreign
ships, thereby hoping to secure the
endorsement of the narrow minded ell
ement which still thinks that what is
irksome to the foreigner benefits the
American owner.
The bill is obtensibly framed to
abolish the involuntary seryitude inn
posed upon seamen in the merchant
marine of the United States while in
foreign ports, and the involuntary
servitude imposed upon the seamen
Of the merchant marine of foreign
countries while in ports of the Unit
ed States, to prevent unskilled man
ming of American vessels, to encour-
age the training Of boys in the Amer
lean merchant marine, for the further
protection Of life at sea, and to amend
the laws relative to seamen."
" 1t deals with the manning of Amer
lean vessels, hours of labor, etc, and
provides further that seamen of any
ship, American or foreign, may. de-
mand half the wages due them at any
port of call in the United States. This
latter provision is in direct violation
of treaty stipulations with. foreign
countries, and, to quote the language
of the minority report, sis it to be ex-
pected that any self-respecting nation
will submit to such laws, passed with
out notice to them and without even
the decency and the courtesy of first
taking up the question through ordf-
nary diplomatic channels?" :
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Honolulans Will See Niagara.
Honolulans will be afforded an op-
portunity of viewing Niagara. Not q
great waterfall, but fine, new and
eommodious ocean-going liner will be
brought to the gateway of the city
with the completion Of the Canadian
Australian steamer Niagara, that is
soon to enter the service between
Vancouver, Victoria, Honolulu, Fiji,
Auckland and Sydney. Word has
is to be christened Niagara. 1t was
first proposed to call her the Ottawa,
but the suggestion that the big liner
be named after the famous Canadian
falls 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, $4,000 tons and
will be driven $4,000 horsepower She
is to be delivered in December and
will carry 500 passengers:
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The Oceanic liner Ventura is SEIZED
uled to sail from Sydney, N. 8. W.
for Page, Page, Honolulu and San,
Francisco today. This vessel is COM
plotting the initial round trip in the
new Oceanic service between the
United States and Australia.
i 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
chinery, 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. IS
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 a wireless message re-
ceived at the local branch of the Mer-
chants Exchange.
The Annie Johnson was nineteen
days on the trip from the coast port
to Mahukona. The vessel will prob
ably return to San Francisco with a
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
that vessel is, to be dispatched today
for Noyo, California. 1t is under
stood that the freighter has been
fixed to take on a big shipment of
lumber destined for Australian ports
The Saint Kilda represents a fine
type of ocean-going freight carrier.
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BIakeIey Due Daily.
The American schooner Biakeley,
lumber laden and nineteen days out
from Everett, WASHINGTON, is expect
ed here daily. The sch0oner Repeat,
also bringing 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.
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Wireless In South Africa.
LONDON, August |.
The South African Government has
decided to erect a high power station
a. Pretoria, at a cost of &S0,000.
1t is intended ultimately to estab
lish constant communication with
Great Britain and Australia.