The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-05
Honolulan In Yesterdav-


b. The Honolulan arrived yesterday aft.
ernoon from Seattle direct. after a
very pleasant passage. There were
only twelve passengers, but the cargo
: space was well patronzed, for there
! were five thousand tons of freight for
b these islands.
Naturally, with so small a party on
board the trip was quiet, but the Off
GERS did their best to make the pas
sengers enjoy themselves. The new
: year holidays were fittingly celebrat-
ed, and the dinner on New Years day
: was a very pleasant one Chief Stew
ard Farrell spread himself all round
He had the cabin beautifully decorat-
ed, and the meal was thoroughly en-
: joyed by ALL
Two stowaways were discovered
One of them was turned into a waiter
and the other was made bellboy. The
ship was a little shovt of help, so the
reception was a little milder than the
boys thought it would be.
The cargo for here totals about $500
tons, and is of a general character
The major portion of it is feed and
hay for the government From here
the Honolulan will sail to Kahului,
Port Allen and Hilo. For those ports
she has $500 tons all told. Kahului
will get large number of telegraph
posts.
The Honolulan will resume her old
running in the Honolulu-San Francisco
service after this trip. She is due to
leave San Francisco on January "a,
and will be a six-day boat down. This
will bring her here on January 80.
Going back, however, seven days will
be allowed her. She will leave here
again on February Z.
Mongolia Tomorrow Morning.
AT eight o'clock last night the p. NJ.
S. Mongolia wirelessed in that she
was 45O miles away from Honolulu,
and that she would be in tomorrow
morning at six o'clock, leaving again
at five in the afternoon for San Fran
cisco.
Thetis on the Way.
The u. S. revenue cutter Thetis is
on her way here from northern ports
to take up her station on these islands
again for the winter. She has been
way for some days now, and is eX-
pected to drop in any time. The
Thetis is rather dignified in her move
ments, and never hurries.
; Wireless In the Pacific.
The Union Steamship Company's
r. NJ. S. Tahiti was equipped with the
Marconi system before leaving Eng
land Communications with numerous
ships and shore stations were main
e tanned throughout the voyage. Com
lmunication was also held with the
distance of 1900. miles. The steamer
'Karoola reports having read the Mar
conf station at Cocos Island, while in
the Blight, at a distance of 2900
miles Cocos Island is equipped with
a IL kilowatt ship set. The steamer
Marathon, Aberdeen line maintained
continuous communication with the
steamer Tahiti for thirteen days, and
with the Marconi station at Durham
up to distance of 1900 miles. The
Zealandia, from Vancouver, also re-
lports communication with the Mar
iconi station at Triangle Island Brit
ish Columbia, 1900 miles; Marconi
station at Suva, 1900 miles, and sew
eral others. All the above ships are
equipped with Marconi standar 11a
kilowatt ship installations. News by
the mail states that the White Star
liner Olympic has been equipped with
a Marconi five kilowatt ship installa-
ton.
Hawaiian Transportation Matters.
Hawaii has been receiving a lot of
publicity in Congress through the ac-
tivity of her delegate, Prince Kalani-
anaole.
He introduced a resolution on June
IA to amend the laws concerning pas
senger transportation between ports
of Hawaii and mainland ports in or
der that under certain conditions pas
J sengers may be carried in foreign
ships for the next six years. The text
of the resolution was as follows:
That for period of six years from
the passage of this Act passengers
may be transported without penalty
in foreign vessels between ports of
the Territory of Hawaii and other
ports of the United States: Provided, !
however, that whenever by the en-
Encouragement of a mail subsidy, or
otherwise, three additional American
steamships, each with a capacity of |
not less than $50 frst-class passen-
gers, shall have been placed in regu-
lar service, carrying passengers be-