Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-24


10000; Harrison NJ. Porter tinfant)
BY Serena Ross, $4,000; G. K. Cor
don. $50. 400: Catherine Gabigan, 800
$50: Catherine Murphy, $4,000; Ar
thur Sommers, $4,000: T. A. Sexton,
5000: Mrs. Mary Bevington, $50. 600;
George A. Ryan personal property,
$4,000.
Oceanic Competition in the South
Seas.
With the arrival of the Oceanic
steamship Sierra comes the story that
the Union Steamship Company, with
Headquarters at Vancouver, which
vessels are operated as the Canadian
Australian line, will place an extra
steamer in the British-C olumbian-Co-
lonial service, the vessel TO sail from
Vancouver within q few weeks. The
vessel has been secured to relieve the
pressure on the regular liners and fol-
lows The precedent set last fall VIXEN
the steamer Kish was put on the run.
The vessel chartered has not yet been
named, but she will load at Vancouver
and San Francisco, thus easing the
pressure on the Canadian-Australia
liners from this port and the steamers
of the Union Steamship Company ply
ing from San Francisco.
Smart Passage for German Ship.
It's considered SMART passage -
that made by the trim-appearing Ger
man ship H. Hackfeld, which arrived
in port late last evening, after what is
declared by Captain f. CRUDE to have
been an uneventful voyage from Ham
burg. Making this port in 119 days,
the Hackfeld brings large and var
led cargo, including nearly everything
from the proyerbial needle to a trac-
ton engine.
In the 200 tons European merchan-
disc slowed aboard are large consign-
ments of liquors, galvanized iron
work, glass, cement, fertilizer, pig
iron, paint, hardware, groceries and
piece goods. One dog. the mascot Of
the ship, attracts much attention from
the local waterffonters.
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Band Played. as HoneluIan Sailed.
The Royal Hawaiian Band played a
repertoire of merry melodies as the
big Matson Navigation steamer Homo
lulan pulled away from Hackfeld
wharf at 10 O'Clock this morning,
bound for San Francisco.
The Honolulan is taking thirty
eight cabin passengers and cargo
made up of 5000 tons sugar, 5000
punches bananas, and 5000 cases of
pineapples.
The Honolulan sailed with large
accumulation of mail destined for the
mainland.
"A large crowd of spectators gather
ed at the wharf at the departure of the
liner.
Claudine lowed Muriel to Sea.
Towing the schooner Muriel from
the port of Hama, Maui to the open
sea, the Interisland steamer Claudine
proceeded on her regular run to Ho-
nolulu arriving here this morning
with a large list of passengers and
cargo including quantity of empties,
"a cords wood, 11,477 feet hard wood
lt.Inber, and 156 packages sundries.
PGrser Kibling reports the schooner
Ariel at Kahului where consignment
of lumber is being discharged. The,
Ciaudine was favored with fine wealth
er on the trip.
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Rough Weather on Hawaii Coast.
Rough weather was experienced at
several leeward Hawaii ports during
the time the Inter-Island steamer
Wailele remained there taking on ship
ments of sugar.
The Wailele is back at Honolulu
bringing $500 sacks sugar, and a
quantity of empty gasoline drums.
The steamer brought sugar from
Honokaa and Kukuihaele According
TO report received from the purser.
sugar at island ports includes the off,
lowing: Honokaa 1900, Paauhau $500
and Kukuihaele $500 sacks.
"a
Steamer Maui an Arrival Today.
The Interisland steamer Maui is an
arrival at the port today bringing H.
304 sacks sugar, and a quantity of
slndries This vessel brought sugar
from Laupahoehoe. The Maui met
with fine weather on the homeward
trip according to report from PurserI
Shipping Record.
Entrances and clearances in the
port of Hongkong decreased in 1911
rot only in number but also in ton
mage. when compared with 1910. but
exceeded in tonnage are record of
1909 and previous years. The total
entrances and clearances in the yea.
were 543,570 vessels with an aggre-
gate tonnage of 36,179,152, in contrast
TO 547,164 vessels of 1854, 361 tons
in 1910. OF the totals given, 44,97S
vessels with a tonnage of 23,G63, l05
were engaged in foreign trade as COM
pared with 40,714 vessels Of %, 100, 256
tons the year before.
OF the vessels engaged in foreign
trade in 1911 above noted, 329 per
cent were British ocean-going ships,
1913 per cent foreign ocean going
ships, lis per cent. British river
steamers. 0.6 per cent launches (un-
der 60 tonsl. and l1.2 per cent. trad