Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-23
Shipping
MILLIONS IN SMOKES TRAVEL
'' " NTHE Liner hANGHURA

Mach smoke should envelope the
United States with the arrival OF the
Pacific Mail liner Manchuria.
One OF the Items in the heavy cargo
that succeeded in bringing the big
steamship well down to her Lloyd
6 marks was vast quantity OF Philip
pine cigars and cigarettes. -
The Manchuria Is bearing 100000
cigars TO the mainland, while equally
large consignments Of cigarettes are
also to be found on board.
The Pacific Mailer was supplied
VITA goodiy shipment OF other
lines OF freight during the four days
that the vessel remained at the Phil.
ippfhe port -
Three thousand bales of hemp are
included in the freight destined for
/ the States.
Tie departure Of the Manchuria
from Alakea wharf at ten o'clock this
morning without the added gaiety
produced by the presence OF the band
did not serve TO dampen the ardor of
many who assembled to bid farewell
TO travellers.
The Manchuria sailed with over
fifty additional passengers taken on
az this port.
"A large accumulation OF mail for
the mainland was Forwarded In the
vessel
The prediction was made by an Of
ficer In the liner this morning that
the recent visitation of typhoon on
the island OF Formosa would result in
the destruction of at least fifty per-
! cent Of the sugar crop.
Following the wind storm came
floods which carried away everything
in sits pathway. ForInosa at the pres
emf time Is saio TO produce o large
Amount of the sugar consumed in
Japan, to which country the island
belongs
claudine Back With Small Cargo.
A small amount of freight and a
fairsized list Of passengers arrived
from Hawaii and the Maui ports In
the 1fiter.Island steamer Claudine.
This vessel brought quantity OF
clnpiies: % bales hides. and 152 pack
ares slindries.
Purser Kibling reports the bark
Nuuanu and schooners Spokane. Oko-
nnaon and Taurus at Hilo. The yes.
eel wsited Kahului at the time the
American schooner Prosper was be-
ing discharged OF q shipment of lum-
Der. The vessel is reported to have
encountered fine weather
Austraiian Coal Expected Daily.
The nter-Isiand Steam Navigation
Company will receive in the neigh.
borhood OF five thousand. tons Aus
tralian fuel with the arrival OF the
Norwegian steamship Guernsey, which
vessel should arrive at the port to-
day or tomorrow. The Guernsey is
now twenty days from Newcastle; N.
s. w, and on arrival will proceed TO
discharge at the Inter-Island coaling
planis
Standard oil Steamer Due.
With 100000 gallons kerosene. 1907
900 gallons gasoline and 100000 dis,
fillate, the American taneer Mayer-
lex, q vessel operated by the Stand
ard OH Company, is due to arrive at
Honolulu today. This vessel has
cargo 70 be pumped into the local
storage tanks. The vessel viii not
remain any longer than is necessary
for the discharge of the fuel.
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NJ sloar Fer Steamer Hall.
The Understand steamer w. G Hall
returned to Honolulu from Garden Is
lands ports this morning without
bringing any sugar. The last Of the
( product az the Hall ports Of can has
been cleaned OUT The vessel brought
c0coanut plants, empty drums and q
small amount Of sundries, The vessel
met with moderate trade winds and
choppy seas IN crossing the channel
Japanese FreIshters TosEoad For Ho,
noIulu.
Coal from Japan. Ito the amount OF
Eve thousand tons Is to arrive ut Flo.
nciuiu along about November 18th IL
khe Japanese freighter Unkai Maru,
which vessel has been fixed to bring
fuel consigned to. the InterisIand
Steam Navigating Company. The
steamer is believed VIII be ready to
leave Japan on or about October 26th
az NflIt ft%MNye-tSt SNc% 9oNys es-a /
The American schooner Helene, az
arrival at this port ons October I'll
with lumber consigned to Allen q
Robinson. is ready for sea and may
be dispatched for Puget Sound port
today.
HSrFooHed Whale Breaks Ships Ribs.
SEATTLE. WASH, October a.
I4Gwra gigantic sperm whale broke two
steel ribs Of the steam whaler Tyee
Jr., and disabled dynamo and one
engine when harpooned of Sitka bay,
Alaska, August 18th, wac told by the
crew OF The wLaler, which arrived
from Raranof island today. The battle
with the whale began when Gunner
Signrd Blick. formerly a Lieutenant in
tff Norwegian navy and the champion
whale gun marKSman Of the Pacific
l:aipooRed the big fellow. The whale
dSShed at tie vessel with terrific
speed. There WIS crash as he struck