Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-16
HUNDREDS DCOASTWARD
CAN FIND ROOM in big Liners


{ he vessel having been torn from its
I IashngS as the steamer plunged
! through the tempestuous waters of the
! channel
The Claudine. from Maui ports, to
arrive al an early hour Sunday morn
! ing, was tossed about like. an egg
she'll The homeward trip was char
acterized as one of the toughest in
many weeks. Officers in the Likelike,
ROW on the Maui, Molokai and Lanai
! run, formerly covered by the Mika-
1 hala, state that the delay in arrival
! was mainly due to strong northeast
winds and heavy swells.
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! Foster May Have New Skipper.
The schooner Mary +. Foster, now
nineteen days from Grays Harbor and
bringing lumber to the local branch
OF Allen and Robinson, is reported
4 to be in command of new skipper
( for at least one round trip. Captain
! George H. Johnson, the former mast
er, remained ashore at the Sound,
where he underwent a serious surgi-
cal operation. Captain Johnson at
last accounts was much improved in
health and expected to be about again
| and resume command of his vessel
upon return Of the Foster to the
North Pacific.
Rithet Sailed lin Ballast. .
Taking ballast only, the American
Lark r. p. Rithet was towed to- sea
| yesterday morning, the vessel being
bound for San Francisco. The Rithet
| arrived here on Dec. l with a large
generl cargo, one feature of her
freight being quantity of supplies
| for Pearl Harbor. The bark made
her initial visit to the new naval sta
ton and while there was discharged
of many thousand sacks of cement
Forty thousand bricks were included
| in the cargo for Honolulu.
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Maui Back With Island Cattle.
The 1nter-Island steamer Maui was
en- arrival at the port with ship
ment of fifty head of cattle from Ka-
/ pua This vessel also brought 2116
pieces OF seed cane and quantity of
empty drums. Purser Mckenzie re-
ports 1000 sacks sugar at Punaluu
and 5000 sacks sugar at Honuapo
awaiting shipment.
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Harbor Notes. IT,. -.
According to cables the Oceanic
liner Ventura sailed from Sydney for
/ Page Page, Honolulu and San Fran
cisco on last Saturday.
The Matson Navigation steamer
| Lurline, to arrive from San Francisco
| on Wednesday morning, is bringing
down the next mail from the main
| land. ~.
Castle & Cooke, agents for the
Togo Kisen Kaisha, expect to dis
patch the liner Shinyo Maru for San
Francisco on Sunday, Dec. %. >.'H
The work of discharging a ship
ment of Australin coal from the Brit
ish steamer Saint Kilda is progress
! ing at a rate that insures the possible
dispatch of that vessel for Eureka,
Cal, on or about Wednesday morning,
The last of shipment of coal from
1 Japan, and consigned to the United
/ States quartermaster department, is
being discharged. That vessel is eX-
| pected to sail for Makatea on or
| about Thursday. The Japanese
steamer is to load phosphates for
! Australia. ..-.~ =
| The steamer Claudine is leaving on
the initial trip of the new schedule
i at 5 O'Clock this afternoon, calling at
| Al n-fc hn
will no longer visit the island OF
4 Hawaii. :..
Hyades Carries Much Fertilizer.
Fertilizer is said to make up por-
Etion of the very heavy cargo 20 be
brought to the islands in the Matson
/ Navigation steamer Hyades, which is
4 due TO arrive at Honolulu today.
! The Hyades is reported to have
sailed from Seattle and 'Tacom with
one of the largest cargies placed
aboard that vessel in many months.
While at the Sound the Hyades was
supplied with 5000 tons freight at Ia
coma. 1t is claimed that the largest
item in the freight list is 5000 sacks
of fertilizer for local concerns. The
cargo was transhipped at Tacoma
/ from vessels from Alaska.
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! After having been laid up pending
general repairs and an overhauling
the Matson Navigation steamer Enter
Prise went into commission again and
is reported by cable 10 have sailed
from San Francisco at noon Saturday
j prise is believed will bring large
/ general cargo to the Big Island.
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II. llackfeld & Company, represent
ing the Pacific Mail. have been aG
vised by cable that the liner Siberia
sailed from Yokohama for Honolulu