Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-09
PAGO PAGOEN
FETE FOR THE
Liner SONOMA

Pago to have been the first steamer OF
any size to have visited that port in
the past two years, the Oceanic liner
Sononna was the motif for series OF
highly interesting entertainment ana
fetes, with the Samoans, who are de-
clared by officers IN the liner. this
morning, to have Travelled long dis
tanees from neighboring islands, in
order TO be present at Pago. Pago at
the time the Sonoma called THERE on
her, initial visit. -
1T was one of the greatest eelebra-
tons that ever Witnessed so stated
Purser McNulty and Medical Officer
DR. Clark OF the Sonoma on arrival
at Honolulu this mornings II
The Samoans treated us in fine
style" insisted Captain Trask Why
they wanted to make me q king, but Il
modest1y declined inB favor Of Pres
ident and General Manager SamuelsI
who was through passenger for Aus
traIia. = rs 3 - r..
Band melody at several feasts were
distinct features of the entertainment
provided by the delighted Samoans
who gathered TO the number Of many
Thousand at Page Page during the
brief stay OF the American liner at the
American port The .Sonoma came
alongside new wharf at Page Page
which is pronounced as ia every way
satisfactory The American eoalingI
station has improved greatly since last
visited by Oceanic steamship officers
some six years ago. The colony now
comprises soma. three hundred souls.
These for the most part ara identified
with the American coaling station. a
machine shop amply equipped for
most any emergency is installed there.
The coaling plant leaves little to be-
desired. se,s.I
The new club house has Just been
completed, and the Sonoma on her
Initial call at Page Page Fdisehafged
large quantity of furnishings and 81 d
tings including several billiard tables.
The American colony is amply pro-
vided with amusement, even to me-
chanical pianos and moving pfctureI
machines, with late films.
The Sonorna arrived on the last leg
OF the initial round trip with cabin
second class and ] steerage passen-
ger for Honolulu.
The through list included 40 cabin,
10 second class and IL steerage pas.
sengers en- route for San Francisco
With the exception Of one or two
days of rough weather after leaving
Page Page the vessel met with favor
able winds and smooth seas. The So
mona brings c rather small cargo fofl
discharge here, and there remains a
Thousand or more tons freight hessl
tined for San francisco. -
The Son01na was we'll received byl
the shipping and business interests OIL
Sydney, SO say the officers. The yes
sci lay or Miller's Point during por-
ton of her stay at the New South
Wales port. The weather at sydney
was vile though. and rain descendedI
in deluge during most of the time
the officers were permitted to remainl
at Sydney.
The Sonoma passed within a milel
Of deserted volcanic isle, which was
sending up column Of smoke andl
geysers OF mud and steam as the YES.
sci proceeded along her course inI
plain view of the disturbance. Thel
Sonoma also sighted Norfolk Island
within easy range to distinguished the
settlements there.
The Australian press had much fav-
ofable comment upon the inauguration
of the new line and the steamer Sol
noma came in for good share of
praise.
expects TO Retire. ~
Chief Officer C. e. Stewart Of thef
: Pacific Mail liner Siberia, expects to-
leave the sea soon to resi- easy for thei
remainder of his life on the profits ac-l
cruing from the sale of his patent
boat handling apparatus, OF which
much has already been written. Stew
art has patented the device IN the5
United States, Germany, Great Brit.
ain. France, Norway, Canada and Aus
tralia. ~ i
BY means of the apparatus two men
can handle two boats In two minutes
with one set of dayits, one boat in,
board and the other ontboard, The de-
vice is Of an automatic nature, with
no chance of the boats fouling or slip
ping.
An the Atlantic lines have been aft
er me to sell my patent" says Stew
art, "and are eager to install It on
their boats at once. The Titanic dis
aster gave the invention great sti-
mulus." = ax , ~
Houdelett Baked on Hulu-HuIa.
These days of the Texas Tommy
and the irresistible rag areE sad and +
sorry ones for the steamship com
lnanders, who now find the berth of
lerpsichorean censor added to their
many other duties on the merry
ocean, says the S. F. Chronicle.
The rag may be able to pass mus
ter ashore, but there are so many
classes Of people to be satisfied
{ aboard ship when it comes to the
Bunny Hug" tsat the skipper finds
himself in a predicament that he
would perhaps gladly face a dozen
tempests of the deep TO avoid.
f. 1t was of the tickliSh situation
which Captain Houdlette had to de-
eide with the determination of
crrizzlod mariner thai the naSSc,, or1,,-.