Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-07

Sierra Will Garry Enormous Mail.
! What is believed will constitute tn"
: largest mail leaving the islands In
ts.pgle bottom will probably lie taken
! 20 the coast in the Oceanic liner
Sierra. scheduled 10 depart for San
/ Francisco at noon, Saturday, Decem-
! Ter 14th.
! The delay Of five days in the arrival
of the Japanese liner ShinyO Maru,
causing the vessel to depart from Ho-
aolulu for the mainland on or about
| December 22nd. has resulted in the
| Sierra being designated as the "Christ-
mas boat" The Oceanic vessel will
De the last means of forwarding mail
20 the mainland before the gladstone
Ydle Tide.
sehome May Sail Monday.
Captain Piltz, master of the Ameri-
can schooner Sehome is still awaiting
sufficient number of me nto take
his vessel to the Sound. He was pres
ent at police court this morning where
he was awarded the custody of one
well known beachcomber who has
the authorities profess to be pleased
az the prospect of radiance.
The Sehone is moored at the quar-
artine wharf, The vessel had been
! fumigated.
With several more men added to
tie present crew, the Sehome will be
prepared to proceed to sea.
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Vancouver Made First-cIass Port.
Vancouver is hereafter to be recog-
mized as Canadian first-class port
instead of a port of entry, as it now
is, according to an announcement
made by H. H. Stevens, NJ. P, Van
couver will this be placed on an equal
footing with Montreal, Toronto and
Winnipeg. The difficulty Of secur-
ing delivery of bonded goods and en-
animation through the appraisers de-
! partment will be entirely obviated by
the issuing of delivery warrants every
half hour. Provision has also been
made for clearing vessels at night.
Two officers will be on duty all night
to attend to vessels wishing to clear
after regular office hours.
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Much Freight for Mauna kea
The, Inter-Island steamer Mauna
Ksa sailing for Hila direct at four
O'Clock is taking out a large list OF
merchandise for discharge at the Big
Island port. =,-.-
The Mauna Kea returned from Ha-
wall and the Maui ports early this
morning, the vessel bringing few
passengers and cargo including ship
ments of empties, vegetables, taro,
hides, pianos, autos, 10 cords wood,
turkeys and chickens and 1876 pack
ages sundries. ~
The Inter-Island steamer met with
moredate trades and seas.
Mongolia Due Monday.
Monday afternoon is the time set
| for the arrival of the Pacific Mail lin
er Mongolia with 100 tons Oriental
| cargo and a fair sized list of Asiatic
| passengers including Filipinos.
There is room for one hundred ad-
4 ditional passengers in the Korea and
thus far about one half that num-
Der has booked at the Office of H.
Hackfeld and Company.
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Salvador; Lumber Laden from Aber-
deem.
A half million feet lumber from
Aberdeen mills is on board the Amer
lean schooner SALVATORE which is now
eleven days out from the Washing
/ ton port Before leaving Aberdeen
the vessel was supplied with $4,000
| feet lumber from the Anderson &
Middleton mills.
Sierra Report.
The following wireless message has
been received from the Oceanic S. S.
Co.'S steamship Sierra. bound for Ho-
nolulu from San Francisco:
! S. S. Sierra, at Sea, Dec. 6, 1912, 8
p. m: 60 cabin passengers, 16 steer
age passengers, 1850 tons general car
gor for Honolulu.
! Rithet Returned from Pearl Harbor.
| In tow of the Matson Navigation
tug Intrepid, the American bark R. P.
Rithet was brought up from Pearl
4 Harbor this morning, where the YES
sci has been discharged of a large
consignment of cement and other lines
of building material.
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Hawaii Sugar Report.
Sugar awaiting shipment on Ha-
wall as reported by Purser Philips
in the steamer Mauna Kea. arriving
this morning, includes the following
Punaluu, 10UG4 and Honuapo 75I
I sacks.
i PASSENGERS ARRIVED
Per str. Mauna Kea from Hilo and