Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-20
SHIPPERS HAPPY
over RECENT
ruling

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A ruling from the United States
treasury department which calls for
the remission Of a fine amounting to
$"I57 25 imposed upon Captain An
drew. Dixon. master OF the Pacific mail
liner, Manchuria for having unmani,
tested opium on board his vessel is
received by shippers in the Pacific
Mail service with much pleasure and
satisfaction. This ruling OF the sec.
Rotary Of the treasury win probably
result in the remission Of numerous
other fines imposed on, masters of YES
sells for alleged effenses identical with
that for, which, Captain Dixon was
fined. Heretofore the master has been
held accountable for unmanifested
opium that has been, brought into port
by members of the crew without his
Icognition. and fines aggregating nearly
$500. 600 have been imposed on COM
handlers of vessels In such cases at
the port OF. San Francisco. "a
Only three or four of those fines
have actually been paid. Nearly all OF
the masters have waited for a ruling
from the secretary of. the treasury In
the matter and given bonds in lieu OF
payment - ~.
|. In the case of Captain Dixon, eight
tins Of prepared smoking opium and
twenty-five tins of cocaine were found
concealed in the casing OF one. of the
matches, by the chief officer, who had
ordered the carpenter to open the cas-
ing to locate q leak The discovery
of the, drug was made after the Man
chnria had arrived in port from the
Orient. Captain Dixon Immediately or
defed the opium and cocaine locked
up in the ships treasure roo1n,, and
without delay notified the customs Of,
fcers, to whom he turned over the
drug, -. RI .rS,Es.s. :.
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Another Motorship Launched. 100
3 The first Diesel motorship for. bet
Forenede Dampskibselkab 1.-THE United
States Steamship Company was
launched by Messrs, Burmeister &
Vain, Copenhagen. on August %, and
named the California. This boat Is
built as twin screw ship Of the avn
ing.deck type. of following dimen.
sions: Length between inner side OF
stem and sternpost on. load line, 405
feet: breadth moulded. "a feet; depth
moulded to awnipg-deck. "a feet Tx
inches: draught % feet inchesi dead
weight capacity, 1900 tons. The ship
is to be fitted with two eight-inch cyl
inder main engines of the four.stroke,
type, which develop In total eco. Lh-p.i
The vessel Is intended for the. COM
pang's Conenhagen;New Orleans line.
Steamer Melbourne Believed Doomed
Reports received by the bureau Of
navigation at Manila state that Capt
Jensen of the lighthouse. tender Cor
regidor, wired from cebu that he had
learned of the going ashore Of the
steamer Melbourne on Siargo island,
near Surigao, and that heiwas leaving
to render assistance. Perusal of
Lloyds register shows there are five
steamers under the same name, one
German, one French, two British and
one Russian. The New York mari
time register gives the name of the
most probable one, this being a. Brit
ish steamer of 1896 tons, in command
Of Captain Harding. This vessel left
Batavia on. July % for Christmas
isalnd and has not been, reported
since. - = b.. -. - = - =. - 4
It is believed that the vessel that
went ashore near Surigao is the Brit.
ish vessel, which probably passed
Philippine waters on her way
to the Christmas islands. The ques-
ton then arises as to which Christmas
islands she was bound, as there are
two on the map, one in about 10 de-
grees altitude and 105 degrees longt i
tude. south Of Batavia, while the other
Is in about 1853 degrees longitude and
about degrees of latitude, Just little
north of the equatorial line. The con.
sensus of. opinion is that it is the
British vessel that went ashore and
that she was bound for the Christmas
islands situated in about 1873 degrees
longitude and 5 degrees latitude, al
though rumors heard late last night
tend to show that this vessel was. a
French trading steamer, but no def,
mite information could be. found.