Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-04
TDES---SUN AND MOON
japanese and British strive for

Japanese and British strive for
| Business
Japanese and British are entering
in a bitter strife for business in the
India service according to advices
brought with the arrival of the T. X.
K. Nippon Maru. 1t is now settled
that the P. & %. 8. N. Co. raised
some difficulties in connection with
the participation Of the Osaka Shosen
Kaisha in the shipping conference
that the foreign firm eventually
agreed to its participation, through
the. efforts of the, Nippon Kusen Kai-
sha, and. the OSAKA Shosen Kaisha
has made the necessary arrange
ments with the N. Y. X. Formal ne
gotiations are to be concluded within
two or three days. Mr. Fukili, of the
o. s. K, was recently IN Tokyo, and
conferred with the authorities of the.
N. Y. K.
The o. S. X. will place three yes
sells on the rum, Wig, the Luzon Marl1
(4,07P tons), the Indo Maru (5,312
tonsJ,; and the Saigon Maru (5,31z
tons), and VIII inaugurate a monthly
service. AT the present time the N.
Y. X. are running two steamers on.
the same route, the P. &. o. 8. ~. Co.
lsix, both maintaining a fortnfghtly
service to Japan, while the Austrian
Lloyd are allotting about six seamers
and the Italian Mail Steamship CO.
also about six steamers to the Indian
service, but only run vessels between
Kobe and Bombay about once every
four weeks When the three steam.
ers of the o. s. r., are added, the
number of liners on the trade route.
between the Far East and India will
reach 90. The shipping conference
is chartefing six steamers, as the
cargo space on the regular vessel is
Inadequate to meet the large demands
of raw cotton during the season be.
tween December and May. The rate
Of charter is 16s. per ton, whereas the
rate of freight on raw cotton, accord
ing to the contract with the Spfnners
Union is s rupees 5 annas per ton.
Therefore, the shipping conference Is
suffering a. loss of about Y2.60 per
ton in handling raw cotton.
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Virsinian has much Island Cargo.
The Americana Hawaiian freighfer
Virginian is ito be Dispatcher for OH
Friday, according to present expecta-
tons of the local agents. The vessel
Is now at the railway wharf where a.
large amount of mainland cargo in
cludfng shipments OF merchandise
from the East coast of the United
States is being discharged.
The freighter Columbian, when
cleared this port some days ago is now
at HiIo and destined to sail from there
for Salina Cruz tomorrow, taking
twelve thousand tons sugar, and addi.
floral shipments Of preserved pines
and sundries. According to adyinces re
ceived by c. P. Morse, General Freight
Agent for the American Hawaiian
Line, the steamer Alaskan is due to
arrive at Honolulu on February 10th.
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kestreI for the South Seas Tomorrow.
The last of quantity of supplies
intended for the officers. and employees
uf the British cable station ait Tanning
island as we'll az, those, engaged in the
copra industry of both Tanning and
Washington islands have been placed
aboard the British steamer Kestrel,
and that vessel is now made ready to
depart for the south sea tomorrow
morning. 1t is understood that Man
ager Richard FIT, who recently az
rived at Honolulu from London win
take passage in the little steamer, on
his initial visit to the newly acquired
cecoanut estates. About thirty tons
provisions have been loaded into the
k6strel. The vessel is believed will
make the trip in about five days. 1t is
possible that the KestreI will be sent
to Christmas island on this voyage.
D. - u
Pals Of Clyde Away for the Coast.
After remaining at the port Of Ho-
nolulu since June, 1912, the ship Falls
OF Clyde departed for the Coast yes
terday morning, the vessel to resume
business in the trans-Pacific trade as
an oil-carrier; operated by the Asso-
ciated Oil Company. The Falls of
Clyde has been in use at Honolulu
harbor as station and supply ship,
the vessel being shifted from one
WlarI 10 dnOI06F DIS O6IldHuS lOI 1uSIi
oil presented themselves. The oil
company now has feed pipe lines ex-''
tending to Hackfeld and Railway
wharves, where vessels calling at the
n
port will hereafter be obliged to berth.
Charmer Passed to untinieIy End
The barge Charmer, formerly ship.
ended her career off Cape Henry on
December 8, when she foundered.
Her crew was saved. The Charmer
was one of Scully's fleet Of barges
when she closed out. She was built
at Bath, Me-, in 1881, and made many
trips around the Horn on the Sutton
lines between New York and the
Golden Gate.
Kauai Sugar Report.
Purser Akau Of the Inter-Island
steamer Kinau, on arrival Sunday
morning reported the following sugar
as awaiting shipment on the Garden
island: K. S. NJ $500, G. & R., 10000,