Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-21
MANY RETURN
IN THE SIERRA

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ported aboard the Oceanic liner Sierra,
now en- route from San Francisco to
Honolulu, and predicted to arrive here
bright and early Monday morning.
Eighty-one cabin and seven steerage
passengers are travelling Honolulu
ward In this popular steamship.
Al wireless message received yester-
day through the agency OF Castle &
Cooke, stated that the Sierra has car
70. for the islands amounting to 241S
tons. A mail totaline 402 sacks is
aboard. Sixty-seyen packages Wells
Fargo express matter are included in
the shipment.
The Sierra is to berth at the Ocean
& wharf 1t is expected that the yes
sci will be dispatched for the coast on
the following Saturday taking at least
10 cabin passengers. The greater
part Of the outward bound cargo will
consist of sugar.
Transport Dix Not Repaired.
Orders calling for extensive repairs
AID alterations in the United States
Army transport Dix were promptly re-
ended following instructions from
Washington and received at Puget
Sound, calling for the early loading
aud preparation of that vessel for ac-
tive service.
The Dix was at Bremerton at a
time when the Washington authori-
ties ordered the vessel to the Philip
pines.
Later ii was decided that the Dix
Be supplied with horses, mules as
well as shipments of forage and feed
Tor the Hawaiian Islands army posts.
The Dix was placed on the berth to
sail from Seattle for Honolulu on
June IS.
n6lles Of Spain Now 4 Norwegian.
Figuring prominently in recent ship
ming sales is the British freighter
Belle OF Spain, which has made many
voyages to the Coast. 1t is under
stood that the vessel has been dis
Io<ed OF to Norwegian buyers for a
sim reaching approximately 100000.
on her last voyage to the Golden Gate
the Belle of Spain was in command
Of Captain Minister, who is now mas
ter of the new Grace steamer Colusa,
which is expected to arrive at San
Francisco on her maiden voyage early
next month The Belle of Spain is a
vessel OF 1924 tons gross and was built
"a 1908 at the yards of the Northum-
befiand Shipbuilding Company.
New Liner Rice Laden.
Rice to the amount OF nearly 1000
tons, destined for the island of Ha-
uaft: Is aboard the new Togo Kisen
Knisha liner Anyo Maru that is re-
ported as nearing Hilo and due TO ar
rive there on a maiden voyage on or
about July 4. The business interests
az the Hawaii metropolis are already
manning a series of fetes and enter
Ioinmente for officers and men belong
mr. to the new vessel. A late cable
reserved here is in effect that the
Anyo Maru has. one cabin passenger
cor Honolulu and three for Hilo This
vessel is to continue the voyage to
C6ntral and South American ports.
wireless Monopoly on China Coast.
The Chinese government has given
the Telefunken Wireless Telegraphy
Company monopoly fol, twelve years
for fitting wireless apparatus to Chi
nese warships The government also
agrees to appoint member of the
Telefunken Company as adviser on
wireless telegraphy.
4 is reported that japanese is
being appointed as adviser on tele-
graphy.
store Oil in Diamond Head.
The iron barge Diamond Head, for
rnerly the famous old bark Gainsbor-
ouah. arrived at San Francisco on
AnriI 2S. from Seattle in tow of the
oil tanker Argyll The barge will be
,,eed by the Union Oil Company in
the traffic out of San Francisco. The
vessel was sold to the oil company by
the Tyee Whaling Company, which
operated her for several years in Alas
Kan waters. As the iron bark Gains
borough, built at London forty-seven
wars ago, the Diamond Head sailed
1ba seas for many years under the flag
81 Hawaii, and with the annexation Of
{he islands came under American reg
lister.
much Sugar on Hawaii
sugar acontiRues to pile up in
,lsnfef5on warehouses on the Island
& Hawaii according to report re-
csived today with the arrival Of the
<Is.mer Mauna Kea. Purser Phillips
,,,sncs the following list: olaa $4,000,
0aiskea 5000, Hawaii Mill 5000, Hilo
<.,ssr Co $500, onomea 12,24S. Pc
,..sfso 1000, Honon1u $500, Maka-
al d 1000 Laupahoehoe $500, Kai-
49,, azs4 Kukaiau $3.50, Hamakua
An sS5o. Paauhau $4,000, Honokaa
e.et J kukuibaele $500, Punaluu 1865,
ennapo 1878. Hawi 1925, Union nod