Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-06

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get re8aikr skiprnents trera Sasa. bas
dropped this import in faFor OF Java
shipEaellfs E1rgoes from British Giii
ana then came forwards: but after
five or six shipments this point OF sup
! ply was dfopped aud the refinery re
/ verified to Java products. Recently tho
factory has been importing sugar from
| Cuba. and the steamer Gleneden is
! row on passage from Matanzas.
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Want Direct line 60 the Canal. :
I Ii is announced new steamship
/ company Is TO establish line of traf.
| tic between Panama and the Los An
geles harbor as soon as the Panama
TO have three vessels ready for ser.
vice as soon as the canal is opened.
Each of these vessels has a carrying
capacity of 1900 tons dead weight and
accommodations for 100 passengers.
II proposes to ply between all coast
ports from the canal to the Los An
geles harbor and develop trade posi-
bilities now lying dormant.
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Now Claim amperator Too Small.
The Imperator, arriving at Ply
mouth recently landed 256 passengers.
Captain Ruser reports that for three
days the extreme heat prevented the
stokers from working at full pressure.
The Gulf Stream temperature was so
for two days. a. .. ~. 4
James A. Burden and his party were
among those who landed here.
Captain Ruser declares the Imper-
ator is already fully booked for the
next two westward voyages. "The
ship is already too small" he added.
We want larger vessels FH
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Minnesota Floating Granary..
Engine room troubles brought the
liner Minnesota back to Seattle after.
she had started for the Orient with
g record cargo of flour, 289, 065 sacks
in all Resides the flour the Mime
sofa had on board nearly $4,000 sacks
of wheat, and a variety of general
freight, including fish, canned and
frozen. She carried 122 cabin passen.
gers. also constituting a record for
cabin passengers for her own expert.
ence.
"a
Extend Pacific Mail Route.
After the first of January, 1914, all
the large Pacific Mail liners leaving
San Francisco on the outward trip
will call at Manila, while the inter-
mediate steamers, Nile, Persia and
China, will continue calling at Ma
Mia on the homeward voyage. This
was the text of cablegram received
at Manila from the head offices of the
Pacific Mail Company in San Fran
cisco.
singapore,s New Drydock.
Captain Sir Arthur Henderson
Young, C. M G., British governor OF
the Federated Malay States, has re-
Gently opened with due ceremony the
fine new Kings dock in Singapore.
This dock will take the biggest ves-
sells that come out east, being S99 feet
in length
Skipper Turns Poetical.
Under the title WAITS from the
Briny, Captain james McCurdy ok
the British steamer st. Michaeis has
published a volume of sea poems
which are very favorably mentioned,
Indeed, by the critics. The captain Is
well known in the Pacific and along
the coast ports.
II
More H8lue Funnel' Tonnage.
It is rpmored In Liverpool that
iMessrs. Alfred Holt & Co, operating
the Blue Funnel line. have placed a
contract with Messrs workman, Clark
& Co, Belfast, for the construction
lof two passenger steamers. $50 feet
Hong. and with gross tonnage OF
20; 900, for service between Great Brit
Jain and Australia
Nippon Steans Away from Spotlight. :
/ The Swedish steamer Nippon has
safely arrived at Shanghai, according
to adTices received here yesterday
Despite the buffeting by typhoons and
heavy seas, the crippled freighter
reached pert under command OF Capt
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