Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-24

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officers.
A round-the-world tour is to be
conducted by the Canadian Pacific
railway That company,s steamer the
Empress Of Russia will leave Liver
pool April LIST and will reach the
Orient about month later via Suez.
President Yuan has been requested
by one of the political parties in Chi
ma to finance its campaign, promising
his election IL he does so.
A new system Of accounting is to
be installed in all departments of the
Chinese government to replace the
diverse and slipshod methods hitherto
in vogue.
The Japanese whaling fleet has
been officially restricted to thirty
vessels. Last year 500 whales were
taken.
The British steamer Bilbster has
arrived at Hongkong with 1880 bar
|rels Of flour from Victoria, B. G. 4.
American. Hawaiian Movements
The American Hawaiian freighter
Alaskan, with $500 tons general cargo,
including large consignments of tin
plate, is expected to be ready to pro-
coed to island ports. including Port
Allen, Kahului and Hilo, On Saturday
Afternoon. Thisovessel il tscileduled to
sail from Hilo for Saiiha Cruz On May
4th, taking in addition 20 ~ 600 etons
sugar between 5000 and 10 900 cases
|of preserved pines Thee Alaskan has
been discharging at Railway wharf,
The Virginian In sailing dor Salina
Cruz on TUESDAY carried ~, 900 tons
sugar besides small shippents ofzun-
dries. 1it1{s.iss aTtsed saah ssls5
General Freight Agent 10 Pc Morse
has been advised that the American
Hawaiian ffeiehter Eiss6urian Is 1eny.
Ing San francisco Tor HQnoihlus dfrect,
emitting the usual Sound portss This
vessel should reach hers On or about
May 4. The Afiss0ufiaHa VIII follow
the usual course In ctlIihg ct island
ports before 4 departure for Salfna
Gfuz. s IS easssBg II siaas
The Columbian II the next vessel 10
reach here from the Sound. this steam
Ter scheduled to depart from Seattle On
May 6.ess ttss Ss.aafa Tins sseai8F
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Neptune and Wecden Again Clash
Captain Henry Weeden, master of
NE Matsoal Navigation steamer Lnr-
line and Neptune. Aand his OLD friend
Neptune have again dashed according
TO reports received to-day from 1.-The
coast, which allege the Lnrlinea Is
batting with tempestuOus seas accom-.
panied by gales a. the liner snearea
the Golden Gate Theayessel sailed
from Honolulu with an unusually
heavy cargo of sugar and sundries. 1t
lbs claimed that seas wrought consid-
lerable damage to the vessel In that
one or more lifeboats were smashed or
rendered useless, while a cascade of
sea water flooded the staterooms and
the galley. The Lurline reached des-
tination yesterday.
Big Money Paid steredores.
When the Great Northern steamship
liner Minnesota steamed from Seattle
for the orient on April Is, it is claimed
that the stevedoring bill settled at Sc.
attic amounted to a figure approximat.
ing $4,000. To stow cargo of 1900
tleadweight tons in the hold Of the
giant liner Minnesota, nine gangs OF
fifteen worked on the wharf while ffSe
gnngs of a like number of men were
employed aboard the ship to stow the
freight. The Minnesota is rated as
the largest vessel in the north Pa
cific trade.
Steam TrawIers for the Coast Of
Japan.
Robert Bruce, Scotch shfpbuilder
arriving from the orient on the Shid
zuoka Maru. stated that SIS modern
steam trawlers have been constructed
under his personal supervision at the
Osaka. Japan, shipyards. All are
steam propelled, fitted with modern
triple expansion engines. The vessels
are mostly Of about 200 tons capacity
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Nero Departs For Seattle
Following the discharge of three
thousand tons sand, the United States
collier Nero, was dispatched for Sc
sttle yesterday. the vessel leaving
early in the afternoon for the Sound,
there to take on another shipment of
/, material destined for the Pearl Har-
Dor naval station. The Nero Is now
completing the second round trip from
Seattle to Pearl Harbor
Wireless in TOuch with Liners
Kahuku wireless was in touch with
the Matson steamer WiIhelmina at 5
O'Clock last night. The vessel, en-
route to San Francisco, was ninety-si1
miles off port in smooth sea and re-
ported all we'll. The wireless was alse
in touch with the steamer Nippon Ma
ru.
Ecelesia An Early May Arrival.
To arrive here on or about May 10
the British steamship Ecclesia, with
coal ffem Japan, will add at least 600t
tons to the supply maintained at the
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