Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-12
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TRAVEL OF
PACElCE
INCREASING

IraVel across the faclIlc OOuSui Och
eral George z. Anderson at Hong
Kong. says:
There was a remarkable increase
in trans Pacific travel generally dur,
ing 1912 over previous years, and
1913 promises to eclipse all record in
this line. The departures of cabin
passengers from Hongkong for ports
on the west coast Of the United States
during the first quarter of 1913 as
compared with the corresponding
quarter of 1912 show an increase OF
exactly 40 per cent, while engage
ments of accommodations for the
next quarter already made exceed the
record for any previous year in the
same proportion. The traffic at pres
ent going eastward is so heavy that
accommodations can not be had in
many cases for weeks to come.
Round-fhe-world tourists traffic by
way Of Hengkong has grown about so
per cent in the past year Several
reasons are assigned FOR this. notably
Increased interest of travellers in the
far east, because of recent political
events a general disposition to break
away from worn tourists paths in Eu-
rope and countries surrounding the
Mediterranean, and the effective work
Of tourist organizations The attact-
iveness and advantage of a short win
ter season In Egypt followed by q
winter trip through India, Java, and
the East Indies, and return to the
United States or Europe by way Of
the Pacific are appealing to greater
numbers of travellers each year
One of the most important factors
in the increase, however; is the mark
ed improvement in all means of com.
munication in and to the far east
Nearly all the steamer lines, both to
Europe and across the Pacific, have
put on fine large new steamers. Rail,
ways in Manchuria, Japan, North Chi.
ma, and the Philippines have estab.
lished or are establishing improved
railway services Weathe conditions
in the Pacific, especially during the
milder months of the year but also
all the year round as compared with
the Atlantic, favor travellers. Improv.
ed hotel accommodations in most of
the ports also enter into the situation.
provement is the vast increase in the
number of tourists visiting the Phil
ippines an Increase due not only to
interest in the islands but also to Inn
proved Communication between the
islands and Europe and the United
States"
Australian Meat for Islands.
A large consignment of Australian
beef Is reported aboard the Oceanic
liner Ventura which is nearing the
port and should arrive from Sydney,
N. s. W., by the way of Page Page,
at an early hour Friday morning. The
Ventura has but one cabin, 4 second
and 6 steerage passengers for Homo
lulu according to a wireless message
received at the agency of C. Brewer
& Company. Seyenty-five tons of
meat and 175 tons general cargo, in
Guiding fertilizer and merchandise, are
aboard the vessel for discharge here.
Sixteen sacks of Australian mail are
to be turned over to the local postal
authorities. The Ventura is scheduled
TO sail for San Francisco at five
o'clock Friday evening. The vessel
can accommodate a hundred or 4.ere
passengers to the coast.
Notabies to Arrive In the Ventura.
A party of British notables are re-
ported as en- route from Australia to
the mainland in the Oceanic liner Ven-
tura, that is due to arrive at Homo
lulu at an early hour tomorrow morn
ing. A wireless message to the agency
Of @. Brewer & Co. announces the
presence of Sir Edgar Vincent, x. C..
n. g., and party of eight to ten peo-
Die. travelling through to Great Britain.
The Ventura VIII take no oil at Hon.
olulu, the vessel having been supplied
with sufficient fuel at San Francisco
to carry her on the round trip to the
'Antipodes. Forty-f1ve cabin passen-
gers have so far booked for the coast
in the liner.
Nineteen New Vessels.
Clyde shipbuilders launched last
month 10 vessels of an aggregate ton
mage Of GLOSS, as compared with a.
205 tons in the corresponding month
of last year. The output for the
month Just ended constitutes record
and brings the total for the first three
months of 1913 up to ~ vessels of
117,S5S tons, as compared with 135, $40
tons for the first quarter of 1912. The
output for the present month is likely
to more than make up the shortage
in the tonnage launched this year,
since the giant Cunard liner Aquitania
is to be consigned to the water on
the 21st inst.
MeIanphy Back at His Post.
John F. Melanphy, veteran in local
waterfront circles. and identified with
the planters experiment station, is
cut and greeting friends today, fol-
lowing serious illness which kept
him under the care of his physician
for several weeks.