Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-22
GERMANS DICKER
FOR PACIFIC mail

THE Pacific Mail has not changed
hands, but it was the general impress
sion upon leaving San Francisco, that
the line would eventually pass into
the control Of the Hamburg American
line" was the comment offered by a
steamship man with the return of the
Matson Navigation liner Honolulan at
this port this morning.
That the German flag may. yet fly
from the mast head Of the Manchuria,
Mongolia, Korea, Siberia, Nile, China
and Persia Is freely predicted in
Coast shipping circles,
With the last call Of the Manchuria
at the port OF Honolulu, the proposed
sale Of the line was freely discussed.
The vice-president and general man
niger Of the Pacific Mail is quoted as
saying that he had heard nothing of
the sale and had no reason to believe
that there was any foundation for the
report. 1t was a matter, however.
he said, that would be handled from
the New York end.
This is not the first time that
rurnor has sold the Pacific Mail COM
pany 70 the Hamburg American line
and In the absence Of any informa-
ton from New York il is believed
that the present report may be an
echo from the past. The Hamburg
American line did last fall consider
proposition involving the purchase
Of the Pacific Mail company. but the
matter was dropped.
The Hamburg American interests
offered recently to build and operate
through the Panama Canal a line of
American steamers provided the
American government would give its
approval to the enterprise, and there
is no record Of the offer having been
withdrawn.
The Southern Pacific controls the
Pacific Mail company, and, although
willing to sell its steamship holdings,
the railroad company in all previous
negotiations has held out for a. price
for its stock that was too high to
make the purchase an attractive
bargain.
The Hamburg American people are
interested in acquiring an American
line. and the Pacific Mail, barred on
account Of its railroad affiliations
from use of the Panama Canal, is
probably for sale
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Cenndlan-Austraiasian Liners Near
TWO Canadian-Australasian liners
are expected to arrive in port tomor-
row. The Mariana. from Vancouver
tine on or about Z O'Clock in tne AFT
ernoor This vessel ;s nnderstood To
have fiftv or more .nassenqers for tbis
norf includ,nr Nine Clara Rutt
-,nted concert SINGER and Kennerlev
I,tF>farf : an aminent baritone
Threneh snecial arranysnent com
<,oto6 befnres .the vassal sailad from
6,sfish colnmhia the, Rgaran,a win he
ht|d here pendiny The concert "a 10
riten az = local fbeafcr
Tha .Mararns WIN he srnni;ed with
.ho1t 750 cases ~ nres4ryed mines
petwaan twentv and tI,irtv n.ssenpars
destined Il for AusfraIia have heeni
hooked Al the nffiee az r n Daviesi
& CO.
with score OF passengers and seVerai.
hundred tons Of Australian products
IS scheduled to arrive here at noon.
This vessel Is listed for early dis
patch to British Columbian ports at
o'clock.
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a ~ Abrahsmsen has bean given
>he contract 20 destroy the rena;5s III
me codfishine schooner I r Snreclr-
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<' "a 81 fisb stiII sn az hull hit uiII
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rsnorted that All the cargo had fallen
to be still in the vessel would prob
ably be greater than the value of the
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