Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-15
PNEAPPLES NOW
MOVING TO THE
COAST

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The 1913 crop of pineapples is be-
ginning to move coastward with in
creased shipments offered trans
Pacific liners leaving the port of
Honolulu.
The Matson Navigation steamship
Wilhelmina, scheduled to depart for
San Francisco at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning, will be supplied with APP
proximately $4,000 cases of the prod
uct, which represents the largest con-
signment to leave the islands in
single bottom this season.
Other vessels sailing for the main
land within the next two months are
expected TO take large quantities OF
pineapples Judging from the orders
now on hand at the several shipping
agencies.
The Wilhelmina secured 5000 tons
of sugar at Hilo during the four days
stay at that port Five hundred tons
of molasses were delivered to the
ship at Honolulu. In addition to the
pines, the Wilhelmina will depart
with considerable miscellaneous
cargo.
Eighty cabin and forty-fiye steerage
passengers have been booked at the
Office of Castle & Cooke.
New Ruling Hits Motor Boats.
From July /, 1913, all vessels pro-
PEELED by machinery, other than
steam, subject to the inspection laws
of the United States and carrying
passengers, shall be required to have
the same lifeboat and liferaft equip
ment as steamers of the same class,
and inspectors shall SO indicate in
the certificate of inspection. This pa
ragraph shall not apply to such YES
sells under so tons, when navigating
in daylight only, and when equipped
with air tanks under deck of suffi-
cient capacity to sustain afioat the
vessel when full of water with her
full complement of passengers on
board, or when properly subdivided
by iron or steel watertight bulkheads
of sufficient strength and so arranged
and located that the vessel will re-
main afloat with her complement of
passengers with any two compart-
ments open to the sea. Provided,
however, that no such vessel shall
be navigated without having on board
lifeboat capacity of at least. 100 cubic
feet.
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Mauna kea Back from Pleasant Trip.
Fine weather favored the Inter-lsl-
and steamer Mauna Kea on the home.
ward trip from Hilo and the way
ports, the vessel coming to berth at
her accustomed wharf at an early
hour this morning. A fair-sized list
of cabin and deck Passengers return
ed from the Big Island The Mauna
Kea list of. freight was a varied one,
including 1888 packages OF sundries,
1T2 packages of lumber, 2 autos, 19S
empties, 10 cords of wood and ship
ments of poultry.
Chief Clerk James Friele served as
purser on the round trip. This Off
cial was given an opportunity of re-
newing a host of acquaintance on Har
vail, formed in past years when Friele
was a regular visitor as an officer in
the Mauna Loa. Purser Phillips will
rejoip his vessel for the outward trip
leaving Honolulu at ten o'clock to.
morrow morning.
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F1yades Due Today.
The Matson Navigation steamer
Hyades from San Francisco by the
way of Seattle and Tacoma, is due to
arrive at the port late this evening
or at an early hour tomorrow morn
ing with Several thousand tons gem
eral cargo and quartermaster supplies
and 10 head of horses and mules on
deck. The animals are consigned to
the United States army and will be
transferred from the ship to the sew
eral military posts on this island.
The Hyades is scheduled for dis
patch to Port Allen, Kahului. Kama
pail and Hilo on Thursday. the vessel
to load sugar at those ports, leaving
liilo for San Francisco direct on or
about July "a. " - ~
Glenartney Away for Vancouver.
Following the transfer of $500 tons
Of Cardiff coal from the British steam
ship Glenartney into the bunkers of
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