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

getsregsalar shipments tram sum. bee
dropped this import in favor Of Java
shipments. CaTgoes from British Gsli-
ana then came forward. but after
five or six shipments this point OF sup.
| ply was dropped and the refinery re.
, Eerted TO Java products. Recently the
factory has been importing sugar from
Cuba. and the steamer Gleneden is
Low on passage from Matanzas.
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Want Direct line to the Canal. ~
| II Is announced a new steamship
company is TO establish Inc Of traf-
fic between Panama and the Los An.
geles harbor as soon as the Panama
canal is open. The company is said
to have three vessels ready for ser.
| vice as soon as the canal is opened.
Each of these vessels has carrying
capacity OF 1900 tons dead weight and
accommodations for 100 passengers
1t 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 Imperator 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. .~-.
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"
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Minnesota a Floating Granary. -.
Engine room troubles brought the
liner Minnesota back to Seattle after
she had started for the Orient with
q record cargo of flour, 2S9,065 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 record for
cabin passengers for her own expert
ence. $3.50. = e. 8. =
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 Drydoek.
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 WIN take the biggest yes
sells that come out east, being S92 feet
| in length.
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Skipper Turns PoeticaI.
/ Under the title Watts from the
Brfny. Captain James McCurdy Of
the British steamer st. Michaels 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.
More aBlue Funnel. Tonnage.
1t is rumored in Liverpool that
Messrs. Alfred Holt & Co, operating
the Blue Funnel line, have placed a
contract with Messrs. Workman, Clark
& Co., Belfast, for the construction
of two passenger steamers, $50 feet
long, and with gross tonnage Of
10000, for service between Great Brit
lain and Australia.
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Nippon Steams Away from Spotlight.
The Swedish steamer Nippon has
safely arrived at Shanghai, according
| to advices received here yesterday.
Despite the buffeting by typhoons and
heavy seas, the crippled freighter
Preached port under command Of Capt