Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-07


Mskura In Need Of Extensive
Repair
The Canadian-AustraIasi liner
Makura, now at Vancouver following
q rather disastrous trip from Sydney
via Auckland and Suya is reported as
In need of extensive repairs, follow
ing fire that occurred on board
some hours after leaving the Aus
tralian port Through fire as well as
tempest the deck fittings were dam
aged to large extent, the steel tank
was crumpled by the force OF the
water. and several portfolios in the
steerage were forced in
In the third-class quarters the
waters flooded several feet deep.
Owing TO the fiereeness OF the gale
Few OF the passengers were aware of
the outbreak of fire i'm the mail room
in No. 2 hold
When 20 miles from Sydney smoke
was seen issuing from the forward
part Of the vessel Il was hove TO in
the teeth of the gale
When the mail room was opened
flames at once issued, accompanied
by dense smoke, which almost suffo-
Gated the fire-fighters The origin of
the fire is a mystery
Twelve London news bags, two Lon
don and one Paris letter bags were
damaged. In all six thousand letters
were damaged
Sea Serpent no Longer a Myth.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25.-The
sea serpent about which many thous-
ands of mariners most fearsomely
have lied" is at last proved to be an
actual fact. Professor William G.
Blunt OF Golden Gate Park Museum
v0uched for the existence OF this
creature SO long believed to be fabu-
l0us, and in proof OF his statement
exhibits the animal itself In the mu-
scum. 1t was captured in the Gulf
Of Nacoya, Costa RIGA, and has been
christened The spotted-tailed sea
SNAKE 1t is a genuine snake, with
forked tongue. The upper part. OF
the body is black and the lower part
yellow. Only in the tail does it diff
fer from the land serpent. This is
and is used to propel the snake
through the water.
As proof that excited sea travel
ers have exaggerated greatly in their
accounts of the size of the sea SER
pent, Professor Blunt points to the
size Of the snake that he has secured.
Il Is ten inches long and as thick as
3 lead pencil. II is real snake and
does not belong 10 the eel family.
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Tx. X. to Promote Employees.
The report that the Togo Kisen Kai-
sha would secure one or more new
purserg outside the present ranks of
employees is denied by prominent of
fIcials identified with the company.
The HOngkong Maru that is soon to
enter the intermediate service be-
tween the orient and the Pacific
coast of the United States is predict
ed will give opportunity for the adj
yancement of one or more officers in
the company. Ii is said that when
the Hongkong Maru goes into com
mission on the run to this port one
Of the freight clerks now in the en-
steamers of the fleet viii be appoint
ed to fill the vacancy.
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II. X. X. to Promote Employees
The report that the Togo Kisen
Kaisha would secure one or more new
pursers outside the present ranks of .
employees is denied by prominent Of
I..f~ l.
The Hongkong Maru, that is soon to
enter the intermediate service be-
tween the Orient and the Pacific
Coast of the United States, is pre-
dicted will give opportunity for the
advancement of one or more officers
IN the company
II is said that when the Hongkong
Naru goes into commission on the run
70 this port, one of the freight clerks
now in the employ of the company on
the other steamers of the fleet will
be appointed to fill the vacancy.
Transport Manila to tho Junk Pile.
WASHINGTON, April 23-The navy |
department has condemned and viii I
shortly offer for sale at the Mare
Island navy yard the old transport
Manila +
This vessel was formerly Spanish
Transport and was captured in Bakoor
bay on May 4. 1898. incident TO the
operations of the feet under Admiral
Dewey in Manila bay.
For the last several years the Ma
Mia has been used as a prison and
Retention ship at Mare Island {
New Line for Coastwise Traffic.
SEATTLE, April 24.-W. p. Hinton,
general passenger agent of the Grand
Trunk system, announced today that :
his company, which has already ar !
ranged for daily steamer service be- {
tween Puget Sound and British Co
lnmbia ports, will put on a line of fast