Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-21
new Liner
ON SCHEDULE

Canadian-Australasi line between
Sydney, N. S. W., Auckland, Suya,
Honolulu and Vancouver and Victoria,
Is predicted will follow the schedule
allotted to that vessel and will take
the place OF the Zealandia, that has
been withdrawn from the CA. service.
At the time the Oceanic liner Ven
tura sailed from Sydney, the Niagara
was nearing the New South Wales
port, and arrangements were then
, completed with view of the dispatch
Of the vessel on an initial trip May 5.
The Niagara left Liverpool for sgd.
rsy on her maiden yoyage on March
"a, and although she will be about 80
days reaching Australia, she will have
ample time to take ON cargo after
her arrival and prepare for her first
voyage across the Pacific In place OF
the Zealandia, which will be seen no
more on the Canadian-Australasian
line.
1t is understood that the Niagara
will have a full list of passengers. The
new steamer will be the second lar
gest liner operating in Pacific waters
until the two new Empress steamers
arrive from England during the early
part of the summer.
The largest liner now operating is
the Minnesota. but with the arrival OF
the three big craft the fleet in the
Pacific will begin to assume consider
able proportions.
Steamins Fast, Rams Huge Whale.
According to word brought by the
new Blue Funnel liner Ixion recently
at Vancouver, the steamer Telema-
chus, operating between the United
Kingdom and the orient recently
crashed into. whale when steaming
of the coast of Socotra island, and
carried the mammal on its stem until
the engines were reversed.
The whale is said to have been over
GO feet in length and attempted to cut
across the bow of the big freighter,
which was going at full speed. The
sharp stem of the steamer struck the
leviathan amidships, shaking the Tele-
machus from bow to stern.
The force of the water against the
bow as the craft steamed ahead kept
the whale, bent nearly double
damned across the steel stem. AS the
craft was going at IA knots an hour,
it is believed the whale was dead
when the engines were reversed so
that the Draft could get rid OF her UNI
slightly burden.
There were hundreds of Mohamme-
dan pilgrims aboard the steamer.
They were collected on the bow OF
the craft, and when the whale was
struck, they almost caused riot in
their excitement 1t was found on
reversing the engines that the steam
er had to go full speed astern to shake
of the impaled carcass of the, mann
nal.
Sparks from the Wireless
Six ocean liners were in commune
cation last night with the Kahuku
wireless station, the Lurline, Hyades,
Makura, Mariana, Ventura, and MAN.
churia.
The Lurline reported from SIS miles
out from San Francisco. announcing
a calm sea, with all we'll.
The Hyades, 40 miles out from Ho-
nolulu, wirelessed in that she would
arrive at 10 o'clock tomorrow MORN
ing.
The Makura, from the Colonies,
gave her position at 5 o'clock as s22
miles out.
Commodore to Enter South Seas
Trade
rSlo ,,,,,,o,, 81 oova, rornpnrdora of
eighty tons displacement sailed from
San Francisco on March % on long
voyage to Papeete. She was recently
purchased by j. and r. Wilson and
will be used as trader among the
isles of the Society group by Brit
lsh company. The vessel has been
thoroughly overhauled and fitted with
p new suit of sails. She is equipped
with seventy-horse-power gasoline.
engine, which will be used in Gains.
The vessel is manned by Captain
Ward, a navigator familiar with the
southern seas, apd crew Of five men.
Score Of schooners Load at Grays
Harbor.
Grays Harbor is the destination of
between twenty and thirty wind-jam-
mers that are scheduled to load lum-
Der there for all parts of the world.
Cne of the largest fleets for Grays
Harbor is now on the way from vari-
Gus ports of South America. Mexico
New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands. There
are 20 vessels. Three or them ar
rived recently and the remainder will
arrive daily from now on. There are
six that have had their loading place
changed to Grays Harbor.
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Sparks from the Wireless
A wireless message received at the
agency of Castle & Cooke this morn
ing reports the Honolulan nearing the
pert and bringing: For Honolulu: IL
passengers, 2S3 bags mail, 20 w. F.
express matter, 13 automobiles, 1904
tons cargo; for Kahului: 252 tons
cargo; for Port Allen: 21S tons cargo;
for Kaanapali: 43 tons cargo.
Ship will arrive Tuesday morning
and dock at the Hackfeld wharf.