Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-19
SONOMA Will NOT
ARRIVE Until
TONIGHT

Captain J. H. Trask of the Oceanic
liner SonoIna, now en- route from SAN
Francisco for Australia by the way %
Honolulu and Page Page, mas wire
lessed to G. Brewer & Company,
the local agents, that weather c"ndi-
tons have completely upset plans fer
an early arrival Of his command
Captain Trask has advised the
agents that he hopes to bring the So
MONA into port at $50 this evening.
Special arrangements have been made
whereby DR.. Trotter, federal Quaran-
tine inspector, with staff of medical
officers, as we'll as representatives
from the United States immigration
and customs will visit the Sonoma.
for the purpose Of giving that vessel
prompt pratique
The Sonoma is expected to be dis
patched for Sydney at midnight. About
dozen cabin passengers have book
ed for the south Pacific. The cargo
Of 40 tons for discharge at Honolulu
consists chiefly of refrigerated pro-
visions. The Sonoma has 55 cabin
and 16 steerage passengers for Homo
lulu. A late mail amounting 10 3S9
sacks win be landed here. A heavy
westerly gale is responsible for She de-
lay Of the steamer.
Manchuria Has Big Oriental Cargo.
Freight for discharge. and supplied
at ports along the China and Japan
coasts to the amount of 100 tons. IS
aboard the Pacific Mail liner Man.
churia, which is reported by cable to
have sailed from Yokohama for Ho-
no1ulu on time, and is due to arrive
here about January Goth. The Man
churia has room for 125 cabin pas
sengers from Honolulu to the coast.
So far, the booking for San Francisco
in this vessel has been extremely
light. A large delegation of Asiatic
steerage passengers is reported to be
aboard the Manchuria with .iestina-
ton for the islands The number in
cludes about 100 ,F,ilipinos.
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Little Damage From Storm.
Little damage was done through the
recent storm to lights and beacons
throughout the Hawaiian islands, ac-
cording to a report brought to the
city with the return of the officers
in the u. S. lighthouse tender Kukui.
Captain Frederick Warrf1er has COM
pleted a six-day cruise along the coast
of Maui and Molokai, touching. at sew.
eraI points along the windward shore
of Hawaii. While the trip was de
cidedly rough, the lights and buoys
located at the more exposed portions
of the coast were unframed by the
heavy seas. The landing of supplies
was rendered A very difficult opera
ton. t - ST { - =
Schooner Columbia Roughly Handled.
b In making KahuliIi, Maui, following
a hard "trip from 'CaIeta Buena, where
a shipment of nitrates was loaded,
the schooner Columbia is stated to
have experienced much difficulty in
making the port at Kahului owing to
a heavy sea and strong gale prevail
ing at the. time. Port officials are
reported to have had an exciting time
IN boarding the vessel, several at
tempts being made before the party
gained the deck of the schooner The
Columbia was fumigated before the
cargo was permitted to be discharged.
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Kauai Sugar Report
With the resumption of grinding at
many of the mills along the coast of
Kauai, increased consignments of su-
gar are noted in the report Of the
product awaiting shipment to the
Coast. With the return of the steamer
Kinau the following list was brought
to the city: NJ. A. K. 1850 bags, NC
Bryde 1888 bags, K. p. 1850 bags, G.
& r. 10000 bags.
Salvage From Dredser.
Some valuable salvage from the big
tfredger burned to the waters edge
in the harbor a few months ago was
recovered by the dipper of the dredger
Denis0n now at work in deepening the
harbor. Several steel beams have
been brought to the surface.
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Two mterIsiand steamers are list
ed for departure tomorrow evening,
the Mikahala for Maui. Molokai and
Lanai ports being on the boards for
5 O'Clock, the steamer kinau for
Kauai tc sail at the same hour.