Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-05

Departing for the coast at O'Clock
this afternoon, the United States
army transport Thomas will be sup
piled with a large accumulation OF
mail
About IS passengers have been
booked for the mainland in the Mat
son steamer Wilhelmina scheduled TO
steam for San Francisco at 10 O'Clock
on Wednesday morning.
Following the discharge OF a small
amount of island products, the steam.
er w. G.. Hall has been placed on
the berth to steam fer Kauai ports
at O'Clock this evening
The Norwegian freighter ProntO
from the South Seas including the
Marshall islands. which received a
fumigation by the federal medical au-
thorfties, was brought to a berth at
Pier Is yesterday
The remainder of the shipment of
oil brought down from the coast in
the steamer J. A. Chanslo7 will be
discharged at Kaanapah. Maui. The
vessel is expected to steam for the
island port this evening.
To make all ports along windward
Kauai. formerly covered by the
steamer Noeau, the Likelike will be
despatched at O'Clock this evening,
taking passengers, mail and a con-
signment of general cargo,
According to T. H. Davies & Com
pany. local agents for the Canadian
Australasian line, the steamer Ma
:kura. departing from Vancouver two
days behind the regular schedule, will
be due at Honolulu on Friday.
Less than 80 tons of refrigerated
cargo and provisions were discharg-
ed from the Oceanic liner Ventura
during the brief stay of the vessel
at Honolulu. The Ventura carried in
transit one of the largest shipments
of American products destined for the
continent since 1t went in
to commission. =. T.. -. =.
SIGHTED Wreck of Steamer oatqona.
II. X. Sander and Albert T. Hitting
err, two Seattle boys who made long
voyage in the schooner Inca, on their
return home recently reported that on
February the Inca sighted the Brit
ish steamer Dalgona dismasted and de.
serted In latitude 23:33:00 south, lon
gitude 1924 east The vessel was
drifting about on her beam ends. Two
of her boass were still on the vessel.
The Inca at the time was on her voy-
age from East London to an Austria
Ian port.
Liners. Taken from Australian Run.
According to Seattle dispatches the
British admiralty has not only COM.
all the Canadian Pacific
liners on the Pacific ocean, but has
also taken the Union Steamship Com
pany's new Australian liner Willochra
and the new liner Tahiti from the San
rancisco-Australian run, The steam
ship Mariana has been transferred
from the Vancouver-Australia run TO
The San Francisco-Australia service, in
which the Natal and Meana are also
plying. BY making shorter stops in
port the Niagara and Makura viii
maintain IS days serviee between
Vancouver and Australia, beginning
With the sailing of the Makura from
Vancouver on September 80.
The Japanese government has taken
over some passenger boats for trans
PORTS. but is careful not to cripple the
service to United States ports, the
business of which is heavy.
-apraIt for Another Command.
Captain George Laparik. formerly
If the Pacific Mail steamship Nile and
low on waiting orders, was a passen-
ger on the Admiral FarTagut from Sc
little for San Francisco The skipper
has been visiting friends in the north
vest for several weeks and has re-
urned to complete arrangements for
aking over the command of another
vessel. The laying up of the numer-
,us steamers OF the various nations
participating in the present war has
'esulted In large number of ships
,fficers becoming idle. The duilness
n the lumber traffic coastwise has
made it necessary to lay up number
&c coasters and more than the usual
lumber of officers and sailors are now
without position.
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Word was received by the Panama
Pacific international Exposition that
Imong the Japanese exhibits at the
exposition will be miniature models
4 two vessels, built during the regime
# the Tokugawa dynasty
One Of the vessels, called the Ten
no Maru, was built about ESQ years
Igo, by special order from the Sho-
,un, to impress the people with the
of sea defense The orig
nal ship was IA feet long and AZ feet
vide. II was painted crimsoz- studded |
With dazzling metal ornaments of a |
'olden color. and was provided with |
90 oars. The other vessel is the
Total .Maru, built about 80 years later |
ZIG RECEPTION TO HoNOI IIIAN |