Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-27
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its regular schedule A late wireless
message to T. H. Davies predicts the
arrival of the steamer early tomorrow
morning. II will remain at Honolulu
for few hours to discharge several
hundred tons of general cargo and pro-
Visions. The Niagara left Australia
filled with through passengers. 1t can
accommodate about 30 travellers from
Honolulu in the several classes.
The Niagara fairly raced past Sgd
ney Heads in returning to, the com
monwealth. 1t maintained speed Of
more than II knots an hour and easily
established record run from Auck-
land to Sydney, n. S. w. 1t entered
that port three days after leaving New
Zealand. 1t is said to have eelipsed the
liners record on the outward passage
and is now accorded the best perform.
ance across the .Tasman sea, z,.,-- !.
AT, different stages OF the voyage
from Honolulu to Auckland the Mag
ara reeled of Is knots an hour. The
liner will be given a prompt despatch
to Vancouver and Victoria. s,,f Il:
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Local notice 10 MaFthefS. =,s.5. go +.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, Oahu Island,
South Coast. Honolulu Harbor En-
trance-F-4 Wreck Buoy, a red cylin-
dro-spherical buoy, established May 26
to mark the submerged wreck Of u.
s. submarine F-4, which lies in about
As feet Of water, The buoy will be
discontinued when the wreck is re-
moved, =-.ss - - -
Honolulu harbor lighthouse, 30 deg.
true n. by F. q, 2, mag. 1866
yards. 49,.
Entrance gas bnoy,. No:ai.. a2sdeg.,
true NNE. l3-16sE. mag.l $40 yards.
By order of the eemmissioner OF
.lisA'ho1s 'ss IS 1R albR n
Inspector, 10Th Lighthouse Dist.
Matsonia to Fill With Sugar. ).
Seldom has the Matson liner Mat
sonia. been. allotted a larger shipment
of sugar than the cargo. to be loaded
at Honolulu and Hilo for delivery to
the California coast; The Matsoliai
has been discharged iofs mainland
freight and will. steam to Hilo this
evening ii win return, to Honolulu
early Sunday morning. q The, Matsonia
win leave for San francisco at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning taking
about 5000 tons of island products.
More than 200 passengers have been
booked to the. mainland in the
steamer. ,E liz ,,. -
smythe Believed on Nebraskan.
John W. Smythes well known IN 10.
cal shipping some years ago, is be-
lieYed to have been a member of the
engine-room crew in the Inflated Amer
iean-Hawaiian freighter Nebraskan.
when it received damage either from
a torpedo or mine off the Irish coast
yesterday. Mrs. Ella r.. Jones Of GU
lick avenue is related to Smythe, who
is said to have been connected with
the company since leaving Honolulu.
New Philippine Service. HI
A commercial steamer service for
the ports of the southland, is the
latest addition to the numerous i'm
provements that the central govern.
ment is introducing in that portion of
the Philippines, and within a few
weeks the coastguard cutter Minda-
mao will be plying between the ports
CT Jolo, Cagayan de Sulu. Southern Pa
lawan, Balabak and Borneo. This was
the statement given out by Mr., Batch
elder. delegate, to the secretary Of the
interior. -. =,
The department of Mindanae, and
Sulu will have Immediately charge OF
the service and a regular schedule OF
arrival at. and departure from the
ports above named viii soon be draft
ed, The steamers. for it is hoped to
have more than one in the. line, will
be. used primarily for the transporta-
ton of nipa from port to port, as there
has lately grown a demand for this
plant in the southland as a result of
the increasing number of immigrants
and settlers. sss-.lf5... -,
Canadians Call for American Boycott.
vancouver, b. c., Iumbermemn have
raised the question Of asking the Aus
tralian government to. give prefer.
entail tariff on Canadian manufactured
lumber This Is due to the fact that
nine-tenths of the lumber imported
into Australia from the American con-
tinent comes from the United States.
The Vancouver Trades Council, bear.
ing In mind the attitude of the Austria
Ian government to the products of
Oriental labor. has written to the Aus
tralian authorities pointing out that
British Columbia prepared lumber is
almost entirely manufactured by ORR
entail labor, while: in the United States
mills only white labor is employed
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With few layover passengers to
be landed at Honolulu, the Toyo Kisen
Kaisha s. s. Tenyo Maru is due at
the port early tomorrow morning. It
will be given oil. and before steaming
to Japan and China will be Joined by
more than $50 Asiatie steerage pas
sengers. .-sst-. 49,.
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