Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-25
GERMANS bound
FORHONEON
VENTURA

An armed guard OF British marines
and Sydney police surrounded the
Oceanic liner Ventura during its stay
| in Sydney while a delegation of Ger.
man non-combatants en- route to the
United States remained aboard the
vessel.
Soldiers, sailors and constables
formed a line extending the length Of
! the pier Spectators were kept at a
distance of several feet, only those
provided with a pass entering the YES
sci.
Despite this precaution, officers in
the liner which arrived at Honolulu
this morning say that before the Ven
tura had passed the Sydney heads. II
stowaways were discovered. Capt
]. H. Dawson stopped the Ventura, the
INDECENT travellers we're rounded up.
A launch from the Colonial customs
put out to the vessel. The stowaways
were returned to Sydney. The second
day out from New South Wales two
other stowaways were brought before
the skipper. They were put to work
the remainder of the trip.
The precaution displayed by the
Australian military and civil forces is
pronounced a farce by passengers
reaching this city in the Ventura.
Forty-five Germans, former resi-
dents of New Guinea, brought to Sgd
ney from Rabaul, are passengers TO-
the United States in the Ventura.
They comprise lawyers, doctors, gov
eminent officials, army and navy Off
GERS, business men and artisans. Sew
eral German police Of Rabaul are num-
bered with the party. BY an arrange
ment with the Australian common
wealth, prisoners have been provided
transportation to the Pacific coast. At
San Francisco the German consulate
will take care Of the travellers. Sew
eral of the Germans will return to
Germany. r
5 The war has made itself felt in the
ranks of the aetoF-fok of Australia,
Two score performers are returning
to the mainland in the Ventura. At
Sydney and other cities, hundreds
who gained a living by the stage are
out of employment.
AS a result Of repeated embargoes
on Australian products, the Ventura
is carrying a smaller cargo than |
usual Bitter complaint is reported to |
have been made at the extreme atti: |
tnde assumed by the government re-
garding the expectation of, wool, hides,
meat and dairy produce.
The Ventura brought several hun.
dred tons ofGcargo including 80 tons
of meat and butter.
The vessel met with fine weather.
Nothing was sighted from the time |
of leaving Port Jackson until picking
up BARRIERS point this morning.
Eight passengers left the vessel at
this port For San Francisco there
are 40 cabin 60 second class and 20 |
steerage passengers An interesting |
event in connection with program Of |
sports was tug of war between Brit.
ish and Germans. The Teutons are
said to have won the trophy.
The Ventura will steam for San
Francisco at 5 o'clock this evening, |
taking 20 additional passengers. G. |
Brewer & Co. received letter mail
enclosed in stamped envelopes at their |
agency for transmission to the main |
land. The postal officials say that no
mail from the postofice will be for
warded in the Ventura. .E
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Steamer Clark Will Take Pines.
The steamer o. NJ. Clark, due to
arrive daily with shipment of lumber
and other material for Pearl Harbor,l
WIN take preserved pines as return
cargo, aceordin to adyiees received
here today. The steamer took the
first consignment of lumber to leave
Astoria in four years for the Hawaiian
islands The steamer Clark is oper.
ated by the Dodge Steamship Compa-
ny. 1t is said to be a fine type of
steam schooner usually found in the