Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-08

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1HARBOR NOTES
Monday morning the next mail from
San Francisco will arrive in the Oce-
anic steamer Sierra.
Saturday at noon the transport Dix
/ viii sail for Manila, unless something
unlocked for prevents her getting
away at that time.
Probably tonight the T. K. K steam
er Seiyo Maru, here yesterday, will
sail from Hilo for San Francisco, San
Pedro, Salina Cruz and South Ameri-
can ports.
Making the run from this port to
the coast In five days, Ia hours and
80 minutes, the Matson steamer VIII.
helmina reached San Francisco yes
terday.
Expected here Friday from Maya
saki is the u. s. navy collier Proteus,
for bunkers and supplies. The collier
Nereus, now in port, hopes to sail
Friday for San Francisco. She is
having her hull painted while in port.
Much Christmas mail for the east.
ern states, Canada and Europe, except
the countries of the Teutonic Allies,
is expected to go Friday afternoon in
the Canadian-Australasian liner Maku-
ra, due Friday morning from Austria.
liza.
Next mail to San Francisco direct
goes in the Matsonia December 15..
Mail sent by the Makura, sailing Fri
day for Vancouver, will reach San
Francisco December Is, three days
ahead of the Matsonia's scheduled ar
rival there.
A radio to Castle & Cooke. Matson
agents., today, said the steamer Lur-
line sailed from San Francisco yes
terday with 1916 tons of cargo for Ho-
nolulu, 773 for Kahului, SAB for Port
Allen and 167 for Kaanapali. She is
due to arrive here Tuesday morning.
Due here the afternoon of Decem-
Der IA is the American : Hawaiian
steamer Arizonah, which sailed from
San Francisco at $3.50 yesterday aft
ernoon. She is bringing a large
amount of Christmas merchandise to-
Honolulu, having come via Magellan.
-
Officers Of the Seiyo Maru, in port
yesterday from Yokohama for a few
hours, reported that a broken propel-
Ter Shaft has delayed the T. X. X.
steamer Dairen Maru, which was due
to arrive Saturday, December IL. They
thought this would delay her about
three days.
When the Matson steamer Manos
sailed for the coast at o'clock yes
terday afternoon She carried 165 bags
of mafi, the accumulation between
1890 Monday night, when mails for
the Great Northern closed, and 2:S0
yesterday afternoon, when mail for
the Manoa was gathered up.
Orders have been issued to main |
land agents Of the Pacific Mail Com
pany to make no more bookings on
the Panama run after December IL,
on which date the City of Para is
scheduled to saii for the Mexican and
Central American west coast. This |
bears out the prediction that the line |
would cease operation by January I.
Preparatory to taking the Mauna |
Kea's run Saturday, the Inter-Island |
steamer Kilauea moved over to the |
Mauna Kea's wharf this morning after
the latter boat had sailed for Hilo. |
On her return from Hilo, the Mauna |
Kea will go into dydock for her annual
inspection and overhauiing. She will |
go back on her regular run December
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San Francisco papers say that the
w. R. Grace Company has decided
temporarily to suspend the service of
the big four fleet until the reopening
of the Panama Canal The vessels |
which will be affected and which will |
be placed in other service until the
big ditch is ready for traffic are the |
Santa Clara, the Santa Cruz, the Santa
Cecilia and the Santa Catalina.
That the InterIsland paid $4,000
for the steamer Shoshone, which Pre-
sident j. A. Kennedy of the company T
announced yesterday he had purchas-
ed while in San Francisco, is stated
by the San Francisco Examiner. which
says the Honolulu corporation bought
the vessel from the Charles R. Nc
Cormick Company of San Francisco.
The Shoshone has been engaged in
service up and down the coast for
of years. ..s.,...
That the steamer Shoshone, purchas.
ed by the Inter-Island, went on the
dock at San Francisco yesterday and
passed the federal inspection of her
huils and boilers SatiSfactOrily was