Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-13
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The Matsonia returned from Hilo
yesterday morning, and will sail We'd
nesday morning at 10 o'clock for San
Francisco.
Mail for Page Page and Sydney
leaves this afternoon in the Oceanic
steamer Sierra, due to sail from Pier
10 at O'Clock.
Another sizable mail. $40 sacks, is
due to arrive tomorrow morning in
the Lurline from San Francisco. She
left the coast December u. three
hours after the Sierra, which arrived
this morning.
The Inveric, first of the Bank line
steamers to sail from Hongkong for
San Francisco, left there November
rs. The lines schedule calls for one
sailing month.
Fair weather both ways was report;
ed by the Claudine, In at 1850 Sat
urday night from Maui She brought
IL cabin and Is deck passengers. Her
cargo included one ruler and agri.
cultural products. 9.a.l. I,
The customs inspectors office was
moved today to the shipping commits
sioner's office on the ground floor Of
the main custom-house, Fort and Al,
len streets. The change Is to allow
painters chance to renoyate the, for
mer office.
The Kinau brought In 80 cabin and
A deck passengers from Kauai yester-
day morning. Included in her freight
were 6905 sacks of sugar. The re-
mainder of her freight consisted Of
everything from rice. honey and wax
to sheep and pigs.
Last Christmas mail ito reach the
mainland in time for delivery in Pa
cific slope and Middle West cities be-
fore Christmas Day, Will leave Wed-
nesday morning at 10 O'clock In the
Matsonia. Mails close at $3.50 that
morning, at the postoffice.
Capt. H. C. Houdlette, former skip
per of the Sierra, Is suffering from
eye trouble, which affects his vision.
according to Capt. ]. j. Koughan OF
the steamer today. Capt. Houdlette
is living at his home in Oakland"
said Capt. Koughan this morning.
On her trial trip recently at San
Francisco, the Oceanic steamer Sier-
IA, despite rough weather. made an
was made following recent extensive
alterations and repairs on the steam.
er. The Sierra can do IL knots in
good weather.
The new territorial pilot boat Pilot
is expected to make her test run this
week. She was lowered anto the
water yesterday by the dredge Dem
nison at Pier Is, and work Of install
ing her engines is being performed to-
day. The Pilot is 46 feet long and
should be In, service by january /.
Due, here December 30 from Yoko-
hama Is the T.. X. K passenger steam
er Tenyos Maru, from the Japanese
port December IL, on time. A cable
to Castle & Cooke, T. X. *. agents
here, gives the steerage passengers
On board as "a Filipino plantation la
borers How many cabin passengers
or freight she has was not stated
Fire was discovered last night in
the InterIsland coal pile on, Allen
street near the Honolulu Iron Works.
A gang of men and carts was at once
set to work opening up the pile and
moving the GOAL over TO the Bishop
estate lot A stream of water was
thrown on the ignited spot, and all
was quiet again by midnight.
At noon Wednesday at Pier IL the
American schooner J. M. Weatherwax
will be sold at auction to satisfy libels
brought by her crew for wages. The
ship and her cargo up to $4,000 will
be sold. A representative of the New
Zealand government is due to arrive
tomorrow in the Lurline to bid at the
auction The Weatherwax's cargo of
lumber is the property of the New
South Wales government
Collector of Customs Malcolm A.
Franklin intends to request permission
from Washington to open the custom
house an hour earlier tnan at present,
and close an hour earlier. Existing
hours are from O'Clock in the morn
ing to 1880 in the afternoon. The col
lector wants them changed to to
$3.50. His reasons are that the earlier
hour in the morning would be better
suited to this climate, and the cores
pondingly earlier closing hour will
give the employees more of the after
noon for their own use.