Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-17

HAlBOR NOTES

A later mail from the mainland is
due at the port on Friday in the Jap
anese liner Chiyo Maru
! Many passengers will leave for
! kona and kau coast ports in the
steamer Mauna Loa on Friday.
The United States naval collier Ne
! reus has completed taking l400 tons
! OF coal as bunkers. The vessel is ex-
pected TO leave fog Manila today
Unless despatched in a vessel not on
! the regular schedules the next mail
for the mainland will he forwarded
| in the Matson steamer Wilhelmina on
| Feb. "a.
With New York and Puget Sound
cargo for delivery at Honolulu and
island ports the American-Hawa iian
freighter Kentuckian is due to arrive
. at the port February &c.
Taking general cargo. the Tntnr-ls.
land steamer Helene has been placed
On the berth to steam for Hawai-
ports today. The vessel will carry
/ mail, but no passengers.
A full cargo of sugar for Coast refin-
cries will be forwarded in the Matson
Navigation steamer Wilhelmina, sChed'
uled to depart for San Franc SEQ at 10
C'clcek next Wednesday morning.
A large cargo from the north Pacific
coast is expected to be forwarded to
the islands in the Matson freighter
Hyades. The vessel was due to leave
Seattle for Honolulu on next Sunday.
1t Is intended to despatch the Japan
csc liner Chiyo Maru for the coast of
Asia at O'clock Friday evening. The
vessel will take a few cabin and al
large list of steerage passengers from
Honolulu.
A dozen tourists departed for Ha
wall in the steamer Mauna Kea this
morning. The visitors will view the
volcano before returning The Mauna |
Kea carried a large freight for the
Big Island.
Captain Olsen, master of the Norwe !
gian brighter Grena, received orders
to proceed to Taltal Chile, for cargo
of nitrates. The vessel coaled and de-
parted last evening. 1t will load car
60 for Great Britain.
The American-Hawaiian freighter |
Alaskan with large cargo from New
York and San Francisco, is due to ar
rive tomorrow morning. The Alaskan
is scheduled to steam for Kaanap9h,
Hilo, and New York by the way of
Panama Saturday evening.
More than 1000 tons of oats and
forage for the United States quarter.
master department at Manila, 1t is
reported BY the officers in the trans.
port Dix, will be shipped from Port
land, Ore, in commercial freighters.
One steamship company has agreed to
transport the material for $3.50 a ton.
The schooner Defender which ran
aground off the island of Lanai, and
was brought to Honolulu for repairs,
has left the floating drydock. The
Matson Navigation tug Intrepid may
tow the vessel to Hama, Maui, where
a sugar cargo awaits shipment to San
Francisco.
An unusually large booking of pas
sengers is reported from the Coast Of
ficers of the Oceanic, Matson and Pa
cific Mail lines, according to advices
received by the local representatives.
More than $4,000 tourists are said to
have left Chicago and the Middle West
for California points. One train was
due to leave an eastern gateway in
seven sections.
The departure of the Matson Naviga-
ton steamer Lurline for San Francis.
co yesterday afternoon was attended
by a large crowd to bid farewell to a
of Hawaiian singers bound
for the Panama exposition. The Lur
line took more than 5000 tons Of is
land products, including sugar and mo-
lasses and 1000 cases of pines. A
score of cabin and 100 steerage pas
sengers left in the vessel.