Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-03-24

The Oceanic steamer Sonoma will
arrive Monday morning, with 4S3 bags
of mail from San Francisco.
Another mail from San Francisco,
after the Sonoma Monday, will arrive
Tuesday morning on the Matsonia.
The Makura sailed from Suva for
Honolulu on time yesterday afternoon.
She will arrive here next Friday morn.
ing.
Andrew Farrell, waterfront reporter
on the Advertiser, left on the Inter
Island steamer Maui last evening for
Kauai.
Cargo of the Matsonia, due Tues.
day morning from San Francisco, is
7064 tons, of which 1926 are for this
port and 1439 for Hilo.
Due here a week from today from
Australia, to sail the same afternoon
for Victoria and Vancouver, is the
Canadia-AustraIasian liner Makura.
Next mail for the mainland will
leave Sunday morning in the T. K X.
liner Nippon Maru, due off port from
Yokohama at 3 O'Clock tomorrow aft
ernoon. s-.# @..%..
In February the U. s. bureau of
navigation reports A sailing, steam,
gas and unrigged vessels Of 33,803
gross tons. were built in the United
States and officially numbered.
The old Pacific Mail liner City of
Sydney has been stripped of her boil.
ers and machinery at Oakland. She
is being converted into a sailing yes
sci. L. A. Peterson bought her for
$4,000 some time ago.
Levers & Cooke, owners of the
schooner Repeat, said today they hope
deem by the end of this week. She is
expected to resume her voyage to this
port with lumber next week.
At 2 O'Clock this morning the China
Mail liner China sailed for the Orient
She was supposed to leave at IL
o'clock last night, but repairs to
broken air-pump in her engine room
made her late in getting away. "-
Late this afternoon the Matson
steamer Manoa is sailing for Kahului
to load sugar. She will return, here
Monday morning. to sail Tuesday
noon for San Francisco. She will
take out a capacity cargo $3.50 tons
of sugar and 500 of molasses.
Capt. H. Nagano, former master of
the T. X. X. South American liner
Kiyo Maru is in command of the Nip
pom Maru, due tomorrow afternoon
from the Orient. He succeeds Capt.
H Stanley Smith, who is slated for
command Of the turbiner Tenyo Maru,
succeeding the late Capt w. W.
Greene. -.
Although the Matson steamers Ma
noa and Lurline will sail hereafter at
noon Tuesdays instead of 4 o'clock in
the afternoon, as announced by the
Star-Bnlletfn yesterday, there is no
change in the leaving time of the
Matsonia and Wilhelmina, which will
continue to depart at 10 O'Clock Wed.
nesday mornings.
Handling total OF 1850 tons from
Thursday noon to 10 o'clock Monday
morning, was the record made by Nc
Cabe, Hamilton & Renny's steve
dores working ON the steam schooner
Columbia, which sailed Monday aft
efnoon for San Francisco The gangs
unloaded the ships nitrate cargo and
pat 2200 tons of sugar aboard, IN the
time mentioned.
Due to reach San Francisco today
or tomorrow is the American steamer
Republic, formerly the German
freighter Walkure. She left here at
5 O'Clock the afternoon of March IL,
continuing her voyage from Papeete,
where she was raised, to the coast.
The local agents. the b. +. billing
ham Company, said today they have
not heard whether she has been sold,
as rumored around the waterfront
here. 81
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