Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-05
HARBOR NOTES


Arrival at Victoria yesterday, on
time, of the Canadian-Australasi
liner Niagara, from Honolulu April %,
is reported. ."
Next mail from San Francisco, 635
hays. will arrive Monday morning in
the Oceanic liner Ventura, due to dock
at Pier 10 about 1880.
Mail for Manila, Hongkong and be-
You'd, and China ports, will be taken
from Honolulu by the u. S. army
transport Butcrd, steaming Monday.
Next mail for San Francisco will
leave Tuesday at noon on the Mat
son steamer Luriine. mails closing at
the postoffice an hour and a half be-
fore steaming time.
Work was started this morning by
Contractor Joseph Whittle, beginning
painting the roof of the custom house
building used by the public health ser.
vice for its headquarters.
Advices received by II. Hackfeld &
Company are that the Morse steamer
Cuzco, with nitrate for the Pacific
Guano & Fertilizer Company, will ar
rive Monday from Pisagua, Chile,
At s o'clock tonight the Matson
steamer Lurline will steam for Kaa-
napali and Kahului, to load sugar, re-
turning here Monday morning, to
steam Tuesday noon for San Fran
cisco.
The FederaPs Heeia plant spoke the
Oceanic liner Sonoma, bound to San
Francisco, this morning. She reported
a good voyage and everyone well. The
Sonoma left here Tuesday afternoon,
and is due to reach San Francisco
Monday.
The 14,l7s.ton island sugar cargo of
the American Hawaiian steamer Tex
an was discharged at San Francisco
in SO hours. an average Of PSF tons
an hour. The Mexican discharged a.
cargo only few tons less, in abou.
so hours. nne
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Expected tomorrow from the Pan.
anna Canal, for bunkers, Is. the NJ
Y. X. freight steamer SaRuli Maru,
C. Brewer & Company, agents. She
win be Is days out tomorrow from
the Big Ditch. no wireless from her
has yet been received.
4<r1a IN or
passenger department of c. Brewer 4
Company, Oceanic agents, for the Gee
anic steamer Sierra, due here. from
Sydney May Is, to sail the same after.
noon for San Francisco There are
only 80 cabin and 10 second cabin
booked to date from this port.
Changing the name of the T. *. K.
steamer Shinyo Maru No. 2, to
Jinyo Maru, is q change SO far as
written and spoken English is COLI
cerned,. but no change whatever In
the Japanese The Japanese charac-
ter forming the first syllable of the
name can be pronounced either Shin
or jim"
Although there il no regular steam
er to Japan before the China, sched-
uled to arrive. from San Francisco
May rs, but already four days late
coming from the Orient, the postoffice
may dispatch the next mail to Japan
by Japanese tramp steamer, several
of which are due soon from Panama
for bunkers.
Cargo being brought to Honolulu in
the Matson steamer Wilhelmina, which
has total Of 6979 tons aboard, as
stated by the Star-Bulletin yesterday,
is 979. tons more than her normal
capacity, and. 10 tons more than the
big cargo she brought last trip, $500
tons. The wilhelmina's gross ton.
mage is 1914, and net 4402.
The Inter-Island steamer Claudine
yesterday brought 10 cabin and 10
deck passengers from Maui Her in
ward freight included 200 sacks of
sugar. one auto, so cases Of pines, nine
barrels Of wine, 80 hogs, four crates
Of chickens, two crates Of pigs, and
271 sundries. A strong northeast wind
and rough seas inward were reported.
The lighthouse tender Columbine
has returned from a cruise around
the islands, Capt Frank T. Warri.
ner reported to Lighthouse Inspector
Arthur E.. Arledge Of the 18th Light.
house District, that he was able TO
pull the InterIsland steamer Mikahala
off the rocks at Kalaupapa, windward
Molokai, 10 minutes after he had a
line aboard her.
Correct spelling of the name of the
new unsuitable hfeboats on board the
q. s. army transport Buford is Lundin
not Isondaine, as reported by a morn
! ing paper. The boat is manufactured
by the Lundin Lifeboat Company, Of
which Capt. Lundin, the inventor, is
an official. The boats will be used ny
the life-saving station on Fraile island
entrance of Manila bays
An Associated Press despatch from
San Francisco last night states that