Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-27

] from EonoluIu April 10, is reported
Total passengers on board the Shin,
yo Maru. due off port at 3 O'Clock to
morrow morning from San Francisco
are 719.
Next mail from Australia will ar
rive tomorrow morning in tho
Niagara The Sonoma, due Tuesday
morning. viii have mail from Sydney
and Pago-Pago. ~>".. -.
According to treasury decision &c..
279, there is no provision of law un
a greater value than that entered Or
returned by appraising officers.
After the Shinyo Maru tomorrow
| morning, the American Hawaiian
steamer Texan, scheduled to arrive
Monday morning, VIII bring mail from
San Francisco. She has 300 sacks.
Yesterday the Oceanic liner Sonoma
steamed from Pago-Pago for Honolulu.
She will arrive Tuesday morning,
leaving about that afternoon for San
Francisco, taking the next coast mail.
Next mail for the Northwest, Can
ada, Eastern states and Europe, ex.
cept the Teutonic Allies, countries,
will leave tomorrow. afternoon on the
Canadian-Australasian liner Niagara.
Advices to the Inter-Island are that
the Japanese coal steamer Tsurugi.
san Maru left Muroran Tuesday, lad.
en- with 1000 tons of coal for the COM
pany She is expected to arrive here
May 10.
Steaming for Hilo at o'clock this
afternoon from Pier 10, the Matscn
liner Matsonia is taking about Is
passengers to see Kilauea Volcano.
Marc Klaw, the New York theatrical
man, is among the tourists going over
More than 5000 tons of cargo are in
the Matson steamer Lurline, due Tues
day morning from San Francisco. She
has 5063 tons for Honolulu and 1865
for Kahului. The Lurline left San
rrancisco at o'clock Tuesday after
noon.
A sailing vessel whose identity
could not be made out was passed by
the Matson. freighter Hyades when
she was three days out, Captain Viii.
liam Rand reported this morning The
ship was apparently headed for Puget
Sound.
Target practise was held Monday
by the K-4. The submarine tender
Alert towed targets for the submers
sible. while the XII and KS made sur
face runs outside Pearl Harbor, re.
turning to their base about 2 O'Clock
that afternoon.
The InterIsland steamer Claudine
brought 22 cabin and % deck passen-
gers from Maui today. Inward freight
included 35 head of cattle, 10 calves,
IL tons of scrap iron, one auto, 80
hogs, crate of pigs, eight crates OF
chickens and 80 sundries.
= Manager w. Y. Motley of the FEEDER
ais local office reported today that
Chief Operator C. r. Parker of the
FederaIs Heeia station spoke the Oce-
anic liner Sierra last night when the
steamer was 2915 miles from Homo.
lulu, bound for Sydney. This point is
652 miles the other side of Page Pago.
The Sierra reported all well.
H. A cablegram outlining the present
passenger congestion between Homo.
lulu land the mainland has been sent
to Fred L. Waldron by the Promotion
Committee, urging, him to make an
other effort to have one of the Hill
liners put on the. Honolulu run for the
summer tourist traffic. -Matson steam
ers for June and July are already
booked to capacity to San Francisco
Among the passengers expected IN
the Matscn steamer Lurline, due Tues.
day morning from San Francisco, is
Roderick Lamb, new manager of the
Armstrong interests on Tanning
Island Mr.. Lamb is from London. A
new captain of the Kestrel, which
plies between this port and Tanning,
is also coming on the Lurline to To
lieye Capt E. l.. Tindall, who Is go
ing into the garage and machine shop
business in Honolulu. =
Treasury decision 36,277 received
this week by the custom house, and
giving the values of foreign coins in
American money, shows some inter.
esting figures. The Mexican peso, Of
dollar, is only worth $.49S5, less than
half dollar, and the Mexican ex.
change rate is stated in the decision
to be violently fluctuating, approx.
mately S015. There are II varieties
of Chinese currency listed, and the
Hcngkcng dollar is given as worth
S.4541. Paraguay's money is worth
S.42l1, but her paper currency is
greatly deprecated and its exchange
i .at. q. k;s.L 49,. =