Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-23
HARB0R NOTES

Next mail for San Francisco will
leave Tuesday morning in the Tenyo
Maru.
John A. Akana has been promoted by
Collector of the Port Malcolm A.
Franklin from foreman of laborers to
messenger. vice Thomas Cockett. re-
signed.
High cost of living is getting in some
work in Japan, say officers of the
Venezuela. Food products are 80 per
cent higher and merchandise prices
have also risen.
c. Lacy Goodrich is making good as
Manila agent for the Togo Kisen Kali
sha, according to officers of the Paci-
fic Mailer Venezuela, which left at 10
a. m. today for San Francisco.
Donald H. Gilmore. connected with
the passenger department of the local
Ltd, is reported to have resigned. He
has been on the mainland for month.
On the run OF the wrecked Maui to
Mauna Loa left Wednesday afternoon.
She will continue on the Kauai run
indefinitely as she is the only boat
available for that traffic.
Sugar awaiting shipment on Kauai
Is reported by the Mauna Loa to be
as follows. by plantations and bags:
Makee, 36,928: Gay & Robinson. 26.799;
Kekaha, 1922; v. K. 5000: Waimea,
1900; Grove Farm, 1910.
To protect picture brides and other
Oriental women travelling alone. the
T. X. X. has. employed a Japanese
OF the Korea MaTu. Her duties are to
instruct the future brides in American
etiqJette and custom and lessons are
held each day on the liner. ..
The Inter-Island steamer Claudine
arrived Thursday from Maui ports,
bringing "a cabin and 90 deck passen-
gers Her inward freight included 40
crates of chickens. 10 barrels of wine,
s bags of cabbage, 10 bags of charcoal,
5 sacks OF spuds and 1873 sundries.
The local u. s. inspectors of hulls and
boilers. Joseph J. Meany and Thomas
J. Heeney are now smaking reinspec-
tions of all vessels arriving at this
port The additional inspection is not
OF engines. boilers and hulls, but COW
ers fire and other drills and is TO see
that the spirit as we'll as the letter
OF the federal law covering steam YES
sells is lived up to by the masters and
crews of the boats. ..... E..
Captain T. H. Dobson. master of the
China Mail liner China, was eXonerated
by Inspectors James Guthrie and JOS
Rph Dolan of San Francisco for the col
lision between the China and a tug in
the Inland sea of japan. The accident
occurred on January Is, and 1t develop
ed during the hearing that the tug.
which was towing five barges became
unmanageable and drifted directly in
the path of the China.
Later advices from San Francisco to
the Merchants Exchange show that the
Matson steamer Lurline made even bet
Enterprise than was first reported.
The Lurline arrived off port at the
Bay City at Z o'clock "wednesday night.
but did not enter until THURSDAY morn
ing, the time reported in advices TO
the local Matson agency, Castle &
Cooke. .... -':
Only zoo tons of freight space was
empty when the Oceanic liner Sierra
cording to cable advices TO the ship
ping department of c. Brewer & Com
pany. the local Oceanic agency. This is
another proof that steamers now leaY-
ing Australian ports are full up with
freight. where last summer they had
from 1000 to 400 tons of space left
each voyage. The Sierra has room from
Honolulu for 100 first cabin passengers
and can take everyone booked with
tho local agency.
As an instance of the secrecy main
tanned bv the British about movements
of steamers. the British Harrison Line
freighter Engineer arriving at, San
Francisco March IL direct from Liver
pool ~ days out. docked at the Bay
City with every mark of Identification
and her officers silent as the
clam Even the New York
Maritime Register of this months is
sue was able to obtain no later news
Of her movements than that she steam
ed from New Orleans January for
British ports That was before her
present voyage began.
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