Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-17
HARBOR Notes

d. II. Gilmore, of the Oceanic agen-
cy's passenger department, is expect
ed to return from San Francisco on
the Sierra February 26.
There is a waiting list of between
40 and so persons for the Matson
liner Wilhelmina, which will steam
at 10 a. m. Wednesday for San Fran
cisco. .
The Inter.Island steamer Mauna
Kea, steaming for Hilo and way ports
at 3 o'clock this afternoon, is taking
more than 70 passengers to see the
Volcano. Il. .......:-
The American Hawaiian steamer
Texan is scheduled to leave Hilo on
her first sugar carrying trip to San
Francisco this year, about February
"a, a week from today.
A shark 10 feet long was caught
by the crew of the Japanese freighter
Toyohashi Maru while the vessel was
lying off port Wednesday night. The
sailors all enjoyed shark steak.
At 2 o'clock Friday afternoon the
N. Y. K. freighter Toyohashi Maru
resumed her voyage, She turned
back on the Great Circle route and
ran south to this port for more coal.
Fred l.. Waldron, president of the
local Great Northern agency, is at
Hilo today to welcome the Knights
Templar and other notables who will
reach there on the big liner tomorrow
morning. .......-. 20
The Matson freighter Hyades, from
San Francisco Thursday for Honolu-
lu, has 2751 tons for this port, 1916
for Port Allen and 1876 for Kahului,
according to cable advices to Castle
& Cooke.
At 2 O'Clock Friday afternoon, as
announced earlier in the week that
she would leave, the T. K. K inter
mediate liner Nippon steamed from
San Francisco. She will arrive here
Thursday or Friday.
At Z o'clock Friday evening the
American. Hawaiian freighter Texan,
having finished taking aboard 5000
tons of sugar here, steamed for
Kaanapali, Kahului and Hilo, to COM
plete her sugar cargo for San Fran
cisco at those ports.
Il
went on the company's drydock Fri
day for drydock inspection. Local
u. S. inspectors of bulls and boilers,
Joseph J. Meany and Thomas ].
Heeney, made a general examination
Of the vessel. i. $685..
Thomas sCockett has resigned as
customs service messenger here after
being In the service nearly two years.
He has accepted a position with a
local business firm. His place will be
filled either from the eligible list or
by promotion, according to Deputy
Collector Raymer Sharp.
The Inter-Island steamer Kinau will
probably bring George Il. Wilcox and
A. ". Wilcox from Kauai tomorrow
for the annual meeting of
the inter-ISland Steam Navigation
Company, Ltd, on Tuesday morning.
The Wilcoxes are the only directors
not in town today.
No word has yet been received from
the customs efficiency board which
was expected to come on the Viii
helmina Tuesday but did not arrive.
II is expected they will wire ahead
to Collector of the Port Malcolm A.
Franklin for hotel reservations be-
fore they leave San Francisco.
Bringing 202 cabin and $50 deck
from Hilo and way ports,
:" cana citv list the Inter-Island flag
ship Mauna Kea arrived today from
Hilo and way ports. Her inward car
90 included an auto. eight crates OF
chickens. % bags of vegetables. ~
sacks of corn, 81 bundles of hides.
.Dl bagn oil sugar. nc quarter OF beef
ana 220 packages Of suniTies