Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-01

| bringing nine first cabin and seven
! steerage passengers to Honolulu from
Yokohama the Pacific Mail liner Ven
ezuela, Capt. Hans Thompson, COM
! mander. arrived off port at 2 O'Clock
this mO'ning, having Deen unable TO
get hec2 Sunday aft 9rnoon owing 10
trouble With the valves of her engines
which compelled her TO heaTe to for
an koIr and a half. She locked at
Pier 1T $3.50 this morning and was
due to Leave for San Francisco at 2
O'Clock this afternoon.
Cabin ildSscn 3Crs disem barking here
were &. dchter, a prominent business
man OF Shanghai, who will spend sew
eral months in Hawaii, accompanied
by his wife, daughter and c. Smith:
and tourist party consisting of DR..
Norman +. Ditman, Mrs. J. F. Murphy
and maid, and Mrs. p. Larsen and
maid.
Interesting Through Passengers
Interesting through passengers on
the Venezuela include Z. Dulberg, en-
route to Germany, who has spent AZ
years in the Chinese customs service.
from which he was recently retired on
a pension; c. Rasmussen, big game
hunter add globe trotteE, who has been
hunting and exploring IN India; F.
Folger,.a petroleum engineer, return-
ing from Burmah; Rev. Mccrea, Bap-
fist missionary t0 China, accompanied
by HIS wife and three children; Mr.
McLearn, mechanical engineer, who
has been in Singapore for the past sew.
T. atYfh f,,r
dealer of Shanghai; A. B. Kitzmiller,
who has been teaching school in Sing
apore; A. N. Derouin, Standard Oil
man, and wife; F. M. bearing and. D. |
Warner, tea men. -
Jolly Time Christmas -.
The passengers report having had a |
Jolly time on Christmas Day Chief
Steward H. Werrey and G. McCor.
mack, chef, were warmly compliment
ed on The excellent dinner they
served and their decoration Of the din
ing saloon. An cid -fashioned Christmas /
custom, IN which the passengers gath
cred around the Christmas tree and !
sang songs, was arranged by Mr.. |
Werrey. The youngsters aboard were
made nappy BY heaps of candy and
other presents. - /
ceIebra.ed Old Year - |
Last night the ships !, orchestra |
played Ire old year out and the new
year IN with special concert be-
tween ID. m. and a. m. At mid /
night ths liners whistles and bells, To-!
gethef with the yells Of the passen- !
gers, treated q Geafening din.
For her first trip IN the transpacific
trade tue Venezuela las made a de-
eided 9is. many Of tae passengers de-
claring Ter to he the most coy and
home-li'xe ship they have ever travelled |
on. Milcn Of this credit is due to Capt !
Thompson, of whom the passengers
speak wy highly. Capt Thompson is
Z Skipper of many years experience
with thu Pacific Mail and will be /
remembered as former commander
Of the China.
Cargo Is Valuable
Through pass sngers on the Eenezn-
ella are 4S cabin and rs steerage.
Through cargo IS a capacity one, 30Q0l
tons, every pound she can carry. TT
is worth easily aseouple of million dol
lars as il included between 900 and
700 tons OF rubber, worth 1,250, 900;
considerable silk and various Oriental
merchandise OF value. Honolulu car
60 brought by the Venezuela was
small, only 90 tons. ..sss.sssssst..s
Steamer Goes IS IL Knots
Purser +. r. Barrett reported nice
I6t Of passengers. Capt Thompsonl
said his steaming time from Yokohama
to this port was III days andf hours
against I2 days and hours fofSthe1
voyage. Pleasant weather
was reported. The Venezuela did 13 IL