Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 500, 18 Ianuali 1902 — AT DIAMOND HEAD [ARTICLE]

AT DIAMOND HEAD

Diamond Head, 10 p. m. —Weather clear. Wind light; north. 7lh. The bktn. J. H. Iviston arrived at Eureka, and the British ship Euphrates at Port Townsend, the same day from Honolulu. The following vessels sailed from Newcastle for Hawaii ports: Br. bk. Peter Iredale for Honolulu. November 29: bktn. Kohala for Tahiti; schr. James Rolph. schr. Golden Shore for Honolulu, December 12th. ship A. J. Fuller for Honolulu. A movement has been started in British ships by British sailors. This Liverpool to replace foreigners on is the outcome of an agitation started by Lord Romney. It is pointed out that most vessels under the union sa,'k5 a, 'k are manned by seamen of other nationalities to such an extent that in the event of a European war the British navy could not protect its merchant fleet. Captain H. P. Weaver of the steamship Roanoke, who sustained serious injuries to a leg in the collision between the Walla Walla and the Max. and is* now at Eureka, is one of the best known seafaring' men on the Pacific Coast. He is a native of Nova Scotia, but has for years been an American citizen. He had the sailing ship Occidental on this Coast for about five years and then made several trips to Manila on the steamship Valencia. In May. 1899. he was given the command of the steamship Roanoke, which he has held ever since, taking her to Panama in the winter, and for the past three summers, to St. Michael. Nome and othei Alaskan ports.