GREAT ACTIVITY.

Press, Issue 14828, 20 November 1913, Page 8

GREAT ACTIVITY.

1000 MEN" IN NEW UNION

(SPECIAL TO "THE PRESS.")

WELLINGTON, November 19

Work is proceeding Briskly on the wharves, and one needs only to take a stroll along the waterfront to realise how surely and steadily the back of the strike is being broken. The departure of the big liner Athenic yesterday with produce of a total value of over £300,000 has had a powerful moral effect, and has infused new lifo into tho shipping operations. This is reflected in the large increase iv the membership of the new wharf labourers' union, which was recorded to-day.

In all directions to-day cargo operations were proceeding at a merry pace, and carting was in full swing. Tho King's Wharf especially presented a picture of animation. In addition to discharging work on the Remuera, the loading of the Union Company's steamer Kittawa for Napier, Gisoorne, and Auckland was busily carried on. Tho Kittawa, which will leave tomorrow, will take about 900 tons of general cargo (mainly transhipment) lor Auckland. The large White Star liner Corinthic commenced to discharge her cargo toTho ranks of the new wharf labourers' union were swelled to-day by tho joining of about 130 additional men, nearly all town residents, swelling the total membership to about a thousand. The number included 80 or 90 members of the old union. So many men have been offering that to-day there was not enough work to keep them all employed, and over ono hundred of them were waiting about all day for somo of tho other vessels in the stream to berth. Altogether, 680 of the men aro honsed and fed on the, Remuera, Rimutaka. Mararoa, Corinthic, Marere, and Dorset.

(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, November 19. Tho following was the disposition of vessels in port at mid-day to-day: — Taranaki street wharf: Dorset; Jervois quay breastwork: Marere; Queen's wharf (south): Corinthic, pourika, (north) Maori, Mararoa, Alexander, Aorere; Customhouse quay breastwork: Blenheim, bizzie Taylor; Wool Wharf: H.M.S. Psyche; Railway Wharf: Kaitoa; Glasgow Wharf: Moa, Rimutaka, Stormbird ; King's V^arf : Kittawa, Remuera; Pipitea .. .art: Manaroa. With the exception of the warship and tho Manaroa, loading or discharging operations were being earned out on practically all the above-mentioned vessels to-day. Another addition was made to tin fleet of vessels in the stream, tho Tyser liner Nereharra arriving from London via Australian ports, Itackh*--".?, and Napier. The following vessels are now at anchor in the harbour: —

Arahura, Kia Ora, Mimiro, -Verehana. Ngatoro, Ngahere, Wahine, Puknki. Awahou, Katoa. Poherua, "r----cules, Tutanekai, Wairuna, Tak •*•*■* a, Queen of tho South. Saupiri, Kapiti, Te Anau, Huia, Waihi, and Awatoa. Anchored in Evans Bay is the schooner Falcon, while The Hinemoa is undergoing repairs on the patent slip.