WELLINGTON WHARVES CONGESTED.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14832, 25 November 1913, Page 8

WELLINGTON WHARVES CONGESTED.

AN EXTREMELY BUSY SCENE. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEG-AM.) WELLINGTON. November 24. Harbour Board officials and others, who have for very many years made their livelihood along "the harbour front, state that never before have they seen so much activity on the Queen's wharf as was displayed to-day. All the vehicles could not be accommodated on tho main wharf, and many of them had to remain in front of the left luggage shed. As fast as one cart was unloaded, there wore two to take its place. The natural result was that there was a great deal of congestion, and some of tlie vans had to wait all the morning for their turn at unloading.

The scene generally on the wharves gave the lie direct to the oit-repeated statement by strike leaders that "Very little worn is being done on tho wharves." Altogether some thirty vessels wer. alongside the wharves, and on twenty-six of theso the cargo was being worked. Thirteen of the Harbour Board's cranes were in use.

The Canada Cape (4286 tons), which is due from San Francisco to-night or to-morrow, has on board over 2000 tons of cargo for Wellington, as well as a large quantity of timber. The steamer Ennerdale arrived this afternoon with a cargo of 1000 tons of sugar from Auckland. She was berthed at the wool wharf, and the discharging "of her shipment commenced immediately.

The second boat to leave Wellington for England during the currency of the striko will be the New Zealand Shipping Company's Home liner Opawa. The * vessel has partially loaded at Auckland and Tokomaru Bay, and is duo at Wellington early on Wednesday morning to complete loading. According to present arrangements the Opawa will leave Wellington for London next Saturday. She will take a very big load of butter and cheese and other cargo At noon to-day the following vessels were at tho wharves (all except tho Maori, Mararoa, and Manaroa wero working cargo):— Clyde quay—Hercules. Taranaki street—Melbourne. Jervois quay—Marere, Mapourika. Queen's wharf —Mimiro, Maunganui, Moa, Corinthic, Maori, Mareroa, Queen of tho South, Arapawa, Aorere, Putiki. Railway wharf—Poherua, ■ Wairuna. Glasgow wharf —Nerehana, Kaiapoi, Hawera. King's wharf—Remuera, Stormbird. Pipitea wharf —Manaroa. The number of vessels in tho stream has now been reduced to eleven, eight of which are regular trading vessels. Their names are:—Wahine, Kamona, Awahou, Arahnra, Katoa, Ngahere, Amokura. Tutanokai, Takapuna, Kapiti, and Lizzie Taylor.