AT LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14839, 3 December 1913, Page 10

AT LYTTELTON.

PEACEFUL AND BUSY.

400 MEN WORKING YESTERDAY

2500 TONS OF CARGO WORKED

Matters in Lyttolton yesterday were again uneventful, and work proceeded on tho waterfront uninterruptedly, despite- several heavy rain showers. The fleet in port had been reduced by the departure of six steamers. The Kairaki, Opouri, Petone, Pateena, Cygnet, and Wakatu sailed on Monday night, and the big Tyser liner left at 6.30 yesterday morning for Dunedin. Tie Kairaki, Cygnet, and Wakatu Had full cargoes, and tho other steamers were partly loaded,, the Opouri having gone to Timaru to fill up. The Petone took a locomotive and other lailway material to Wellington. ' There were thirteen steamers, orio warship, and six schooners at tho wharves yesterday, and of these fifteen were working cargo. There were ful!y 400 men at work on the ships and the wharves, and several railway men were standing by. The waterfront presented the same bustle and activity that has been so marked since the re-opening of the port, and several long goods trains were despatched to Christchurch. Up till 5 p.m. fully 2300 tons of cargo had been handled on tho wharves, and as several steamers worked overtime tip till nine o'clock last night, : the , day's tally amounted to over 2500 tons.

THE FERRY SERVICE. At 8 o'clock yesterday morning the ferry/ steamer Wahine arrived from Wellington. The vessel's late arrival was due to the strong southerly gale and the fact that some of her stokehold hands had not yet got their sea legs. The. Wahinb brougnt-.a- fairly large quantity of cargo, including transhipments, and loaded from the Icing rakes of full trucks on the wharves until 6 p.m. The Wahine sailed for Wellington about 8.30 p.m. ■•■■■.•;• BERTHING THE TITANIA. After the departure of the: Mimiro, th?. Norwegian" steamer Titania, which arrived on. Monday from Bunbury, was brought in. from the stream and berthed et tho east side of No. 6 wharf. "The Titania is a turrot deck steamer, and » fully loaded with about 2,000,000 feet of jarrah. Most of the ship's cargo consists of sleepers for the Railway Deparment. She will discharge the whole of her cargo at Lyttelton, and the Dunedin portion will be sent south by rail.. HERCULES DUE TO-DAY. '.. Another Norwegian steamer, the Hercules, from Bunbury, via Auckland and WelKnjjton, is due at Lyttelton today, but will probably have to wait until the Marore, which is sailing at noon for Dunedin, vacates her berth at No. 7 wharf. The Hercules has about 800,000 feet of jarrah to discharge at Lyttelton. . BERTHING ACCOMMODATION SHORT. .' Most of the berthage space for oversea ships is at present full, and consequently the U.S. and A. Line steamer ■Sturmfels, from New York, via way ports and Wellington, will not arrive here until to-morrow. Sho has about 700 tons of general cargo to land here before going on to Dunediu to complete discharging. coRiNTHic Sails on Saturday. The Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Corinthic is making steady progress with the discharge of her cargo. She has a fair quantity of wool, frozen meat, and dairy produce to load, but it is expected that she will be ready to sail on Saturday for Auckland, Gisborne, and Wellington, to complete loading for London. EIMUTAKA TO SAIL TO-MORROW. Thero remains only a small quantity of iron work to be landed from the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Riiuutaka to complete her discharge. The vessel is loading wool, butter, cheese, meat, and grain, and will sail to-morrow for Blutf and Wellington to complete loading. Tho Rimutaka is already well down in the water, and she will be full to the hatch coamings with cargo when she leaves Wellington on Thursday week for London. NEW UNION GROWING. Very few of the strikers were in evidence about the streets yesterday, and tho town wore a dull and almost deserted appearance. So far none of the men on striko has gone over to the new union, but as many of them are growing increasingly tired of idleness, it is fully expected that they will join up with the working forces very ehortly. On Monday night 170 men answered the roll-call of the new union, and thirty-TOore went to Lyttelton and joined up yesterday morning. THE FLEET. The fleet of ships in harbour yesterday was as follows: — No. 2 wharf: Wahine'. No. 3 wharf: H.M.S. Pyramus, Kowhai. Himitangi. •.'.... No. 4 wharf: Rimutaka, Kini. No. 5. wharf •:* Ganopus and Storm. No. 6 wharf: Remuera, Karainu, and Titania. No 7 wharf: Marere, Corinthic. Gladstone Pier: Schooners Eliza Firth, Morning Light, Aratapu, Eunice, Lily, Annie Hill. No. 1 breastwork: TeAnau. ; MM tfc* rtcawc: Kaitangata, Flora.'

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INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. The Union liner Maheno, with a full complement of passengers from Sydney, is due at Auckland at seven o'clock this morning, and is to'sail on the return trip to-night. - Tho Aorangi, on her way from Sydney, is due at Wellington to-morrow night or Friday morning, and will leave on Friday night for San Francisco, via Rarotonga and Papeete. The Tahiti, from San Francisco, is due at Wellington to-morrow, and will sail on Friday or Saturday for Sydney. It is reported that the Manuka will leave Sydney to-day for Wellington in place of the* Maunganui. The Manuka is fully coaled, and will be worked by the volunteer crew of the other ship. THE POSITION OF THE HOTELS. The hotelkeepers of Lyttelton have moved in tho direction of getting the hotels re-opened this week. The hotels have been closed since the night of Monday. November 24th. Tho application, which was mado by the Licensed Victuallers' Association, was heard by Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., and Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.M. It was opposed by a deputation from the Strike Committee, headed by Mr F. Lurch, the grounds advanced being that the condition of the men in Port was not normal, and that in the circumstances it would be dangerous to open tho hotels. Suhnlnspector McKinnon raised no objections to the application being granted, and said that the police had no reason to think that there would be any trouble. The decision of the magistrates was that the hotels should be opened from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, commencing today.