LYTTELTON QUIET.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1902, 10 November 1913, Page 7

LYTTELTON QUIET.

UNION'S LATEST MANIFESTO, (By Telegraph.—Press Association,-) phristchurch, November 9-. At no time has tlio strike taken on any wildly exciting phasos at LyUeltou, anil on Saturday morning, ur.d'ur driz* aliiig showers, disconsolate gioups of men and the port generally looknd exceedingly dismal. A fair number of strikers went tip to town b.y tho early trains to got some amusement oil tho first day of Carnival Week, hut tlio majority stayed at the port, possibly for reasons not unconnected with finance. Tha advent of tlio s.s'. Maunganui, with a further consignment of race* horses, was awaited with considerable interest, but it was wot- anticipated that tiioro would bo any trouble. Tho boat was said to have left Wellington at 7.45 p.m., and sho was exported at tho | port about 8 a.m., but elio made a good passage and tied up about 7.15 a.m., thus having done tlio distando. in muter twelve hours, and bringing fine weather with her. Tlio passage Was smooth and uneventful, and t'lie official statement sot forth that Gl4 excursionists had com© down in the vessel for Cup Week. Tlio horses brought down numbered about a couple of dozen. Outposts aftd stragglers o£ the waterside workers watched the landing of tho horses, but there was no _ interference or anco of ally kind, and tho racers were i taken through tho town and trucked j without incident. Tho Maunganui did iiot make a long stay at LybtaTtott, for sit© is urgently wanted at Wellington. She took n few passengers on board and sailed again at 9.25 a.m.-

It will not bo long bow ere storage at Lyt'tolton for dairy produce will be full up. Already somo Peninsula factories aro carting their choeso to Litto River by road and railing tho produce to Lyttolton as thoy cannot got'it sent round by Sea.

Ho Press Committeo of the Lytteltan Waterside Workers Union 'handed in tlio following Manifesto to tho newspapers at 5 p.in :— ''Everything on tlio waterfront is going on _ smoothly. A telegram lias Been received from Wellington 6-tatittg that.the Union Stcaln Ship Company's permanent men"in Wellington have" thrown in tlvoir lot with tlio strikers in Wellington. Several tradesmen in Lyttelton ■have intimated to the Strike Committee their intention of standing t>}' the Waterside Workers in their time of trouble, and the committee desires to thank those .tradesmen on helialf of the union. Ail kandfl a«s very cheerful, and donations aiid provisions are coming to hand freely,"