THE UNLOCKING OF THE PORT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1911, 20 November 1913, Page 8

THE UNLOCKING OF THE PORT.

i ] "GOLDEN FLEECE" ARRIVING. s _____ - TWENTY-FOUR BOATS WORK I TO-DAY* r . I _ \ THE NEW UNION. s-■ ■ ■ ; ; MEMBERSHIP GROWING PAST, t It was four weeks yesterday _ since ' the notorious "stop-work" meeting of ' tlio "Wellington Waterside- Workers' Union was 'field. ,0n the day that they struck most of them were sure that m effective step hacl been taken to paralyse tlie work ot the port. Time, however, has told its own story, and the general result is that 24 steamers will' be- berthed at various wharves to-day. There were twenty vessels moored in the berths at S p.m. yesterday, and only ■ four of these had not ■worked cargo 4'iu.a ing the day. The number of vessels at o present anchored in the stream /is .19. s Included in the idle fleet are tho Hfaee moa and the schooner Falcon, which is c lying in Evans Bay. With one excepts tion the 24 steamers whicli •will ho at if the w'hatves this morning will handle y cargo. Operations in the Harbour 0 Board's sheds also are now ill full .swing. r. Wool was received from the country for ' 0 shipment yesterday., and as soon as the i„ bales commence to come to, band in J largo quantities more men will bo put 0 on. Now that the coastal services have .„. been rehabilitated the sheds are being .. relieved of transhipments. Generally ie speaking the port nas bow assumed ah „. everyday appearance. r 3 The Port Fleet list. s- Exclusive of tugs, ferry steamers.,; and cqal hulks, the following is the list n of vessels which were iu port at 6 p.m. u yesterday t, Pipitea Wharf—Manatoa. it: Itmg's Wharf-—Remuera, Kittawa. ,t Glasgow Wharf—ltinnitaka, Moa, >- Railway Wharf—Kaito.a, Wairuna. j- Wool Wharf—H.M.S. Psycho, n . Custom'housfi Qjiay—Lizzie Taylor, e Opawa, Blenheim, Hu.ia. _ s. Queen's Wha.rf-4laori, CoMtnic, 3 Mararoa, Alexanderi Stormbifd. y Jervois Quay—'Te A-nan., Harare. Taranaki Street Wharf—Dorset, [ e The following vessels, were in the v stream yesterday !-r-Ngatoro, Kgahere, ; v £ia Qra, Arahura., Mlmi-ro, Nore'liana.,, 1 Wahiflo, P-ukaW, Hercules, . Awahoii, ,< Katoa, Tutanokai, Poherua, Takapuna, .„' Queen of the Sou-tii, Eapiti, and B&u* \l, piri. The Hjnemoa and the- schooner , s falcon were in Evans Bay, , r The 24 vessels which will work the „ port to-day are as follow : Pateena, Maun.g.anui,. Alexander, Kit- , t&wa, Stormbird., Qpawa, Blenheim,' a Huia, Lizzie Taylor, Nerehana, Marero, . 0 Eimutaka, Moa, Pukaki, Wairuna, If Poherua, ArapaWa., Kapuni, Hawera, " Remuera, Awahoii,' and Dorset. The , Mararoa #tll be alongside tho- Queer's '1, Wharf as usual. Of these steamers ■ ' the aiew arrivals aro the Wairuna, !" Poherua., Pukaki,- Awahou, and Ncre* J liana. The first ihr.ee vessels will put out coal from. Newcastle and . West, Coast ports. The Avvahou Avail dis.s charge wool from the coast. The Tyser liner Nerehama- will berth at Jervois 0 Quay No. 1.4 sto put. out London cargo. g . Oversea, steamers to the of, seven will be working Cargo at Wel-lington'to-day, and two—the Hercules and Mimiro—-will remain in tho stream, '■ AM other vessels ift port belong .to either tiro intercolonial or coastal fleets, o Of tho latter 17 will work to-day, ■ ■ e-.';■ .. ; porkers. j ' Tito number of. Arb'itra'tionists .who : , have signed on the books'of the now: : B union is, given. else-ivbere,.' A well- ■ 0 known foreman of labour., speaking to; I? 'a. reporter yesterday, said; "Some of *'i our best 'co.alies' have, turned to to-i-' 1 day.. They are men. tbat cannot bo e ' beaten at the work. They are all sick. ? ' and tired of the strike, and many of * them would have eoriie back days ago, * but they were afraid to make a move. ■ °: : You will see that,, now that they have ■* started the ball rolling, ,' others will i I' como back quickly enoagh. They will ', I have t« hurrj' up, too,' if they want : * work, - because we are getting such a J crowd of applicants. If they do iidt | proseiitly make up their minds and turn f to soon, they will be left out in the cold." fi "How are things going with tho new ■ 1 hands?" Was asked.' ; t "Splendidly, Every man is a worker. f In fact, a lot of them are not satisfied s with the day's work,, and they come t round at five .o'clock and look for over- * time. Just to show you how eager the ' nien are for. work this is wiiat happened ' k regard to those wh.p ivejfe to have " handled coal on the Wairuna to-day: } A ..aumhor of them had been, ordered ■; do\?ii during the afternopiii The. Wai- ' runa's anchor chains fouled 6ui in the stream, however, and .she did not get alongside till close of five o'clock. The men had therefore to remain idle dW- : ing tho greater part of tins afternoon. They did not lrfco.it, and. all cxpte'ssed a desiro'to get to work. It Was oxplained to thein. that their. Wages s wore 7 going on just the saine. Eyeii this did * »ot satisfy thein., hqwevor,' and somo 6 of them told me that thov had not '" joined the union to get paid for not. 6 working," , I Subsequently a reporter had a con- ,, yersation with some of -tlie men in quos* : s tiort, and they corroborated what the s foreman had said. O-iio mail held the '" opinion that they should turn to. on; ! ' other steamers and help their mate.s until the Wairunii berthed., and his opinion was backed Up by* several others. j* Overtime Warded. The Union Company's Kfewa will leave Wellington to-day with oyer 1.300 tons of 'transhipments for/Napier., Gis- • borne, and' Auckland'. 1« addition ; t<j the oversea steamers B.imutaka, Re- : d niuera, Jiarore., and 'Dorset, the Shawh Savill steamer Corinthifc commenced to d discharge at No. 1 South Queens \>harf A yesterday .ni.ori.iing. .■Overtmio was,' ,e worked on tho iDorset, CoWh.tb.Mr, Ueii ' nmera, and Kittawa last eveiraig.