ALL QUIET AT LYTTELTON.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1922, 3 December 1913, Page 8

ALL QUIET AT LYTTELTON.

WORK PROCEEDING. THE DRIVERS* LATEST CALL FALLS PUT (By Tttiosraph.—Press Association.) Ciiristchurcll, December '1. Matters iu Lyltelton to-day were again uneventful, and work proceeded on. the waterfront uninterruptedly. Six steamers, tho Kairaki, Opouri, l/etone, Pateeua, Cygnet, and Wakatu sailed last night, and the big Tyser liner ■Alimiro left at 0.30 this morning, for f.htncdiu. The Kairaki, Cygnet, an J Wakatu had full cargoes, and the other fJteamcrs were partly loadcit, tho Opouri having gone to Tiniaru to iill up. Tho Pctone tool; a locomotive and other railway material to Wellington. At 8 o'clock the ferry steamer Wahino arrived from Wellington,' and brought « fairly large quantify of cargo, including transhipments. She loaded about 100 tons of cargo fur Wellington. After the departure, of the Mitniro the Norwegian steamer Tiiania, which arrived yesterday from Banbury, was brought in from the stream, mid berthed at the cast side of No. G wharf. The Titania is a turret-deck steamer, and is fully loaded with about 2,000,000 feet of jarrah. She was discharging this afternoon. The Shaw, Savili and Albion liner C'orinthic is making steady progress with the discharge of her cargo. Who has a fair quantity of woo], frozen meat, and dairy produce to load, but it is expected that she will be ready to saii on Saturday for Auckland, Gisborno, and Wellington to complete loading for London. She will be an absolutely full ship when she sail? from Wellington on December 20, and her cargo will include no fewer than flfi,ooo boxes of butter. There remains only a small quantity of ironwork to be landed from the Now Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Dimutaka to com" plcln her discharge. The vessel is loading wool, butler, cheese, meat, and grain, and will sail on Thursday for the. HlnlF and Wellington to complete loading. Very few of the strikers were in evidence about the streets this morning, and the town wears a dull and almost deserted appearance. So far none of tho meii on strike have gone over to the new union, but, as many of them are grow-

ing increasingly tircil of idleness,, it is fully expected thai ilicy will join up with tin; working forces very shortly. Last night 170 men answered tho rollcall of the new nnion, ami thirty more went to Lytk'Hon and joined up this morning. The iieot of shins in the harbour today was as follows ;— i No. 2 Wharf-- Wahino, Kowhai. No. .'MVharf—H.M.S. Pyramid. No. i Wharf —Rimutaka, Kini. No. 0 Wdiarf—Canopus and Storm. No. 6 Wharf—Rcimtcra, Karainu, ami litanin. No. 7 Wharf —"Tarcre, C'orinthic. Gladstone Pier—Schooners JCli'ssi jnrth, Morning Light, Aratapn, Eunice, Lily, Annie Mill. No. 1 Breastwork—To Aimu. Ju the Stream—Kaitangata, Flora. J'lio '-liotslkocpri-s of Lytteltou aro moving in the direction ot getting the hotels reopened this week. The. Lytteltou hotels have been closed since the night of Monday, November 24. It is understood that the Jiolclfcecuers have applied lor permission to reopen on Thursday next, until 15 p.m. The latest call of tlio Canterbury Drivers Union to 'its members to "stand solid by the union" and ceaso work appears to havo faller to a largo extent on deaf ears. It Is evidcnrlv a ease of "onco bit, twice shy/' The "actual number who responded to the call iji. not known, but the employers of drivers in the city reported this morning that there was no lack of men offering. At the railway goods shed mattors were as busy as ever. The Citv Council's drivers remained unaffected by the call, and wero all back on the job tlijs morning. Advice received from i Wellington states that the new Drivers' , Union has been registered.

Under instructions from Wellington, all foot specials at Atidiiigton camp am being discharged. A force of" 2uo mounted men is being retaincd-for ser-

vice in Christ-church and Lytteltou. The camp authorities aro arranging to recall others quickly if disorders arise. Tho step is being taken nartlv owing to pressure by local (Iritis,* which are seriously inconvenienced by the continued absence of many members of tho staff since the transport service was re. sumed.