THE PORT FLEET IN BEING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1923, 4 December 1913, Page 8

THE PORT FLEET IN BEING.

UNION'S ROSTER—IB2O.

THE SAILING OP S.S. OPAWA. CROWING BERTH LIST. MANNING & PRESENT LAW. After a temporary stoppage on account of Tuesday's ivut weather, work proceeded again yesterday. In addition io coastal vessels seven oversea steamers were berthed at the wharves. These were tile Arawa, Kia Ora, Canada Cape, Tokoniani, iluritai, yturmfels, and llomdos. Iho Tyser liner lUurilin was the only vessel ot the seven which was net working. Cargo operations ou the others were earned oiu expeditiously. The sheds whore, the Jfuritai was berthed wove "stacked" rather, uncomfortably yesterday morning. A largo quantity of moreliaiidisa was, however, taken away during the day and tlm liner will begin lining out rjOO tons of London freignt to-day.

Lvery coast ireiglitcr has now resumed running, and each steamer seems to take away a full load. Kvory day too, sees more carts on iho wliarvos! ami, very shortly, it is anticipated that nearly every shed will be normal ill regard to receiving and output. In Comes the wool. < • Largo loads of. wool aro pouring in" steadily Irani the. country, and dumping, stacking, and eartiiig is in progress, Tim l'amiliar sight of tiers of tiumped wool can bo seen in the wool stores. All lorries were rumbling along with the "golden fleece." to tho S'mviSavill Company's steamer Kia • Ora. Cheese and butter is also coming for-ward-fast. A queue of trucks was pushed alongside tho Kia Ora yesterday, and their contents lifted. Th'o Kia Ora will probably hoist the blue Peter for London on Saturday. Coastwiss Work, Down deep with southern transhipments the Union Company's Wanaisa left port just behind the 'Wahine last evening, and tho l'ohorua (which finished discharge of coal yesterday) will tako the loading berth for the south today. Transhipments ex Tokomaru will also bo sent forward by this vessel. Towards the end of the present week r.he Blackball Cord Company's jKgatoro will return to Wellington with a lull load of Newcastle coal. The Waipori, with similar freight, is due here about Holiday next. The small Queen of tho South took in tho first Wellingtonfreight for Foxton. On account of trouble at Sydney the usual Wednesday steamer from ' that port did not arrive, but it is probable that either the Jlaimgaiiui or Manuka will bo here next Wednesday.

Opav/a Pulls out. for (.ontfon. The main event on the waterfront yesterday was the sailing of the Now Zealand Shipping Company's Opawa for Loudon. Sue left at 2.30 p.m., fully maimed. At tJio last moment one of the new IS firemen who had signed on found,that he could not niako tlio trip, but Uioro was no difficulty in replacing him. 'J lie position, could indeed Jiavo been iilloci seven or eight times over. Practically all the new men were fanners. Thoro were also some' ox-firemen who had left deep-water ships at-vari-ous New Zealand ports, 'j.iic Opawa took away a valuable carco. ft comprised 58,.]3U boxes of butter and 18,870 crates of cheese, besides a largo quantity of wool, .hemp, and other cargo. A number of spectators were on tlio wharves to witness the ship swinging out, and watched her all the way until i'oint Ualswell blotted her out.

Touiay'3 Quota, To-day there will bo iil vessels at the berths, and 24 will bo working. There will bo eight new arrivals—oiio oversea steamer and seven coasters. The incoming vessels are: Tahiti (from San Francisco), Nikau, Putilri, John, Awahou, liawcrft, liimilangi, and Aorcre. _ The Maori, Haupivi, Taknpuna, Tutanekai, and Lizzio Taylor are the solo remnants of the: quondam idle fleet which a few weeks ago were hooked up in lvaiwarra Bight. ""Even of theso the Lizzio Taylor mid Maori are the only duo'whose unemployment can he directly attributable to the strike. Today's berthage list is as follows:— Tons. Tons. Araiva- 9.372 Piiiiici «ffl Tahiti 7,535 Awahou 409 Jfnritui 0,C50 Nixau ttf> Kia Ora O.tiO ,iohn 342 Toltomaru 6.23S Himitfl"si 32i Stnrmfela 5.700 Jlawera- ' 2C.-3 Canada Cape... -4.25S lluean of tho llereulc.s 3J89 .South 19S Marai-oa 2.593 Moa, 188 Katoa- ',W-0 -ilaiisaimpc. 164 Areiusrsi- I.SSS M'aluUu 157 11.M.5. l'oyche. 2,155 Manoro* 122 Kamona i.42'1 lilonlieim ...'. IJI I'atTOna 1,212 Falcon 95 I'ohema. 1,175 Aorcro 77 Eight Hundred Men Housed. There were- IB2U names on tho new union,' books at Vj p.m. yesterday. It was estimated that about 1200. men were working on tho wharves and. in the slick Many of the new unionists havo accepted positions on various vessels trading out ol Wellington, and it is estimated that tho number at sea tttals about 250. Jll addition, fully 250 to 300 men have returned to their hemes in the country. Kach day sees the departure of about Irilf-a-dozeii farmers. Yesterday morning Mi) men breakfasted 011 ihri Arawa, SOU in X shed, and ;i0() on the Mnraroa. About 300 bunks are occupied by tho men nightly on the Mararon, ami altogether HOf) men are accommodated at nighttime along tho waterfront.