PROGRESS AT LYTTELTON.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1933, 16 December 1913, Page 6

PROGRESS AT LYTTELTON.

J ■ .■ jTelegraph.—Press 'Association'.) I Cfirlstehureli, Decembers 15; ?. - Strikers continue .to march) in'/proces-.-sion to tho Odilfcdlows'>lla!l,'',Lyttel!.on, and hold nieetings 'aiid.S-.discufis *' their position' nt tho", street' corners,.'while all the tinio'.viorkiisj'proc'eedingi'b'riskly at the.' , .waterfipi!f; : i,antl.;Arbiti , atipnißt3 1 to ■ whom tlio'work-pf loading and' unloading' ships.\was;ia'-fonv'weeks 'ago totally unknown/ are daily,,becoming more proficient, and bvX'hristmas. time will have earned liij: wages....; To-day the men seem more. excited:', than ' is..-their usual ■ demeanour,':;, the election of. to-morrow being tho:predominating topic of conversation. i f , Work was proceeding to-day on 1 lib steamers. Petone,?- Patecna, Cygnet, Kaitangata, ..Wakatu,' Flora, Kairaki, Canopus, Hercules, and Arawa, and on the sailing,,vessels Annio Hill, Eliza Firth, and Bainbridgo.- Thero wero no arrivals this morning. Plsntv of labour is available. for tlio vessels in port at tlie present timo, and' for the stores of tho New Zealand Shipping. Company, Shaw, Savill and Albion; Company, and tho Lyttciton Harbour Board. The Petone and Kairaki sailed during the afternoon, the ■ former for. Oamaru, : . and tie latter for New Plymouth nnd Foxton. Other departures' to-day, will .be tho ferry steamer Pateeiift'for 'Wellington, tho Wakata for • ■ Kaikoura, and Cygnet for Akaroa. 'The big liner Kaipara is expected to arrive at Lyttelton on Wednesday, with Homo cargo, instead of .to-morrow,, as-was anticipated. ,