A BUSY FORTNIGHT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 278, 21 November 1913, Page 6

A BUSY FORTNIGHT.

EIGHTEEN STEAMERS HANDLED J ALL FACILITIES SAFEGUARDED. I J BRISK' TIME AHEAD. I I 'An exceptionally busy period has ; been rxperii-niTil liy t> authorities d;ir- i ing tlic lorrniglit. uhk-h ends to-morrow, ! pince the rifi-j ration of law and order \ following on mob rule. - ' remarked Mr. ■ Gunson th>. morning ;n reviewing the work done over th(> vvj.irves. "The ves-f-ela that we have dealt with s>> far include the Mimirn. Wr*'.ralia, Xavua, I Jlont,-.vai, Kercru, Ennerdale. Warrakn, ■T-ihinp. Muhono, Makura. Kaitunn. I-Marama, Murit.-vi, Tongariro. Loch Oarvo. Ptnrnrfek, Louiea Craig, and | Kuro-.v. All these vessels, with the! exception of five, have completed their ilwrh.irjte. and in spver.il instance* have Kiiir.i ;I pii n with full circles fr*:m Hie port, tho ,-Hief cf th.- Inner being the | ''p.uva, with produce for koinlmi, a-. 1! !i^an l :. J : ,,, '\v: l .n U! ; !ie 1,! 7.i,T dm \Zuntii t'.ie'hUer pan nf tire we,-'< that j the number wan :n. r.•.>.., .1 {~ i;nn. is taken intu nponunt the work :irror»- ! plished is simply mnrvcllons. The tntnl | tnniiaffe ilieol:;irfrcd is appmxi tdv I in.-,00. in addition to nhiel! tho (ipawn. Tnliinc Mnrismn, and Wmmkn l::ivp taken cr v.n- to take away Ini-Ri- ship-iin-ntK. Also, the rnnstnl tniflir hns been I'xcipiionall.v busy, the daily Railings numbering from six to ten of the North- | mi Company's lle.-t. besides numerous! "innll rnifi maintaining servieps in | v.irimie wiitrco. and several tlioii«aiid : t.niM ~f ~,,-., have b«i, carried both out- j ward :ind inward by the«p vesds. Viiollht I H.iti«fuctory fi-atuio nt tins stnge is the j 1 nay transport facilities arc rtailj ini-1 I proving. As :\ matter of fart, iluriiig the ' last few days them lias been colli inuou.siv a number of carts on the Quay Street stand ftir enpajreinout, phowiiifr" conclu- I sivfly lliiit the carriers were now fully ' able to rope with the ;...=ition. Tho facts j related," continued Mr liunsun, "indicate j that the fortnight lms been particularly busy, but without the assistance and itirt'ctioii of Superintendent Kiely. with the mounted men and other forces at his control, it would not have been possible Ito open up the business of the port, and I mi:do practicable the resumption of trade j throughout the city. I cannot speak too I hifrhly of the way the Superintendent has en-operaied with us as the port authorities in overroninir the obstacles that we had to confront." "As to the future,'' he remarked, "we have a busy time ahead. In addition to | four colliers in the stream, we have the j I'nkomaru, Kauri, and Kaipara waiting | their turn, with the Wh«ngape, Wai- j u'era. anil Zealandic due in a day or two. ' and the Corinthk-. Rirnutaka, and Remuera in siplit. It will thus Teadily be seen that the work of the next two ( or three weeks will be particularly , heavy. I am plad to say that the 1 facilities now provided are adequate to ' satisfactorily deal with the position. I. What 1 woitld like the public to under- • stand is, tliat owing to the accumulation ! of shipping for the or ten days at , suspension, it h:i-i not been p_u*sible to meet all demands and bring matters up- , to-tlflte, but we hope ,luring the next fortnight to reach the normal stage, and Iron. thep. on everything should run sir.or.thly. So far as 'the Bourd is conrerned, «r> are not going to relax our i-ffort-i in any way: careful attention and speedy despatch will continue to be ex-crci-e.l in dealinp; «itli the business of the port, and no interference from - .my quarter will bo tolerated. The public interests and rights of the community, which -;ii largely depend on an open port, are now fully safeguarded, and the mercantile community can rest assured thnt tin , trade of the port will run smoothly."