OPERATIONS AT LYTTELTON

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26396, 14 April 1951, Page 6

OPERATIONS AT LYTTELTON

WORK CONTINUED ON •TEN SHIPS GENERAL CARGO LOADED ON MARLYN The first coastal ship to load general cargo at Lyttelton since the beginning of the waterfront hold-up was the motor-ship Marlyh, 103 tons, which, after loading priority cargo at Lyttelton yesterday, sailed for Wellington. Other vessels have taken away special cargoes of flour. The cargo shipped by the Marlyn included breakfast foods, tea, batteries, and 301 receptacles of second-class mail matter. The crew of the Marlyn are all part-owners of the ship, under the rehabilitation scheme, and are not affected by the seamen’s strike. Servicemen loaded the ship. Work was continued on 10 ships at Lyttelton yesterday by servicemen, 29 gangs being engaged. Servicemen are how handling mails at the Hinemoa, and yesterday they assisted when the crane-ship Rapaki took heavy lifts out of the Lochybank. Seamen who left their ships at Lyttelton have been finding difficulty in securing berths in the steamer express to enable them to reach their homes in the North Island. A meeting of seamen held at Lyttelton this week decided that the men must remain in the ports where they signed off. It is known that some, at least, have gone north by air. ✓ ' 1