ALL QUIET AT LYTTELTON
11 Vessels Leave In Five Hours
Lyttelton saw an exodus of shipping on Tuesday afternoon when the port, which had been busy to the point of congestion, emptied its wharves one by one. A total of 58,820 tons of shipping passed outward through the moles between 3.30 pin. and 830 pm. Two Danish vessels, one Dutch, one German, two British, four coastal ships and the inter-island expresssteamer, Maori, made up this total.
All that remained in port on Tuesday evening were a British cargo liner, the Port Adelaide, the coasters, Motu. Picton, Breeze, Gale and the Tainui which arrived the same evening, and the Antarctic tanker, Chattahoochee, apart from harbour craft. Yesterday morning the port presented a quiet appearance but this was broken by the arrival of the Port Montreal to load for Japan and the Dutch freighter. Van Neck with cargo from the East for discharge. Two hundred watersiders were sent home at 8 a.m. as there was no work for them. Two coastal vessels, the Taupata and Karu arrived later in the day and labour was again absorbed while the port once more returned to normal activity.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29724, 18 January 1962, Page 18
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