Port crowded
Lyttelton was still congested when work began at 7 a.m. yesterday and there was a shortage of 453 men (28 gangs) on the waterfront. Two newly-arrived Dutch vessels, the Straat Le Maire and the Straat Johore temporarily lay at anchor in the stream awaiting berths. Although 597 men including eight non-unionists were engaged, six vessels already berthed alongside were initially idle awaiting labour. These were the Hinakura, Calm, Federal Mackenzie, Roybank, Tsingtao and Kwangtung. The port is likely to be busy for the rest of this week.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32568, 30 March 1971, Page 2
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89Port crowded Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32568, 30 March 1971, Page 2
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