PASSENGERS FOR SOUTH.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 13, 23 December 1911, Page 4

PASSENGERS FOR SOUTH.

WELL-REGULATED TRAFFIC. Over 1200 passengers left Wellington by tho three steamers for Lyttelton last evening. The Union Company had merely intended to dispatch, two boats for the southern port, but, during tho day, tho booking became so heavy that it was decided to send the Araliura down also. At 8.25 p.m. tho Maori left tho wharf with.Gso passengers, and she was closely followed by tlio Araliura and Tarnwern, which carried 300 and 250 passengers respectively. The Pateena, which left earlier in the day for Picton and Nelson, was a "full shi])," Tho Maori brought 580 passengers up from Lyttelton yesterday morning, and a mossago from Lyttelton states that (ho Monowai and Mnraroa (due in port this morning) have about 500 pasrangers for this port. These two sloani-ev-s aro scheduled to leavo for Lyttelton this evening, ond it is estimated that. 1000 l>eople will go down to Lyttelton by them. The Takapunn. for Nelson direct, and tho Araliura for Picton. Nelson, and West Coast ports, will take away large complements this evening. In comparison with tho returns for tli« Christmas season last year the passenger traffic is. if anything, heavier. A noticeablo feature on the wharves Inst evening was the manner in which the traffic, was handled by Mr. A. V. • Hale-Munro, wharfinger, and his assistant's. List year there were no barriers, and all was bustle and ooufusion. This year sueli occurrences were not visible. Passengers were enabled to eo on board their, steamers without hindrance, and everything worked very jmioothly. The sanio conditions am to bo enforced again this evening.