THE FERRY SERVICE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16742, 24 December 1914, Page 4

THE FERRY SERVICE.

MANY PEOPLE TRAVELLING. > The arrival of three steamers from tho north at Lyttelton yesterday morning gavo the port a businesslike appearance, and for somo two hours the scene was a. very animated one. - j Shortly before 7 a.m. the Union Company's intercolonial liuer Moeraki turued up with about two hundred and twenty passengers on board. An hour later the ferry steamer" Maori arrived with her decks swarming with visitors. Her passenger list totalled five hundred and thirty-one, but unfortunately her late arrival prevented southern excursionists making a connection with the first express to Invercargill. The primary cause of the delay was brought about by the use ofinferior coal. Shortly after 9 a.m. the Monowat arrived with one .hundred passengers. .. 7 The Maori. Monowai and Moeraki returned northwards last evening with i a total Complement of about eight hun- j dred people. ' ‘