Second Edition. THE STRIKE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 71, 24 November 1913, Page 6

Second Edition. THE STRIKE.

THE-POSITION AT LYTTEL-

TON.

EFFECT UPON TRADE.

[Per Press Association.]

Christehurch, November 24

There were no specials at Lyttelton to-day. The Addington camp is quiet. No bread was delivered on the majority of the rounds, but the meat and coal carters remained at work in accordance with the decision at Friday's meeting. Some of the taxis on the streets were driven by the owners, but the company-owned care are all idle.

Some additional firms closed down to-day, and others are reducing the staffs owing to lack of orders, raw material, and transport facilities. Officers commanding the specials refuse to say whether they intend moving, to-day.

WELLINGTON HARBOR TRADE.

HOTELS OPEN CN WEDNESDAY.

TRADE RETURNING TO NORMAL.

Wellington, November 24

Twenty-one trading vessels are working alongside the wharves, and only eight traders are now anchored in the harbor. The "Wellington hotels reopen on Wednesday. .

Carrying firms report a steady return to work in the city. The pareels delivery has been resumed.

H.M.S. Pyramus arrived from Auckland at 1 p.m., making a fast trip of 36J hours.

THE ATTACK ON COMMISSIONER CULL EN.