AT THE PORT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10925, 14 November 1913, Page 5

AT THE PORT.

A SCENE OF DESOLATION. NOT EVEN A STRIKE MEETING, As was only to be expected, the counter attraction of Show Day had a marked effet on the number of watersiders who ventured to Lyttelton to-day to discuss the strike. Since the commencement of the crisis the scene outside the Coronation Hall has been of more than unusual interest, on accoiint of the large number of men who thronged that vicinity, but to-day the scene has changed, and the activities of the past fourteen days have given way to one of desolation. Taking advantage of the holiday, a fairly large number of people came through to the port to visit the respective seaside resorts, and the fact of seeing the ferry steamer Maori and eight colliers lying at anchor in the stream was the subject of much comment. Many people, indeed, had not had an opportunity of fully realising the seriousness of the situation. THE FERRY SERVICE. MAPOURIKA ARRIVES. Since the Maori and the Wahine ceased running on the ferry service the Union Company has been compelled to establish a makeshift one by utilising the services, of the Pateena and the Mapourika. This morning, it was the Mapourika's turn to arrive, and at , 11.25 slio entered the moles, after a passage of eighteen hours from Wellinsrlon. , , , The vessel had on board about one hundred and twenty passengers, and her bertbina arrangements were carried out without any interference j in