REPAIRING THE AURORA.
———§ WORK WILL TAKE SIX WEEKS. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) DUNEDK*, this day. The repairing of the Antarctic vessel Aurora has eomenced, a number of workmen being employed at her to-day. The strain she sustained in the ice seems to be most apparent in the weakening of her fastenings, and consequently large numbers of the iron bolts used in her construction are likely to be renewed. Repairs will, of course, be effected wherever such are found to be necessary, and as it is likely that defects may be discovered as the work proceeds, the job will not be a contract one in the usual sense of that term. The Aurora is likelry to be in dock for six weeks or even longer, the time occupied, it is understood, depending to some extent on the number of shipwrights available. A new rudder will be fitted in place of the old one, which was lost in the ice.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 158, 4 July 1916, Page 6
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