HORORATA SAILED.
Kej>airs to the New Zealand Shipping Co.'s steamer Hororata w, re conooeiccT at the King's wharf on Saturday evening, and the vessel sailed for Biull''ai t>.J4 p.m.
The leak through which the firemen complained the fo'e'sle was flooded, was found to be a gap between th- side of the ship and the outside rim or the hawsepipe. An iron "collar'' was inserted under the rim and electrically welded into place, making a watertight joint. The firemen, who had refused to take the vessel to sea while their (piarters were liable to flooding, "turned to" as soon aa they were assured of a dry fo'e'sle.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 47, 25 February 1929, Page 10
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