TO COME OFF DOCK NEXT WEEK
Repairs to Rangatira Repair work to the hull of the Rangatira Is , now practically comp'eted and it is anticipated that the vessel will come off the floating dock next Monday or Tuesday. If the weather is suitable to-day, one of the Union Company’s oil hulks will be brought alongside the floating dock to pump oil-fuel into the Rangatira’s hunkers to enable the vessel to get up steam for trial purposes. After slio comes off the dock the Rangatira will be laid up for a monlh or six weeks to enable, engineroom and other internal repairs to be completed before she re-enters tiie Wellington-Lyttelton service.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 202, 23 May 1936, Page 8
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110TO COME OFF DOCK NEXT WEEK Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 202, 23 May 1936, Page 8
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