WESTMORELAND DELAYED.
REPAIRS TO PROPELLER. : [by TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, Monday. The steamer Westmoreland, which sailed on Saturday for Bluff, put back yesterday. On the run down the harbour the starboard engine developed a "knock" and investigations outside Bluff harbour showed a loosening of the packing in the stern tube. Captain Deith therefore returned. , In dock it was discovered that the propeller blade of • one propeller had been bent by contact with some solid body. After repairs had been effected, the Westmoreland sailed this morning. for j Westmoreland sailed thia morning forj
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18323, 13 February 1923, Page 6
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