REPAIRS TO TURBINE
NO DELAY TO UNKIi (Par Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The mishap reported earlier to the .starboard engine of the Union Steam Ship Company's express steamer Awntea has been found to be of a minor nature. It will not affect the ship's timetable in any way and she will depart from Wellington as scheduled at 11 o'clzzl: c:i Thursday night for Sydney, via Auckland. When the starboard turbines were opened up by the engineers it was found that one row of blades on the rotor of the low pressure head turbi. e was distorted, thus preventing the Jail movement. The repairs will be completed in ample time for the Awatea to depart at the scheduled time.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19622, 4 May 1938, Page 10
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