COAL BOAT BACK IN SERVICE
—Press Association
By Telegraph-
. WFLLINGTON, April 28. The coal situation in the North Fsjand sliould. iiiiprove next month as tlie Uniou ('ompany's collier Karepo will ag;,tin .be in service lo bring'shipmenl.s.from Ihe AVest. C'oast mincs. II is over tliree moiiths since the Karepo was withdfawn front the trade as tho result of damage suffered when she rau aground in a fog on Ihe Uteeples ulT Cape Foulwind. Aftcr she had been brought back to Wellington in a crippled •ctmdition, Ihe Karepo enteml the floating doclc where she romained for two months. For the past fortnight further repairs have been done 'at (iie ship's borth at Aotea Quny. The Karepo is expected to sail for Crevmouth on Wednesday.
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 April 1946, Page 2
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