THE MAUI POMARE

Hokitika Guardian, 27 June 1930, Page 6

THE MAUI POMARE

CAUSE OF: FAILURE: DISCOVERED

WETvLI NG Tfyv, June 28

The technical;;, advisory committee under the chairmanship of.vMr-Breeze, Chief Surveyor of investigated the cause 'of 'flie ..trouble which developed in the engine-room of the Government motor-ship Maui Pom are, and has made a discovery which will enable the fault to bo-'*per-manently rectified.

The. principal fuel tanks run beneath the' two main engines, and the investigators found large areas of loose riveting,. They consider there has been ’faulty workmanship, ’■ ’because the rivets were packed with some material w-hifh has fallen out. A

■ ft is lVeeessary.'-tp renew the rivets, on the' whole. ofAthe tank tops on which the "in rtin engines; are bedded; therefore. before'!' repairs ..-commence, the £n-: glues, must■ he lifted , out of the shiji. This;- will be done at tlie Wellington -b’.hfti'ves within the next few days, and ..the tender of the Wellington Patent Slip Company lias .been cepted forCthe .whole• of- the. work, which, it is estimated, will take six weeks. ... .J,'.. ~ , 'A .A. y,

In ■addition. .to renewing faulty rivets, it is intended to provide added strengthening ’to .remove all possibility of vibration of the main engines while under load.