NEW FUNNEL FITTED
REPAIRS TO STEAMER IN PORT WAR-BUILT SHIP More than ten years of service in all W ,i ier Proved too much for the funnel of the steamer Elveric, now in port. Yesterday the exposed part of the funnel was lifted off, and today a new top is being fitted. is a coal-burner, and spindrift and weather had eaten right through the forward part of the funnel Eighty rivets had to be knocked out, and an acetone flame was used in several places before the wharf crane could lift the damaged part and place it on a motor-lorry. Repairs aie expected to be finished this afterT he vessel will leave tomorrow lor Westport, thence to Iquique, Chile to load for Sydney. coincid ence, two “war” ships, the Elveric and the Acasta, were in port together last week. They are both war-built boats. The Acasta was originally V-ar Matron, and the Elveric bv S R W f r T F apitol ' She is owned by the Bank Line, and is of 5,685 tons displacement.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 950, 17 April 1930, Page 18
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175NEW FUNNEL FITTED Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 950, 17 April 1930, Page 18
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