Yesterday morning, at 8.80 o'clock, the Onion Steamship Company's s.s. Wareatea was floated out of dock, and towed to a berth at the No. 7 wharf. While in dock she was subjected to repairs of a difficult nature at the hands of Messrs Anderson, the ironfounders, of Christchurch and Lyt telton. The repairs have been executed to the entire satisfaction of the chief engineer of the vessel, who, when our representative visited him, paid a high compliment to the Arm for the finish to tfceir work. Tbe extent of the damage done to the vessel was the breaking of the after propeller shaft, which in turn frac ture- *he pipe in which it revolves. To Messrs Anderson was entrusted the soaking of a new- stern pipe, which was fitted on Wednesday last. It was7ftlong, and weighed lbcwt. All the rnachLae work in co_nection with it was done at at their workshops They also repaired the leiter bulkhead which had beea damaged, and effected a nttie repairs to the hull in ri ve l u "£- & ?. The propeller and shaft arrived from Dunedin, and was by the chief engineer and his assistants. The Wareatea left for West- Sort -ester-ay afternoon.
EXPECTED ARRIVALS.
T-tonLB-M. S.S., NY, Tia Welllngton. Oa_la_da, barque', QNtfV. sailed Feb 15tb, 106 days out. OHT?l3_M.**>*• Ti »dunedin. i£2e_Srß*y. ( _, b * n i ue . RCJ s, __i.ed March 7th, 86 days out. Crasader, ship. Opawa, ablp. QKPJ.
