As a result of her collision, with the China Merchants s. Poo An in the. Astraea Channel recently, the Blue Funnel s. Philoctetes now lies in the Shanghai Dock & Engineering Co's International Dock undergoing extensive repairs, The Philoctetes is one of the largest and heaviest vessels over drydocked in Shanghai, her dimension being 528 fect long, 63 feet beam, she weighs about 11/500 tons '08s, She is owned by the China mutual S. N. Ca, (Messrs. Alfred Holt & Go,) of Liverpool, "The Philgctetos entered dock last Friday, and it is expected that, she will be' able will leave dock in about week, though she will not be sail Sng for some time afterwards as ae
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