BUILT INLAND.
NEW NORTHEBN LAUNCH
FIRST "CRUISE" ON LORRY-
One would scarcely associate..B lk ' j j rangi, the well-known northern ewi mining centre, with the boat-builai» o industry, but it was there that a ne» launch for use at Whananaki was wii'fThe new craft has been named NonaShe is 28ft long, with a beam The Nona's first "cruise" was on a low> a trip of 14 miles to tidewater at Wiiangarei, ' where she was ' launched. The road journey occupied 12 hours.The builder of the Nona was <M§ * Harris, who was formerly with an Auckland boat-building firm. The build*? took three months.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 266, 9 November 1932, Page 8
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101BUILT INLAND. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 266, 9 November 1932, Page 8
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