THE MOTUROA AND THE KATE
"There must be many residents of Wellington who can remember these two small vessels," writes "Nemo," in reference to the Kate and the Moturoa, which were mentioned in this column recently. "They were the especial delight of small boys who fished and played around the waterfront," he says. "One of the crew of the Moturoa —she carried two—was a 'character.' He was a little swarthy fellow with a moustache, who fired her boiler, tied her up, painted her, was chief cook, etc. When he had a beer or two he euphemistically designated himself 'skipper.' He was a good fellow, all the same, and intensely proud of his 'ship.' "The last I saw of the Kate was at Foxton. She was engaged there, about thirty-five years ago, as a tug, bringing barges of fla:: from near Shannon, up the Manawatu River, down to the mills at Foxton. She was 'going strong' when I saw her and doing right valiantly. Perhaps-some resident of Foxton could tell us of her ultimate fate." \
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 111, 13 May 1939, Page 24
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174THE MOTUROA AND THE KATE Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 111, 13 May 1939, Page 24
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