Britain’s canning industry, is developing rapidly. Five years ago only five firms were engaged in it, now there are forty firms controlling some fifty factories. Although some of the biggest British racing yachts have tubular metal masts, King George’s yacht Britannia has a wooden mast which, at 175 ft., is taller than any other.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 142, 18 May 1932, Page 8
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