CENTENNIAL CANOES
TREE TRUNKS FOR HULLS SECTIONS TAKEN FROM BUSH [by TELEGRAPH —OWN correspondent] ROTORUA, Thursday Two more sections of huge totara tree trunks roughly hewn in the shape of canoe hulls, which are to be vised hy the Wnikato Maoris for the four canoes they are building for the Centennial celebrations together with smaller lengths, were brought from the hush at Oruanui on three trucks yesterday. Thcv will be transported today to Ngaruawahia, where the final work necessary for the completion of the canoes is being carried out by a party of Maori carvers under the direction of Princess Tc Puoa. The two longer lengths brought in from the bush yesterday exceeded the length of the sections taken t6 Ngaruawahia last week by nearly 20ft., one being 58ft. long and another 51ft. Although there was considerable holiday motor traffic on the PotoruaTawpo highway, no difficulty was experienced by the drivers of the trucks in negotiating the corners and the hills, with their unwieldy loads.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23233, 30 December 1938, Page 10
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