WRECK OP THE SCHOONER RONA.
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Auckland, August 18th,
There is little doubt but that the vessel reported by tha Natives as wrecked on th;coast a few miles south of Knipara Heads is the schooner Roca, which usually traded to Lyttelton, She left Auckland in ballast on August Ist, and was due at Kaipara quite n weekfngo.H Farther particu'ars received t*-t!a> state '.th it "the Maoris a»w the yard*, blocks, and ons anchor upon Ihe beaoh. The vessel was huried ia tho sand—all but the copper. The It ma was commanded by Captain Kenneth M'Kenz'e, half owner, who has had charge of the vessel since she wa.i built, two and a-half years ago. He hns a wife ami fnur children residing at O^tnaru. Tho nanse* rf toe crew are—Robert Smith, Neil Oarmiohael. Charles Johnson, and W. Eagla. The vessel was iosurcd for L4oo—only about half hbi value. D. H. M'Kenzie owns a half interest.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 6092, 19 August 1881, Page 3
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157WRECK OP THE SCHOONER RONA. Otago Daily Times, Issue 6092, 19 August 1881, Page 3
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