BUILT 50 YEARS AGO.—The 10-ton fishing ketch Kyra, which arrived at Wellington recently from Port Underwood with 120 cases of horse mackerel. Built for sail about 50 years ago, the Kyra is constructed of kauri planks and black birch frames. She is copper-fastened and strengthened with natural elbows of pohutukawa, and now carries a powerful engine.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18763, 20 July 1935, Page 14
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56BUILT 50 YEARS AGO.—The 10-ton fishing ketch Kyra, which arrived at Wellington recently from Port Underwood with 120 cases of horse mackerel. Built for sail about 50 years ago, the Kyra is constructed of kauri planks and black birch frames. She is copper-fastened and strengthened with natural elbows of pohutukawa, and now carries a powerful engine. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18763, 20 July 1935, Page 14
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