S. Vincent Photo. THE GOVERNMENT STEAMER MATAI, which visited Gisborne last week and berthed for the first time in the harbour basin. Two features of the ship’s construction, her clipper bow and cruiser stern, will be readily noticed. As well as attending to the various coast lighthouses, the ship also serves when required as the official yacht of the Governor-Genera], and for this purpose is fitted wtih special accommodation.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19139, 7 October 1936, Page 14
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69S. Vincent Photo. THE GOVERNMENT STEAMER MATAI, which visited Gisborne last week and berthed for the first time in the harbour basin. Two features of the ship’s construction, her clipper bow and cruiser stern, will be readily noticed. As well as attending to the various coast lighthouses, the ship also serves when required as the official yacht of the Governor-Genera], and for this purpose is fitted wtih special accommodation. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19139, 7 October 1936, Page 14
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