BUILT FIFTY YEARS AGO.—The ten-ton fishing ketch Kyra, which arrived at Wellington from Port Underwood on Saturday 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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Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1935, Page 11
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57BUILT FIFTY YEARS AGO.—The ten-ton fishing ketch Kyra, which arrived at Wellington from Port Underwood on Saturday 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. Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1935, Page 11
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