THE KIA ORA.
!Aj large crowd assembled yesterday afternoon to witness the departure of the. yacht Kia Ora for London and St. Louis. The yacht was presumably to proceed via Wellington, but the general undorstantUiig was that Mr Buekevidgc and Mr Sowsden intended Gisborne to be the final port of departure. Shortly after 2.50, the Waihi, with excursionists on board, and the Kia Ora and other yachts in tow, left the wharf, a number of other boats following down the river. There was apparently a southerly rain Squall ahead, but the woatlier cleared again. The Waihi went out a good distance, and then, amidst cheering, the little boat set off alone on her long, venturesome, and tedious journey.
“ Good-bye,” signalled the Waihi. With the code UPS. “ A pleasant passage ” (TCSj signalled the mammoth liner Athenic ito the little vessel. Mr Franks had gone out on the Kia Ora, and returned on one of the other yachts, the Kumi and Dart having gone out as an escort. The last verbal ! communications were hearty, good Svisjhes. [
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1058, 27 November 1903, Page 3
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