FIRST WHITE MAN.
CAPTAIN COOK'S LAIDUfi, ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED. . (By Telegraph.—Press AssocUtkm.) | GISBORXE, this dij, The 159 th anniversary of the of Captain Cook was celebrated jesto day afternoon, when representatins public bodies and a large number of fti public gathered at the Cook »wM»y on Kaiti beach. A short religious service was folhrnii by speeches eulogising the great nangt. tor, and by the depositing of wreatfai« the monument. Reference was made ti the fact that the ceremony was +***■■ place on the actual site where (kpta Cook first set foot on New Zealand ariL Mr. J. R. Kirk, who presided, read a message from the chairman and eoadi of the Royal Colonial Institute ting themselves with the honour paid is the memory of Captain Cook, and ahi messages from the Prime Minister, th Hon. K. S. Williams, and the Retomf Soldiers' Association. A stirring was delivered by Dr. Mdlraith.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 238, 8 October 1928, Page 8
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148FIRST WHITE MAN. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 238, 8 October 1928, Page 8
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