SHIP COVE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1669, 8 February 1913, Page 4

SHIP COVE.

SITE OF THE CAPTAIN COOK

MONUMENT.

Ship Goto, whoro tho Captain Coot monument will bo, unveiled by his Excellency tho Governor- on Tuesdav next, . haa preserved its natural 6tale through the tenturios, and ' its aspect to-day is practically the same as'whon the great oircumnnvigator tied his. vessel to a projecting tree and listened to n tfoncort of bii-ds "like myriads of small, bells exquisitely tuned." Proclaimed a State sanctuary.-somothing, ovor a decade ago, this' charming' nook, 1 with its richly-clad slopes and . its glimpse' past tho jagged promontories of Queen Charlotte Sound anto tho far distanco of, the Pacific Ocean, is yearly becoming moto popular as ono of the "show places" of New Z-ealaud. Tho mstprio interest with which Cook's rendezvous is instinct is now fittingly marked, and,that tho attractiveness of the I.covo as oho of tho most notable "lions" of tho Dominion has been largely enhancwl can hardly bo doubted. It is anticipated 'that the unveiling ceremony will be an event of much impressiveness. Tho vico-regal party will probably land ' from tho 'i ulanekai shortly after tho Mnraroa reaches tho covo from Welling- , ton, and the function will bo commenced at 12.30. All'tho available craft in tho harbour has • been requisitioned for tho v conveyance of tho Marlborough people from Picton, and tho Mayor of Nelson, with a -party, proceeds to tho' Covo by special steamer. The training-ship Amoltura will fire a'salute 1 as the monument i» • disclosed to public view. ;