COOK MEMORIAL UNVEILED.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1672, 12 February 1913, Page 4

COOK MEMORIAL UNVEILED.

-';,.■:,, w Y;, y,-.{ -. |; : :;yj i ;;.:;-'; ; AT;SHIP,COVE.:, ; p': Mm EARL OF UVERPOOL t ■ ; '. ;i -F --'■:' ■ "'' ;: ' ;; - '' : '"■'■■' f';y': : | : /PATHETIC INCIDENT.' " .■;': [;:'/'"''-.; RE &APTAIN SCOTT, ' t-i. ; Ni:'-''fe' :'•/■'"..' : '. ■;''■■ ' '''' -' ■ ,'"■ [;;':." .?{By TelosTaph.—Special. Correspondent.) t v /'"- . fi-"' '"■■'Wi"' j.Blpnheirn, February 11. ;■/ ■."-.'■:.' !§hip- Cove, ; ,ih-Qhee(a' Chariot to Sound, i"'-/-' /Mfirlteoughi.-Vas'.thY-scene'of -an historio [' -. / gathering to-day,-, .'wi'cn'tho.'ceremony' of f -/'/ '.unveiling. thei"monwjhcnt /erected >to .tho I/' ../memory .of iCaptaih Cook was performed [:.:•':/,/'. by:his Excellency "tho ' Governor'in the [/;■'. -presenco of a large a'ssomblago. Captain [J:/ -.Cook's rendezvous was I .' certainly"..; never I: /. .iin'pi'o.niimerouslr popui\atei. .It' is. eati-s-:::://:niated:fully 2000, peoplo'travelled thither. |.:',',. ; /' frjpm ypriotis 1 "' dirbctionit.'' ' Marlborough ijv--; v w?js „largoly.:represented,vtho: excursion (~'> >.;, train from" Blenheim' : con'iiaining .several

'hundreds- of people, and-many.: vessels, i;.which .set. out from. Picton,'conveyed well ;oyer 1000 peoplo to tlio famous spot. Tlio «. •' Mararoa- sot -out' : from : "WcßXing'toh. witli eiqse on; 500. excipsionists. :..T\Vo r Mnyof:6f Njjlson, nud party also ' nrrvved. .Tho brought tho ; Vicc-I&'gal pa.rfcj', and, when tho various craft arrived at thp .. Cove, ..it presented ..an,; interesting. spec-' , taclo, Tho training 6hip provod ~ rfn. object of much interest to crowds 'of . vsitors, and the, Wellington lfa.rbour 1 ' Perry. Company's steamer ■ Duchess g»roat,ly(: assisted,.tho'.occasion by keeping, up transpoH from Picton '■ • Tho ,Governor and tho Vice-Regal pari)" landed'frbm -tho Tutttnekai 'shortly after 11 |" ipidtlaj",. and [were received by; tho Memorial Committee. .-Others present at the. • reception included the Hons. P. M' B' I'isher.vH. D. Beil, R. and the y_, Mayors of 'WclHngton,'.Blenheim, ■ Richmond,- and-P/oton, and Mr. M'CalHum, M.P. for "Wairan. •As tho - landing . . wa.9, in progress,; tho Amokuru fired a ij.i ' the training''..ship . formed .n'gwlifd of. .honour. Speeches were . then delivered from tho platform crectcil ■, alongside tho ■ ■> .v. -n ■■■■. , 0 I > ®' UI1 ? ' Iclnal 'k3 wero mado by Mr-vJohn JJunwin, chairman of .tho Momo.ri&l Committee, . who explained • that Ship , - Cqvo is. surrounded .by'ascenic reserve of .. ."some 2000; direst .. Ifc'tvas .oho of themoat ■-X . notable^',spots,;. v . monii'ment.-er'ectea;; thtro; did not .'repre-'' v..'/'scntj! tho ■ completion'' of 'tliQ .' memorial movement, 1 as it ;wasj;interided'. : fo place 'a • ,■. considerably larger, '^Vlsla«di\in'.tSe.:Ticiiuty^vheie : 4]iQ British • sovereignty, over, tho.: South "Island was proclaimed by the Cook Monument. This point was visiblo from vessel on tho Pic- ■ aon-Nclsqn rotite.,: Mr.- Duncan added a - handsome .tribute to Mr: Robt. M'Nab as : A - .the' . objocts-of- Committeo.■'.-:■■- ■. Tho.'.Earl ;of.;Liverpool then ; spoke.-: H«: ; stated -that -he' came there/.that- day to cissist<in doing honour to .tho -man..whoso ;■ guiding star through lifo was marked by ..-unswerving zeal and undaunted pertevcr.'■■«iico. Thftrohnd ibeon. many, men in all ■ .i'.ges: and' from- all -.nations who had cheeru tfully, nild'. devotedly, gitcn their .best years . i <•: tojtthfExploration' u'nd 'science -. fofytlw' beftelifc of-their fellow men. What -;-ispeciKlly:vi^^alcU.jtbViis .to-day.'was ;th<i. - faqtlthat, Cook belonged to.a rnco ... of! wlnohiiaU-iwero.-.so nustlv taroud..: Al- ■ 'th otklr'irt A ny' yea rs Ili ad passed since 'C ap-; •• tain;,(Mole's day,-we wore still endeavour-; .• inff.iitij, givjo-lv full '(though"tardy) expressioh'ot not only of tho memory ,of:aivintronid;navifrator.and explorer, . : bui;of Bntisncr..' (Ap-~ 31 ijonqlmling ' his - sur-ech;!. the.. Earl . ot-Liverpool created a profound sensation ;./."by';.readingi; tlio..message .announcing the ~ disaster'that ;o;iptain ; Scott-9. ; :3'6liir party, in <the dash for tho Smth. Pole. Jlq^regretted:,that. ha,.bad to in-, trainee a'" 1 note 'of .sndheiss iiito" llio" ce're- .>- . / mdhy-,;vbnb<he'Hhought. ,it ; only, right .that, he 'should -convey the tragic news whichhe had just received. , The reading, of ■ tuo - telegram stating that Captain Seott : nnd sp.rty-ihad overtaken,, bya bliz-v:Mnl'.-visibly; the'audience. I'/, :■ • ;lil.a, few feeling reinarkSc his Excellency ':/>• addetb tfi at,<na ; vone". attending; - :tha't\,Vday, -.-. tho"tl'Jle"J:seii£o..of -the tragic nature of the would bo felt the keener, for - Captain Scott and his men were heroes of tKb very , typo of the man ivhase mohu-, ... )noit;^ x was now being";-unveiled. 'Such men . hnd.Vcontributed .in a notable manner to ' .the jjatidn-which; they so worthily repfeiv ' sented.'i'(Applanse.) .', ~ - l'he' l Hon.,i'."M/ CTCding spealtex.;;' Ho; opened.by: referring ',-. in -feeling- ', tov'the, sad-inews : an-: . ; nou'nptHl '.by-.Tiia, Excellency, Tlio ..hearty ' felt ftjnoipathy.iof ereryone; woiild go out 'to tho'relatives and friends;^'of tho'men ■ ,v' whole' fatal 'journey in tho. interests: of ,science ,«cas -onievorlasting credit' to tho •; to . which. Ca'ptnin Cook belonged. :'v'-It jjrosjiv tragedy that would appeal to' . all -hfarts. ' .pink of tho wife, of „ the ' gallant -Polar leadct-whb 'was 'oh her ' way to meet hor .husband, ..only to be met by jho.intelligenco of his terrible but notable ueath. . Mr.. Pisher ' went on"■ to> l speak : of.'iho movement: whiih had. rev 'BUltjfa. jn i justice being ;to tho famous ' cifOUmßavigator,'. :-.' ; Ho ap- .. . pealed.to tno publio sentiment to support • thd;; ob]ect in; view regarding . Motnara :.-.'¥.®5%3r ller «':C o ok proclaimed th'o Kin" . of Britama sovereignty over, the South Islapd': ''- • , , . :■; ... ■ : ' M'Callnm, ■member : for Waii'au, reference to the Gov- , - ® rl ?Pf 3 mterest in 'the memorial move:m»nt. . ■ .

;■■■:■ ! Mfr;Robort M'Nab then made on in- . vterestiftg-- speech in historical .vein. - In tneUcdurso ! of. this.: W referred ~to -ths •-■tragic news of tho Polar disaster, 'and "•:: remarked that Captain Cook himself'had . foundation of Antarctic'exnWs,. tion.Arecommending-that any expedition . of,usa ftnd.discretion.should have its base >.-in.-.queen 'Charlotte Sojind..'. Mr. M'Nab's .speech wasvrepleto.wjthappropriato'his- :;; which-had -been 'ac-' .niured or first named by himself during .;.'.'■***:researches"in, other lands. '■'■ '* c wfijcnrlleas- : ; ,«ff:-t?.o4"2*' J cnT<, , , ,°l> ll 'is'. tho^ monument, ex- • ' :1 J iew: ' "-- the'. cheering'. . -5?0p1e,.. -Tho, Vice-Regal- party and : somo - :,#.B.¥ s ', s 't n «n.adjourned, to "armarquce,. .'.•Tfhero.,they ;wero entertained at a public ..:luncheon.."-Anions,those present•'■ and in- -• K?" UC£! "'w.tho Governor were Jns. Eraser ' , " o£ a?°. ' <WF«'! pioneer resident , of'Marlboro vrli) and Jnmcs'Jackson (an old, whaler, who exhibited to tho Govcr- •■ . nor-a: : medal struck in 1770 for: presenta- ; - -tibn: by. Captain.Cob'- to the Nativ© chiefs , ftjitl-of'Which only five now exist). Mr. 1 Jackson found the medal imbedded in. the . .sartd-of Queen Charlotte Sound. ■■'. ' '' ■ -?In>:proposing tho health -of;• his lencyv.Mr.' John Duncan 1 .hiado a'clever' .; allusion to tho suitability of-Picton for •.'naVal. purposes. . "'.','• J"' ~ >A'nlcasm? feature of the day was tho . :■■ surprise sprung on his Excellency by the . Memorial Committoo when . n framed photograph of tho Ship Cove Monument - waspr'esented. . ,:.■'•.'••''■'•■-.'■•. :.-.-• . .'.Subsequently'the Earl of Liverpool' boarded ,tho:Amokura, inspected the veseel.'and expressed himsolf as greatly pleased with what he daw oh fbo training ship!. When the inspection v.n.n -over the gangway: was manned by the boyx in proper naval .'style and a wlute wr? fired as the ' Governor left, the vc,-«el. -- , The Hon. P. M. 13. Fisher; in the eoiirfe ; oflhin remarks at the monument, w<ide a graceful allusion to the Ainohnn. Joys, encouraging IVm to follow the example of'tho great riilor whom th«f were )i«n--ourir,:-,that day. 'During the day a wireless /ncssege wes .received by Mr, AV, R. Alkn feretory .of: the,' Memorial Committfe) ffim Jb> Premier, as follows; "I uw r<w* Jis*: ■ endowments in Wellington rep/frr jb.im- . possible for mo to be nres«<f ijt the p^. veiling of the memorial to .the wsiiiyguished'- sailor, Captain Cook, J'w»),t me, however, to express ray »ppr<wM.i;^n . of'thegood work done by yjur tMßtmv te« in so marking a fM tY*r P> h* '«-- <-/icinted - with the memory of the navigator." The Premier's UJcgra.v .»;.» rivvl'in'timo to be read at the vffitjel •liißchcon,' when it was remarked as >1 ffl.- '; 'lii<>lH«nee that the toghesf form »1 Mm* -MinieationslirttiM be rerejyed /.£ ; (-.;-.., ~.: fii-.- ( !f,y ni-eciwlui-g t)vA ymn -'■■'...;/o'.-"''' ; vi'f'linil' i inad9.)iis first l«ndj/^ ■■: ■'■♦Jierc "130; years ago. -..'_■ - , . ■ Ship Coy« (OjklwM

at about 4 p.m., at which hour the great majority of tho visitors embarked in various vessels I'or the homsward trip.

Leaving Wellington at 8.20' a.m. yesterday, tho Union Company's Marnroa arrived at Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte | Sound, three hours-: later. Tho vessel lmd a good weather-run across, and her 350 excursionists were landed in launches aud boats in amplo 'time to witness tho unvofling oil tho Captain Cookl Memorial by his Excellency .tho Governor. The return journey was commenced at 3.30 p.m., and Wellington Wharf was reached at 6.30 p.m. Coming back the Mararoa experienced a hard north-westerly "blow," but very little sea. Launches and excursion steamers from Picton and Nelson were much' in evidence at the "Cove," and it. is estimated that several thousands of peoplo witnessed tho interesting ceremony... I:;■■ ." .