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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 8 February 1901, Page 4

Cook’s Cove. In connection with the report that an oak cask has been found at Cook’s Cove, believed to be a relic of the early navigator, old settlers discredit the theory of its connection with Cook, pointing out that the cove was frequently visited by whalers and trading vessels in days’gone by. It is also said that the place was used a good deal for the purpose of smuggling, and the storv is related (says the “Napier Telegraph”) that many years ago a schooner from Sydney, which was coming to Gisborne with a valuable cargo, being pressed by the revenue boat, ran into the cove and unloaded her goods, and then came on the Big River empty, where she was searched, and, of course, nothing dutiable was found. It is said that the owner subsequently sent his mate in another vessel back to the cove to collect the cargo, which he did, but carried it on to Napier, and sold it, decamping with the proceeds.