COOK MEMORIAL

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 509, 23 August 1902, Page 3

COOK MEMORIAL

LETTER FROM MR T. W. LEYS.

The Secretary of tho Cook Momorial Fund has received the following interesting letter from Mr T. W. Leys, editor of the Auckland Star:— " I hope the movement in favor of a Cook Memorial, to mark the site where the great navigator first landed in Now Zealand, is thriving. No one who has attentively studied the work done in New Zealand bv that remarkablo man ean avoid tho reflection that his unique services have not received the recognition they should have done from the people who have profited so largely from his labors. In Sydney a statue of Cook occupies a prominent position in one of the most central public recreation reserves, and a monument marks the place of his landing at Botany Bay. The movement to similarly distinguish the spot whero ho first set foot on tho shores of New Zealand should command public support throughout tho colony. I oncloso a guinea towards the fund.” Mr A. Dewing, manager of Nelson Bros.’ Taruheru Works, has also written, heartily approving of tho movemont and forwarding a guinea. SUBSCRIPTION LIST. Amount previously acknowledged £25 11s 6d. T. W. Leys £1 Is, A. Dewing £1 Is, Patutahi School (per J. C. Woodward) £1 16s 9d; total amount received, £29 10s 3d.