COOK MEMORIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 525, 23 September 1902, Page 2

COOK MEMORIAL.

PRESS COMMENTS. The suhicct. of the Cook Memorial is being taken up by Die Press o! Die colony in a very encouraging manner. With the exception of one journal that, attempted to work off some luittij isms on Die subject, the comments arc of a. most cordial nature, as may lie judged by a few' that we append :

AUCKLAND STAR

Mrs Sampson, secretary to Utc Children’s section of the Cook Memorial Fund, lias sent us a pamphlet re Cook’s landing in New Zealand, also a copy of letter the comnvittce nas forwarded to all schools, public and private, in New Zealand. The committee desire to make the movement a national one, and especially to interest the school children of the colony. I lie addressed envelopes sent to schools arc flanked and returned free. . • . The movement to erect a suitable memorial at the place where Cook first landed in New Zealand, at Gisborne, is one worthy of support, and subscriptions for that purpose may lie Sent to the Star office.

WAIKATO TIMES

The object of the National Cook Memorial Kuml is t,o creel, on the spot in Poverty Bay where, on Sunday, October Kth, 1769, Captain Cook first, landed in New Zealand, a memorial in keeping with to momentous an event, in the history of the British Empire. It is somewhat hi the nature of a national disgrace that a memorial of the kind has not been erected long ago, .and it behoves us now to make some acknowledgement of the Empire’s indebtedness to ner great navigator. It. has been suggested that all children attending the schools of the colony should contribute one penny or more if they wish towards a fund for this purpose. It is hoped ttiat, parents and others will encourage their children to make this little sacrifice, and so taj<e part in at great national movement. It has also lx;en proposed that the adults of the colony should aid the project by means of a shilling subscription to be taken up all over the colony in aid of the memorial fund. A strong committee, including the Mayor of Gisborne, lion. James Carroll, Kev. 11. Williams, Mr TV. A. Barton, S.M. and other prominent citizens of Gisborne, nas teen formed to carry out the project, and His Excellency the Governor nas expressed his sympathy with the movement. Subscription lists are now lying at Mr James S. Bond’s stationery warehouse in Victoria street, Hamilton, and Mr Bond will be glad if any so disposed will hand in their contribution as soon as possible, when they will be forwarded on t.o the Cook Memorial Fund Committee, Gisborne. WAIKAKAPA LEADER. The residents of Poverty Bay are moving in the direction of having erec-~' ted a monument to Captain Cook, the discoverer of New Zealand, who landed ah that place in the year 1769. It is a remarkable and reproachful fact that this colony has made no effort to perpetuate the memory of the hrst Englishman who set foot on these shores, and .we have no doubt that the people of Gisborne will have the assistance of oilier parts of the colony in the prnniotion of what should certainly be a national movement. There has teen

formed at Gisborne a “ Cook National Memorial Committee,” which lias started a fund to defray the cost- of a monument to be erected at the place where Cook fffist set foot on the land or as near to it. as cir' onwl-itw wii! permit. Tins Co;a::./tKt: ...'ungjn pamphlet form a .' >r’ de -nv ... curative of the momentous event, w; iLU-a by His Lordship Bishop Williams, to-

gether with the opinions expressed by prominent publie men in New Zealand as to the propriety of the movement. In conjunction with the main committee, there is a children’s section, in charge of a committee of ladies, and there has been forwarded to us a copv of the children Is subscription list, for

amounts of a penny and upwards, which are being placed for signature in the public schools. Envelopes addressed to the secretary of the fund (.Mr W. J. P. Gandhi) arc franked, and are permitted through the post free. The secretary of the children’s section is Mrs .Sampson. The Leader will lie pleased to receive subscriptions, or to supply any information hi connection with tfie fund.

WAIKATO ARCUS

We have received from the Secretary of the Cook .Memorial Fund, Gisborne a subscription list, and also a circular referring to the movement, in which a lover 1 suggestion ns mgde by Mrs Sampson. It is that the newspapers in issuing their accounts, add one shilling to each account as a contribution to the Cook Memorial Fund. On the account could he printed a note.

11 Please erase Cook Memorial Contribution if not desired.” We shall be pleased to receive, subscriptions towards the work, and to add our own mite, but as far as the suggestion referred to goes, it iust i aikes us all our time to get in our own accounts, without, endeavoring to collect the extra amount. We commend the ladv for

her ingenuity, and at. her request hereby notify that envelopes from all schools are returnable free. Anyone who feels inclined to contribute a shilling will find a list- ready ior signature at this office. The object- is a national one, and we wish the promoters every success in their imdertakinsj