THE COOK MEMORIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1538, 21 August 1905, Page 3

THE COOK MEMORIAL.

(To tho Editor of the’ Times.)

Blr,—l see by your issue of Friday last that the site formerly ohosen by the Cook Memorial committee, and against whioh I formerly protested, has boen disapproved of by Mr Mason, the expert,.and condemned as an unsuitable site. I also see that st a recent meeting of tbo committee a nnmber expressed themselves in favor of having the memorial at the foot of the Eaiti bill on a portion of the ".two ohains from high water mark ” given by the Go- I vernment for pnblio utility. Why not oall a public meetiog as proposed by the Mayor, and let the public judge where to plaoe it? The town is the proper placo for such ornaments, as monuments of great men are placed in all great towns all over tho world. Why, it would give oar town an air of importanoo and fame, together with encouraging people to oome and see it. Thousands not yet born would oome to see tho great navigator’s monument, and doing so would see Gisborne. Were a cairn placed at Captain Cook’s landing plaoe it would do equally as well. Besides, if tho monument is built near the boat harbor it oan be seen from the deck of any vessel in the bay, and persons need not, therefore, came ashore to see it. It would be an advertisement for ever for Gisborne if placed in some central I part of the town with a fountain at its base, for it would be both {ornamental and useful, and a credit to the Borough.—l am, yours, etc., I E. P. JOYCE.

“ King Richard taking little Harry Bedford to task.’’ Mr Bedford frequently appears in the pulpit, and has gone through the country preaching good will to man and the Messiah as our example, and urging men and women to do what is right and proper. As between man and man, I ask him now: Doos he feel he has done his duty as a man or as a member of Parliament? Does he think his duty as a member of Parliament calls upon him to take private communications between father and daughter, obtained surreptitiously from men who have violated their obligation, and make them public to be read on the floor of the House ?

An extraordinary accident happened in Sydney recently. A girl, who was on the balcony near the top of the post office tower, dropped a sixpenny piece. It struck a man in tho street below, 1 , perforating the skull. He remained in hospital for ten days. This is an illustration of the old adage: “ A little money goes a long way.”

Maude Williamson and Ml-; Wpods ■were ‘being extensively; starred ‘in San Francisco when the mail left. Miss Williameoft ia described as, a great English actress, who has been associated with Sir Henry lir,ving r Ellen Terry, Sir Charles Wyndhlam, Forbes Robertson, 'John Hare, etc. flashing young romantic actor of remarkable scope. There are - preliminary puffs, and. are, hot the most extensive, it Sooks as though San Francisco bad been fed to expeel A good deals