CAPTAIN COOK
HIS MEMORY HONOURED
(United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)
(Received this day at 11.25. a.m.) LONDON, October 25.
Toasting tlie memory of Captain Cook at the British Empire League’s bi-centenary luncheon, Mr L. C. AmerV paid a tribute to Captain Cook’s achievements in exploration and navigation. He suggested bis survey of the St. Lawrence River was partly responsible for the Empire acquiring Canada, and thereafter the Admiralty gave him £SO and selected him as the most capable navigator of Arctic and Antarctic voyages. Cook’s charts oil' New Zealand were practically unchallenged to-day.,
Sir James Parr was of the opinion that if Captain Cook could return, lie would urge the full development of the Empire’s vast heritage. Sir Michael Hodges, Second Sea Lord, considered it. was marvellous for a craft of 395 tons, ninety-six people, plant, and live-stock to sail the seas of the world with so little suffering from scurvy. Cook had to whip ideas of hygiene into the sailors, 'floggingtwo who refused fresh beef. Some oi Cook’s charts were used even to-day.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 October 1928, Page 5
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