The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. "Te Ora Mota Iwi." FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1902.

Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 115, 19 September 1902, Page 3

The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. "Te Ora Mota Iwi." FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1902.

S)me time ago a movement was started at Gisborne to establish a Cook National Memorial Fund for the purpose of erecting a monument to Captain Cook, t» mark bis first landing place in New Zealand. The suggestion, which has received the hearty i-uppovfc and approbation of leading citizens throughout the Colony, is now being made prac eal by the strong comm ttee set up at Gisborne who are

appealing for donations for. the ..object in view. The ladies have now taken i the matter in hand and .formed a children’s section, at the same, time issuing circulars and subscription lists to all schools, public arid private, in New Zealand. In a letter to us, dated the 12th September, Mrs. Sampson, the Honorary Secretary, requests us to review the matter and to draw people’s attention to the proposed memorial, as “the object is a national one, an 1 one worthy of the nation.” James Cook, the intrepid navigator, and explorer, who first landed in New Zealand on Sunday, October Bth, 1769, is well deserving of a perpetual memorial and no better place could be selected than Gisborne as a site. The story of his career is one of great interest to those who study the history and development of the British Empire, for it was through Captain Cook that Gteat Britain was able to add this wonderful colony of ours to its vast dominions. Englishmen are proud to honor and perpetuate the memory of countrymen who have rendered valuable services to their kinsmen and a similar compliment paid to James Cook, a martyr to duty, should meet with the loyal support of New Zealanders.