BRITAIN TO CELEBRATE
COOK ANNIVERSARY GREAT CEREMONIES SOON /United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association l Reed. 9 a.m. LONDON, Friday. Although the actual date of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Captain James Cook will be October 27, the celebrations will take place for climatic reasons on September 8. There will be great ceremonies in Yorkshire, where there will be a pilgrimage to Captain Cook's birthplace at Marton, and at his school at Great Ayton there will be a play representing Cook’s life at Whitby. Arrangements are being made to rally Australians and New Zealanders to take part in the London function on October 27, when a wreath will be laid on Cook’s statue at the Admiralty Arch. The Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, Mr. L. S. Amery, the Lord Mayor, Sir Charles Batho, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. W. C. Bridgeman, and the Dominion AgentsGeneral, have been invited. A line of beacons will be lit from Whitby to Great Ayton.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 418, 1 September 1928, Page 9
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