COOK'S MEMORY.
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Press Assn.—United Service.) (Received 12 noon.) '', ■ LONDON/ October 25. : !^rt ta ». the me i?°ry of Captain Cook it the British Empire League's bicenten"igS luncheon Mr. L. S. Amery paid a Captain Cook's achievements glllgxploration and navigation. '■>it* "'SSWted that his survey of the «m Wrence ®* ver waß partly responi fflf® the Empire acquiring Canada. Thereafter the Admiralty gave him £50 •od selected him as the most capable •aTigato'f of the Arctic and Antarctic Bgf* Cook's charts of New ZeaWniiy Were P rac tically unchallenged ; Sir James Parr was of opinion that if Captain Cook could return he would 'Sfß* the full development of the sllgEßiplre's vast heritage. Sir Michael Hodges, Second Sea Lord, a roarvellous for a craft of • ' • *, 86 people, plant and live nock, to sail the seas of the world with suffering from scurvy. Captain feu to whip the ideas of hygiene the sailors, flogging two, who tefuged fresh beef. Some of Captain ' . yook's charts were used even to-day.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 254, 26 October 1928, Page 7
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171COOK'S MEMORY. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 254, 26 October 1928, Page 7
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