THE COOK MEMORIAL.
' -VY ;- * —-— ■ • &500 NEEDED.- • • Tlio Blenheim 'committws- which, lias taken" ' ill hand the work of finding ways and means i' to provide a memorial'to Captain Cook in historical• -Ship, Cove, in .the Marlborough : Sounds, -,'aro straiiiiifg -every norvo to make . the project a success. Tlio actual ~sito for . ■ the memorial ;;was, recently selected by/the .. Hon.- Minister for Landry and'a-'jargo "party ; : *'~ of - interested persons, and-■-.■•sigh's are. being called for,a monument.-to' -.oust between £200 and £500. The funds already in hand amount to £230 (including • • a Government subsidy ::qf ;-£i,Go)p'and it .is ■ :.vthought that anything between .-C4OO .and. '(•:/ ' £300 will secure a monument worthy of tho -.V'.objcdt. -''Tho Admiralty has-promised ail old 5;, v--: ship's .gun to btj erccted in connection' with ;V • or near tho monument. .;■■. A movement is on' ; ' foot- to establish a;Wellington. coinmittco to .work -up interest anil', funds in tho- conjr.. ':' memoration. of tho great navigator
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 168, 9 April 1908, Page 4
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150THE COOK MEMORIAL. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 168, 9 April 1908, Page 4
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