HUDSON BAY
Tribute to the Discoverer On Midsummer Day, 1611, Henry Hudson, the discoverer of Hudson Bay, his son and eight faithful were cast adrift to perish in a shallop T>y tho mutinous crew of Hudson’s 70-ton vessel, tho Discoveric. Major Ashley Uooper, governor of Hie Hudson Buy • liuiipiiny, on Empire Day paid tribute to lheir i icjiiorie; on be half of iliu Empire Day imnement. At lII'.- spot oil' Belcher Isluud. in Hudson Buy, where morq than lluv centuries ago Hie celebritled mivigntoi >.ns left lu Ins late Major Cuoper threw on to tho waters ITom 11.M.S Misi'opie a wreulli purchased with pennies contributed by schoolchildren throughout the Empire. At six bells tho Hug was flown ut half-mast, in the presence of the officials of the company, mounted police, the officers ami crew ol the N'us. eopie and tho personnel ol the colti|>a.ny. A silence oi two minutes was observ. ed ami pipers played a lament, followed by the march tune ol the Black Watch as the Nasennie got under way lignin
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 210, 18 August 1934, Page 4
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173HUDSON BAY Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 210, 18 August 1934, Page 4
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