PICTON.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 12, 15 January 1912, Page 5

PICTON.

j>EOM OUB COEIJESPONDENT.] Thursday.. PERSONAL.

Mr A. H. Burton, of Duncdin, i& at present making a short stay ioi, Picton.

IN MEMORY OF COOK

■ One hundred and forty-two yearflt ago to-day Captain Cook first landed^ ufc Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound. Naturally the question ofi the Captain Cook Memorial tit once arises. A good' many. Picton resM dents have come to the conclusioa' ilvit it i& time the-special conimitteef formed fp-r .ih© jitfipose of erecting a, memorial t^a this-gi-eat ■ seaman' sliow-« ed a little more activity in the main ter. Some decisivo: echemo or aiy« rangement should be arrived at; an A acted on, as -if- iA\e> present progress is. kept up, it will lie 242 years, sincQCook's first landing before the pro-t posed election of a memorial, bef comes an accomplished face. Inters ested Pictoii residents are very tiiedfc of the.continued inactivity. '.

THE POPULAR SOUNDS

Sounds excursions' are tlie order of the diay just now. A Masonic oxcujv" sion to Muritai takes place neioi*; Wednesday. ..The Presbyterian picnio. " to ■-Da-vies Bay i& also arranged foi*tlw san:e da.y. The s.s. Waitolri will. :jiakp a special .trip to Ship Qove andtl |fi'otuaia Island.b.n Thursday.