COOK 81-CENTENARY.
GREAT NAVIGATOR HONOURED WORK IN CHART MAKING. Australian Press Association—United Service LONDON. Oct. 25. In toasting the memory of Captain Cook at the British Empire League's luncheon in honour of the bicentenary of his birth the Secretary of State for the Dominions, Mr. L. K. Amery, paid a tribute to Captain Cook's achievements in exploration and navigation.
He suggested that his survey of the St. Lawrence River was partly responsible for the Empire acquiring Canada. For this work the Admiralty gave him £SO and selected him as the most capable navigator for the Arctic and Antarctic voyages. Cook's charts of New Zealand were practically unchallenged today. ' •
The High' Commissioner for New Zealand, Sir James Parr, said ho was of opinion that if Captain Cook could return he would urge tho full development of the Empire's vast heritage. Sir Michael Hodges, Second Sea Lord, said he considered it marvellous for a craft of 355 tons, with 96 people, plant and live stock, to sail the seas of the world with so little suffering from scurvy. Captain Cook had to whip ideas of hygiene into the sailors. He flogged two who refused fresh beef. Some of Captain Cook's charts were used even to day. r
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20088, 27 October 1928, Page 13
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205COOK BI-CENTENARY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20088, 27 October 1928, Page 13
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