CAPTAIN COOK AND NEW ZEALAND.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20288, 22 December 1927, Page 15

CAPTAIN COOK AND NEW ZEALAND.

INCIDENT OF LORD MAYOR’S SHOW. SIR JAMES PARR’S REMINDER. (From Our Own Correspol' dent.) LONDON, November 19. In the Lord Mayor's procession on November 9 there was a conspicuous caidrawn by horses on which Mas placed a tableau depicting Captain Cook s voyage in the Endeavour as relating to the “discovery ot Amstiaba. M.iny New Zealanders, including the High Commissioner. who saw the procession were rather surprised to learn that Captain Cook discovered Australia, and that New’ Zealand was not, apparently, considered of sufficient importance to be included in the creat navigator's discoveries. Sir James Parr took the matter up with the Lord Mayor's office, nointincr out that Captain Cook’s connection _ with New Zealand was much more intimate and of greater historical inteerst than iiis survev of a portion of the eastern const of Australia, including the discovery of Bolnnv ]snv and Sydney IFarhonr, and regret that in an important procession of the kind New Zealand's ;l ame had been omitted. Tho reply received was to the rfleet that a well-known shipping company tradin'' between London mid Australia was responsible for the exhibit, and that it was regretted that owing to the shortness of time available lor preparations the details of particular items had necessarily to lie left to those immediately concerned. Sir James, by wav of rejoinder, ac- , ~ptc<l th" explanai ion. and suggested that in the future the authorities, when planning the procession, should pay some regard to historical accuracy and perspective. so that the feelings of overseas visitors might not be hurt. —An inch of rainfall is equivalent t > 101 tons per acre, or approximately 14.500,000 £al!ona per equate mbs.