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Show Historic Event Celebrated. Australia recently commemorated the one hundred and forty-first anniversary anni-versary of Captain Cook's first land Ing. It was In 1770 that H. M. S. Endeavor, En-deavor, a tianpie of 370 tons, entered tho Inlet first called Sting Hays liar bor, but afterwards Itotany Hay, from the beauty nnd variety of the plants growing about Its shore. Tho vessel remained eluht days, t;nd before she left tho llrltlsh flag wan hoisted. As Is the custom on each recurring anniversary, anni-versary, the flag was ng tin unfurled upon tho spot where It was first dls played, and was saluted by the guns of tho warships In the harbor. |