GMaps controls broken in GWT 1.6+ ?

I've ported my GWT app to 1.7.0 from 1.5.2 and widgets that are used as a control on a GoogleMap no longer get ClickEvents. I've checked that the DOM insertion of the control is the same and there are no differences there. Since GWT 1.6 introduced a significant change in the way events are handled I'm thinking something has gone amis there.

I use a GWT image as a a GoogleMaps control:

  Image control = new Image("/oeg/images/info_32.png");

Which I place on the map using the Mapitz GMaps lib (yes I know its old, but I have kept supporting a working version that is updated - if anyone is interested just ask)

 GControlPosition infoPosition = 
      new GControlPosition(GControlAnchor.G_ANCHOR_TOP_RIGHT(),
                           new GSize(7, 30)); 
  getGmap().addControl(new GControl(control, infoPosition));

I've checked the compiled code and it literally just puts the html element on the map as a GControl just the way you'd expect and as I said I've checked the DOM to make sure nothing looks funny.

to get ClickEvents I used to do this...

  control.addClickListener(new ClickListener() { 
        public void onClick(Widget sender) 
        { 
            doTipOfTheDay(); 
        } 
    });

which I changed to this in the 1.6.0 world,

  control.addClickHandler(new ClickHandler() { 
        public void onClick(ClickEvent ce) 
        { 
            doTipOfTheDay(); 
        } 
    });

I've also tried explicitly sinking the click event with

   control.sinkEvents(Event.ONCLICK);

but none of this works in GWT-1.6.0/1.7.0 and it all worked fabulously in 1.5.2

Can anyone shed some light on this? Has anyone else run into event issues w/ controls on GMaps with GWT 1.6 and above?

FYI with other Gmaps objects I have no problems. I'm getting mouse clicks on the map surface, on markers etc.

but controls, not so much

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