Recruiting In Cook Is.
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Rarotonga, July 7.
FURTHER details have been issued concerning the Rarotonga Local Defence Force, at present in process of recruitment. A local resident, Mr. R.
M. L. Gladney, has been given command of the Force with the rank of captain, and a native sergeant-major and quar termaster-sergeant, recruited from the returned soldiers, complete the prelimin ary staff.
One condition, that the recruit must have been born in Rarotonga (as distinct from any other island in the Group) has been found rather irksome by our dark skinned patriots; nevertheless, more re cruits have come forward than the num ber required at present.
Mr. W. Goodsir, head of the Fiji Kauri Timber Co., arrived in Sydney on a busi ness trip by the July Matson liner from Suva.