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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1956Vol. XXVI, No.11

Things That Could

p. 55 · Read in the full issue

Humility In

The Public Service

Things That Could Be Better Said

A FAIR measure of unity and efficiency is noticeable among the growing ranks of the Cook Islands’ Public Service in that group to-day and indications of appreciation have come from unexpected quarters.

In contrast to this is the low rating the public servants bestow upon themselves, as revealed in an election circular recently received: For election as European Member of the Rarotonga Island Council, a candidate must not, among other things, be “a person of unsound mind, a bankrupt, a convict, or an officer of the Cook Islands Public Service.”