ATTEMPTED RECRUITING.
[By Telegraph—Press Association.] Wellington, last night. The Commander of the Forces wishes it to bo known that the New -Zealand Government will not be responsible in any way for contracts which may be entered into by F. B. Hughes, of Brabant’s Horse, who is at present seeking recruits in this colony. Hughes to-day told a newspaper reporter that he had received a written and verbal request from Colonel Thomas, who commanded a portion of Brabant’s Horse, to bring back a hundred recruits from New Zealand. He says ho had the rank of lieutenant in the regiment, and exhibited a large bundle of telegrams, which he said were from men in all parts , of the colony anxious to join.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 92, 27 April 1901, Page 2
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